tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87982844674425996662024-03-05T06:08:06.143-06:00Mrs. DeFrang's Music RoomMrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-75057595201505414192015-09-02T13:26:00.003-05:002016-01-29T20:54:09.810-06:00Blog is Moving!Hello there, my wonderful readers!<br />
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Since I have moved out of the music room at Ben Franklin and into a new position with EducationCloset.com, I will be moving my content to a new website. I will gradually be transitioning over the my new site at:<br />
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<span style="color: #0000ee;"><b><u>https://artsintersection.wordpress.com/</u></b></span><br />
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This new site will be an intersection of my work and ideas in the elementary general music classroom, my work as an arts integration specialist, and some great new resources and PD opportunities that will be available via TeachersPayTeachers.com as well as EducationCloset.com. I hope you'll follow me on this journey!<br />
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Thank you for your readership!Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-28613578837976386962015-04-23T10:16:00.000-05:002015-04-23T10:16:01.576-05:002nd Grade Junkyard Band Project2nd graders have been studying "found sounds," music that is made by things that aren't actual instruments, but rather things you might find and/or assemble. We've watched many examples of found sound music, talked about the science behind how these instruments operate, and now it's our turn to create! Students will be designing their own instrument at home to bring to music class. These instruments should have be well-planned in design, creatively made, sturdy, and be able to make at least two musical sounds. Remember, 2nd graders, to ask for your parents help with anything sharp or electric, and ask permission to use materials.<br />
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I've linked some of the videos we've watched in class, as well as other ideas and projects that you might want to explore! I'm so excited to see your creations!<br />
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<u><b>Video Links</b></u><br />
<u><a href="http://viewpure.com/fXynrsrTKbI">Landfill Harmonic</a></u><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY">Vienna Vegetable Orchestra</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ixg9G8DKM">Touch Tone Phone Symphony</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US7c9ASVfNc">Stomp </a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osQuqFlLIcs">The Sound of Ahh</a>Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-83371776627041814512014-05-08T12:23:00.000-05:002014-05-08T12:23:16.258-05:002nd Grade Instrument Invention Project2nd graders have been studying "found sounds," music that is made by things that aren't actual instruments, but rather things you might find and/or assemble. We've watched many examples of found sound music, talked about the science behind how these instruments operate, and now it's our turn to create! Students will be designing their own instrument at home to bring to music class next week. These instruments should have be well-planned in design, creatively made, sturdy, and be able to make at least two musical sounds. Remember, 2nd graders, to ask for your parents help with anything sharp or electric, and ask permission to use materials.<br />
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I've linked some of the videos we've watched in class, as well as other ideas and projects that you might want to explore! I'm so excited to see your creations!<br />
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<u><b>Video Links</b></u><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY">Vienna Vegetable Orchestra</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ixg9G8DKM">Touch Tone Phone Symphony</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US7c9ASVfNc">Stomp </a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osQuqFlLIcs">The Sound of Ahh</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nyphilkids.org/lab/make_trumpet.html">Make your own trumpet</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dsokids.com/activities-at-home/make-instrument/.aspx">DSO Make Your Own Instrument links</a><br />
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<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-13782993174893058812014-03-25T08:47:00.003-05:002014-03-25T08:47:51.080-05:00What is this recorder supposed to sound like??? The 4th grade classes are getting back into the swing of things with our recorders after a little break to focus on some other units. As we learn more pitches, some of us were having trouble with our technique and were experiencing some "squeaks." One class, frustrated by this setback, asked to see some examples of good recorder playing. I was so pleased that these young musicians want to see what is out there, what there is to aspire to. So, here are just a few examples that I found with a very quick search, but there are SO many examples and resources out there, kiddos! Explore and find something that <u>you</u> want to learn to play! (I think a "student's choice" assignment might be in our future!)<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li45w-eeLZM">5 Baroque Pieces for Soprano Recorder</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjg_Zd1CCE4">Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (from The Lion King)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUOsnb5fYsU">Let It Go (from <em>Frozen</em>)</a> - <em>this video has fingering charts so you can learn to play it</em><br />
Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-72776262557906815402014-03-25T08:31:00.002-05:002014-03-25T08:31:47.751-05:00The Sound of AHHOur 2nd graders did a really interesting listening activity last week, inspired by Susan Riley at EducationCloset.com and her "Hear-Think-Wonder" strategy. We listened to this Kurt Schneider (from the group <em>the Pentatonix) </em>rendition of the song "Little Talks" (orginally by <em>Of Monsters and Men).</em> We listened first, thought about what we might be hearing (<em>Was there one performer or more than one? What instruments were they using?),</em> asked questions <em>(I wonder why the high string and the low string instrument alternated the melody),</em> and then finally watched the video to compare what we thought we had heard to what was actually happening. I promised the kids I would post the video here so they can find it easily. Enjoy!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osQuqFlLIcs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osQuqFlLIcs</a>Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-87546713518805826042013-12-17T12:48:00.000-06:002016-01-29T20:54:53.451-06:00The Nutcracker<b>11/26/15*** See information on this post on my new website at </b><span style="color: #0000ee;"><b><u>https://artsintersection.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/trepak-russian-dance-listening-activity/</u></b></span><br />
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Many of our Franklin students have been studying different pieces from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker." Here's a quick update on some of these activities:<br />
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<strong><u>Kindergarten</u></strong><br />
Kindergarten is listening for patterns in the "March" from the Nutcracker. We're identifying an ABA pattern in what we hear and we're moving to show that we recognize this pattern. (Click <a href="http://viewpure.com/0GlmuXg6qQs">here</a> for a video clip of "March" from the Balanchine "Nutcracker.")<br />
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<strong><u>1st Grade</u></strong><br />
1st Grade is also listening for ABA patterns in "Russian Dance (Trepak)", and is using shapes to create their own ABA listening "maps." Here, you can see how some of us designed our ABA patterns:<br />
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Next, we choreographed our ABA piece of music, with the boys making up dance movements for the A section and girls making up movements for the B section.<br />
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<strong><u>3rd Grade</u></strong><br />
3rd grade learned a little about the composer, Tchaikovsky, who was Russian, and students were interested in learning a little about the Cyrillic alphabet with the help of a translation website (below).<br />
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<a href="http://newyork.mashke.org/Conv/">Cyrillic Translator</a> (type your text in the box and click "convert")<br />
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We studied the "Dance of the Reed Pipes" with the help of a listening map, and then we compared and contrasted two famous performances of this piece, one choreographed by <a href="http://viewpure.com/Oabb5Wvg7ws">Balanchine</a>, and the other by <a href="http://viewpure.com/1LzzIg2RbK4">Baryshnikov</a> (click on the choreographer's name to see each video clip). Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-85131504562150107402013-12-04T09:47:00.000-06:002013-12-04T09:47:04.583-06:00All About Leroy Anderson!2nd and 3rd grade has been taking part in a composer study on American composer Leroy Anderson. Visit the links below to see some of his music performed and to read more about this composer!<br />
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<a href="http://viewpure.com/g2LJ1i7222c">The Typewriter video</a><br />
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<a href="http://viewpure.com/OATi34PKNPw">Sleigh Ride video</a><br />
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<a href="http://viewpure.com/Q6vvkXd9GRw">Syncopated Clock video</a><br />
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<a href="http://viewpure.com/IRflCg3LsYg">Plink Plank Plunk video</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/leroy-anderson.aspx">Leroy Anderson Biography</a> (DSO Kids)<br />
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<a href="http://www.leroyanderson.com/index.php">Leroy Anderson's Official Website</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.pbs.org/sleighride/">Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music and Life of Leroy Anderson</a> (PBS website)Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-7400094262957446592013-11-21T08:50:00.002-06:002013-11-21T10:06:04.339-06:00Center Time for 4th Grade4th graders are spending some time in learning centers. This purpose of these centers is to give students an opportunity to review concepts we've learned in music and apply them in a number of ways- through reading, writing, listening, and playing. <br />
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In this round of centers, our 4th graders have been working on pentatonic pitches (do, re, mi, so, la, and low la), and eighth-sixteenth note rhythm combinations.<br />
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In our red center, students are playing SMART Board games to practice visually and aurally identify melodic patterns. <br />
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In the green center, students are identifying and writing melodic patterns including <em>low la</em>, <em>do</em>, <em>re</em>, and <em>mi</em>. <br />
