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Let's have some rhythm fun this final wek and play the rhythm dice game again! Use the page below to clap and say the rhythms. Then roll the dice and clap and say the rhythm for the number you rolled! Have fun!

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In the Hall of the Mountain King Line Rider Video
I hope you enjoy these little videos for some extra fun this week!  Watch the little guy on his sled.  He moves right along with the music!

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Star Wars Line Rider Video!!
Now, enjoy a Star Wars Line Rider Video!

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Let's continue singing our Patriotic Song of the Month - Star Spangled Banner for the last time this year!

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Look at the MOSAIC below!!!   CONGRATULATIONS!!  We completed it!
It is a sunflower!
Doesn't it look pretty!

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WE MADE IT!  This is our FINAL week of assignments for the year!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!  I am proud of all of you for hanging in there with me.  It has definitely been a challenge to try to teach music online, but we survived!

Thank you Parents for all YOU have done to help your student feel successful in all of their assignments these last few months.

THANK YOU!

I look forward to seeing you all in the Fall if not sooner.  Have a great summer!

Parents, if you need to reach me, please email me at cynthia.orr@avonlakecityschools.
org
I plan to check my email frequently, but plan to be available from 10-12 everyday.

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MOSAIC
Great job this week completing your assignments!  Look at it!!  We are SO CLOSE!!
I was able to add 17 stickers for First grade this week!
I put up 194 total for all grades!!
Remember to comment on the assignments with your name so I can put up a sticker for you!

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Great job to all the students that told me what to do when the National Anthem is played!
Put your right hand on your heart, take off your hat, stand, face the flag and of course SING! :)
Let's continue singing our Patriotic Song of the Month - Star Spangled Banner.

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Since Memorial Day is next Monday, let’s listen to this patriotic march by John Phillip Sousa and march around on the beat outside!  Maybe your family will want to join you and have a parade!

Try to find something in your house that you have to “shake”, “hit” or “rub” as an instrument for your parade. Be sure to check with Mom and Dad to see if it is ok to use. Add a comment below with your name and tell me what you used for your instrument!

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SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

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Snail, Snail
This week we continue to practice our new high sound called “La”.  If you are able, print out the worksheet below and follow the directions on the worksheet.  If you can not print the worksheet, then just write your answer on a piece of paper.

Think about our staircase of:

La

So

Mi

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Who’s That Tapping?

This week we look at a different song that might be fairly new to you called Who’s That Tapping at the Window?  Watch the video below to follow along with finding the words that have one long sound for 2 beats.

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MOSAIC
Great job this week completing your assignments!  Look at it!!  We are SO CLOSE!!
I was able to add 34 stickers for second grade this week!
I put up 194 total for all grades!!
Remember to comment on the assignments with your name so I can put up a sticker for you!

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MOSAIC
Great job this week completing your assignments!  I was able to add 25 stickers for first grade this week!  That is WAY more that last week!  Keep it up!
Remember to comment on the assignments with your name so I can put up a sticker for you!

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Last week we introduced the song as our National Anthem - The Star Spangled Banner.  Many of you mentioned where you had heard it before - Cavs games, Indians games, when our Redwood Choir sang at the Monsters game and many more!
This week, comment below what you usually do when the National Anthem is being sung or played.  I will put up a sticker on the Mosaic!

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This week we continue to practice our new high sound called “La”.  If you are able, print out the worksheet below and follow the directions on the worksheet.  If you can not print the worksheet, then just write your answer on a piece of paper.

Think about our staircase of:

La

So

Mi

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This week we will continue practicing our new “Long sound” singing Brother John, like we did last week. Pay attention as I sing the song Here Comes a Bluebird!  It is pretty tricky trying to find the long sound!

Click on the video below for the lesson on our “long sound” this week!

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Please use this week to complete any of the pages you have not had a chance to compete.  Remember!  Send me