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In the blue center, students are being introduced to the iPods and the listening center process with an iPod "scavenger hunt."<br />
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In the purple center, students are playing a musical version of the game "Don't Break the Ice." The only difference between the real game and our musical version is that the ice cubes have quarter, eighth, and sixteenth note rhythms written on them, and students have to read the rhythm before they tap out an ice cube.<br />
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In the yellow center, students are improvising a pentatonic melody set to a rhythm that they have written. You may see their "Fruit Rhythm" papers coming home soon!<br />
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And finally, in our new orange iPad center, students are playing a rhythm game called "Rhythm Cat" (this is a free app available on the iTunes store!). Students have to "play" a rhythm along with an accompaniment track. <br />
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*For Music Teachers: Check out Aileen Miracle's TPT store for some great resources for centers. I used some materials from her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Songs-and-Activities-to-Teach-Low-La-612429">Songs and Activities to Teach Low La</a> set in these centers.Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-80809162081792211042013-11-07T16:39:00.002-06:002013-11-07T16:39:50.298-06:00Veteran's Day Sing-AlongOn November 11th, we celebrate Veteran's Day. At Franklin School, our 5th grade Ambassadors organize an assembly to honor this holiday and thank local veterans. As part of this assembly, our students will participate in a school-wide sing-along of several patriotic songs. Several students expressed an interest in being able to practice these songs at home, so I am linking the Powerpoint presentation we will be singing along with at the assembly below. We will be singing:<br />
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-The Star-Spangled Banner<br />
-Yankee Doodle <br />
-There are Many Flags<br />
-This Land is Your Land<br />
-You're a Grand Old Flag<br />
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Use this slideshow to practice to lyrics to these patriotic songs.<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeeJCGuMZzMeTlXS3F4Y2NMZGc/edit?usp=sharing">Sing-Along Powerpoint</a><br />
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The website for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has some great background information on these songs! Check it out <a href="http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/patriotic/">here</a>.Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-87472171656526573412013-10-30T21:42:00.000-05:002013-10-30T21:42:48.571-05:004th Grade wishes you a Thrilling Halloween!4th grade has been learning about ways to structure a song, called "form." We mapped the form of a familiar Halloween song using index cards, and then, since we just can't sit still when we hear this song, we mapped the form using choreography as well! Enjoy our in-class performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Click on the links below to view.<br />
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<a href="http://viewpure.com/vd9KxKWFMNo">4J- AM</a><br />
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*Music teachers, this activity can be found at<a href="http://mrskingrocks.blogspot.com/2012/10/simple-thriller-dance-video-and.html"> mrskingrocks.blogspot.com</a>- a GREAT resource for music teachers!Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-88966878131895554682013-09-22T20:59:00.000-05:002013-09-22T20:59:20.048-05:00Instrument Investigation Research BeginsAs we prepare for our Children's Concert field trip next month, we have been reviewing families of instruments in the orchestra, how to categorize them, and now we are focusing in on specific instruments. Students are working in pairs to research an assigned instrument. They will answer questions about their instruments, create a question to research and answer, and then will present their research to the class. Students will be assessed on their written work, as well as their presentation.<br />
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Students, here are some resources you can use in your research. Keep up the great work!<br />
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<a href="http://www.sfskids.org/templates/instorchframe.asp?pageid=3">San Francisco Symphony</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.classicsforkids.com/music/orchestra.asp">Classics for Kids</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-instrument/.aspx">Dallas Symphony Orchestra</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/main.phtml?">New York Philharmonic</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/instrumentlab/">Arts Alive</a><br />
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Here we are in action...<br />
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*Music Teachers: This activity was adapted from this worksheet available for purchase <a href="http://store.payloadz.com/details/1351993-other-files-everything-else-instrument-investigation-worksheet.html">here</a> at Tracy King's PayLoadz.com store.<br />
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<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-7742854180077249242013-09-22T20:01:00.001-05:002013-09-22T21:07:29.452-05:002nd Grade Rhythm ReviewWe've been reviewing rhythms through singing, playing instruments, notating, and composing. We've reviewed quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes. We learned a poem called "Loose Tooth," first adding body percussion like snaps, claps, and pats, then audiating the words of the poem and just performing the rhythmic word patterns. We then learned an instrumental accompaniment to the poem and interspersed our musical creation throughout a reading of "Loose Tooth" by Lola M. Schaefer.<br />
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We also learned a song called "I Bought Me a Cat" by Aaron Copland. Click <a href="http://viewpure.com/_SM8ZLR0Gkw">here</a> for a video of a performance of this piece.<br />
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We used this song to reinforce the concept of one, two, and no sounds on a beat (syllabification). We used this syllabification concept to determine the rhythm of the words of our song. See some of our "I Bought Me a Cat" activities below.<br />
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We enjoyed reading/singing the book "Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee."<br />
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*Music Teachers: "I Bought Me a Cat" SMART Board Lesson and Rhythm Activity available from "Music and Technology's" Teacherspayteachers store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Music-And-Technology">here</a>.<br />
<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-41443940089271376382013-09-22T19:24:00.000-05:002013-09-25T15:27:42.990-05:00Let's Keep a Beat, 1st Graders!Our 1st graders have been working on differentiating between sounds that have a steady beat from sounds that have no beat. Ask your students to explain what a beat is, and have them demonstrate how to keep a beat with sounds around them!<br />
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We listened to environmental sounds that keep a beat, like clocks and windshield wipers, versus sounds that have no beat, like a cat meowing or a rainstorm.<br />
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We learned a poem called "Windshield Wipers," to help us begin recognizing how to keep a beat at different speeds. Check us out...<br />
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We learned the song "Miss Mary Mack," and as we did, we worked on recognizing sight words and finding rhyming words. We responded to this song with a movement game, and as the tempo changed, we had some fun! 1st graders, teach your parents or siblings how to play!<br />
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<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-46735706537529857842013-08-26T15:49:00.001-05:002013-09-22T19:24:24.194-05:00Welcome Back!Hello, Ben Franklin families!<br />
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Welcome back! I everyone had a great summer! I'm so glad to be back for my 7th year here at Ben Franklin, and I'm excited about another wonderful year of making music with our great students.<br />
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Parents, I hope that this blog will provide you with a closer look into the music room this year. I'll be posting updates as often as I can to give you descriptions of music room activities, as well as pictures and videos so you can see us in action. Students, I hope you'll use this blog to review what we've done in class, to find ways to extend what we're learning, or just to be able to share your day with your families!<br />
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Ready or not, here we go!<br />
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Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-25077644323342166212013-05-21T15:38:00.000-05:002013-09-22T19:24:43.515-05:005th Grade Guitars: A RecapAs the school year winds down, I want to share some photos of your 5th grade students in action with their beloved guitars! They've come a long way in such a short amount of time. We've learned to play several basic chords over the past couple of months, and right now we are presenting our final performances of a 3-chord song. <br />
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Students are choosing their own 3-chord song to play and will be assessed based on keeping a steady tempo, correct chord fingerings, and timely chord transitions. <br />
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My hope is that by mastering a few basic chords, students will be able to go out and find songs they love and want to play and will have the knowledge to get started on their own! I'm so happy that it's already happening- students are bringing in their favorite songs to play during recess or to play for the class. I am so proud of them!<br />
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We thought we'd try to squeeze in one last round of centers before we leave for the summer!<br />
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2nd grade has been learning about the pitch "re" through songs and activities, and now they are off exploring this concept in our centers!<br />
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In the reading center, we are playing some SMART Board games to match up written melodic patterns with what we hear and what we see.<br />
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In the writing center, we are using melodic crazy cubes with pentatonic pitches (do, re, mi, so, and la) to compose our own piece of music to a given rhythm. <br />
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In the listening center, students are listening to "Carillon" by Georges Bizet. This song features a "mi-re-do" ostinato that we have listened to in class. Students are completing a graphic organizer based on their listening and writing a paragraph about what they heard.</div>
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In the games center, we are playing Candyland! Not just regular Candyland, mind you, but musical Candyland! When students draw a card to move forward, they then have to draw a musical challenge color-coded to match their card. They may have to sing something, answer a question, read a rhythm, or any number of musical tasks. I think it's safe to say that this is a favorite.<br />
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Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-83216962160582896672013-05-16T15:57:00.002-05:002013-09-22T19:25:14.030-05:00Hello? Who's There?My kindergarten friends have been working on some vocal exploration. We've worked to recognize high and low sounds, melodies that move up and melodies that move down, and now we're trying to create those sounds with our voices! Unfortunately, with so many kiddos in such a small space, it can be a challenge. Lucky for us, thanks to some Pinterest inspiration, we have brand new phones that we can use to hear our own voices! In literacy, these types of phones are often called "phonics phones" or "whisper phones" as they help students recognize sounds in phonics and can also be used so students can whisper and read to themselves. We are going to use them for the development of our singing voices!<br />
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We first looked at some shapes and squiggles, and tried to mimic those shapes with our voices. We even used pipe cleaners to create our own squiggles.<br />
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Then, we used our whisper phones to, well, not really whisper, but move our voices into both high and low registers. I am looking forward to using these new creations more in the future and seeing if it helps make a difference in our ability to match pitch in our singing!<br />
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Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-2944457343470673232013-05-16T15:47:00.000-05:002013-09-22T19:25:22.180-05:00Recorder Karate Green Belts!4th grade is cruising right along in their Recorder Karate quest! We've been working on a new pitch, low E, and we're in the process of earning our highly coveted Green Belts! Mr. Wittenberg's class completed this task today, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDwEozHpBM&feature=youtu.be">here</a> is a video of everyone playing their Green Belt testing song, "Boat Song," together!<br />
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Congratulations!Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-79360021050966379882013-04-03T09:28:00.001-05:002013-09-22T19:25:33.112-05:00Lyric Opera Field Trip!I've been a very absent blogger lately- I apologize! I wanted to share details of our recent 4th grade field trip to the Lyric Opera of Chicago! We spent several weeks studying opera in music class (types of voices, types of performances, opera history, and we even watched an operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance").<br />
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After learning about all of the backstage workings of an opera and other stage performances, we took a trip to the Civic Opera House in downtown Chicago, which houses the Lyric Opera of Chicago. We saw the auditorium, the costume department, the wig and makeup department, the props department, the catwalk, dressing rooms, practice rooms, and so much more! Rather than tell you about it, I'll share pictures. Thanks to my photographer, Kaitlyn!<br />
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<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-72292899906702094152013-02-27T08:56:00.000-06:002013-09-22T19:25:49.661-05:00Vibration is Sound!2nd grade has been learning about sound in science, and this seemed like a natural place for us to integrate music and science! We have learned all about how sound is created by vibrations, and we wanted to do an experiment to see sound waves at work.<br />
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(Check out the hyperlinks below at housingaforest.com for some great pictures and a video of oobleck!)<br />
We made <a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/dancing-oobleck/">oobleck</a>, which is a substance that isn't quite solid, and isn't quite liquid. We put the oobleck on a cookie sheet on top of a speaker and played some bass tones through the speaker (thanks to Mrs. Bray, who prepped everything for our experiment!) Below are some pictures of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=weSTbkh_VJM">dancing oobleck</a>!<br />
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Please come to the music room during open house on Thursday night, 2/28, for an oobleck demonstration and some information about other things we've been learning about in music class!<br />
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<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-63102722683142957852013-02-24T15:49:00.001-06:002013-09-22T19:26:07.715-05:00Kindergarten: One or Two Sounds?We know a beat is steady, and a rhythm is a combination of long and short sounds. We've been working so hard on keeping a steady beat, and now we're moving onto rhythms! We've been using what we know about syllables, after learning a poem in music class, to determine whether each beat has one sound (or syllable) on a beat, or if it has two.<br />
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We learned that when there is one sound on a beat, we call it "ta," and we notate it with one single vertical stick. When there are two sounds on a beat, we call it "ti-ti," and we notate it with two vertical sticks with another stick connecting them across the top. See us notating sounds with popsicle sticks:<br />
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The following week, we learned a poem called "Cobbler, Cobbler."<br />
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Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe.</div>
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Get it done by half past two.</div>
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Half past two is at the door,</div>
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Get it done by half past four!</div>
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Using our giant beat strips, we used our shoes to notate whether each beat had one or two sounds to it. I cannot even tell you how entertained we all were to take off our shoes in the music room!</div>
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Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-19477068227903926442013-02-24T15:37:00.001-06:002013-09-22T19:26:23.810-05:005th Grade is Rockin' and Rollin'!5th grade said goodbye to our beloved drums at the beginning of February, and since, we have been learning a bit about the history of rock and roll. We've learned about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHuRusAlw-Y">The Beatles</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pEkQRi3uXA">Elvis Presley</a>, and other pioneers of rock and roll.<br />
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Here we are doing a little bit of research:</div>
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As we've been learning about some of these rock and roll legends, we've been reviewing how to build chords, how to read chord symbols, and learning how to read guitar chord diagrams in preparation for our guitar unit (which we'll be starting right after spring break).<br />
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Here we are playing chords for "Hound Dog"on Boomwhackers:</div>
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And here we are working in groups to interpret guitar chord diagrams:</div>
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Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-69397456814224809192013-02-24T15:23:00.001-06:002016-01-29T20:56:42.866-06:001st Grade So-Mi Composition<b>9/16/15 ***See information on this post on my new website at </b><span style="color: #0000ee;"><b><u>https://artsintersection.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/floor-staff-strategy-for-teaching-sol-and-mi/</u></b></span><br />
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1st grade has been practicing the pitches "so" and "mi" (high and low). We read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" After some practice composing so-mi pitches for the words of the book as a class and singing them, we split into groups to compose our own animal melodies. We used Zoo Pal plates on 2-line staffs taped to the floor of the music room, and some of us even earned "I Sang By Myself" certificates for singing their compositions for the class! See our work below!<br />
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Big is low.</div>
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That is science</div>
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Kindergartners learned this poem for our first composition activity on the Orff instruments. We learned that small instruments and small bars make high sounds, and big instruments and big bars make low sounds.<br />
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We read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" After reading, we assigned high and low pitches to the words of the book. We sang our composition, and then went to the instruments and spent some time using our knowledge of high/low instrument bars and high/low sounds to figure out how to play our composition.<br />
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<br />Mrs. DeFranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438173696330325942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798284467442599666.post-31556083081863343092013-02-24T15:07:00.001-06:002013-09-22T19:27:54.884-05:004th Grade February Recap: Chords and Ballads4th grade has been quite busy! We've been exploring several different musical topics and they've been intersecting in different ways!<br />
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We learned about how to build chords. A chord is a combination of 2 or more notes being played at the same time. We have learned how to build triads (1-3-5) based on chord symbols, and played chords on Boomwhackers and bass bars along with the song "Love Somebody" (which also taught us about the pitch "fa"). Soon, we'll be learning about I-V chord progressions.<br />
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We have also been doing some cross-curricular learning about ballads. 4th grade has been learning about ballads with their classroom teachers, so this seemed like a natural point of integration because ballads can be poems <u>or</u> songs! We read <i>The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell. </i>We then listened to Gordon Lightfoot's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw">The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald</a>," identified chord changes, and then built and played chordal accompaniment along with the song.<br />
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That's just a bit of what we've been up to! We've also been continuing our learning about opera, so stay tuned for information about our study of both <i>opera seria</i> and <i>opera buffa!</i><br />
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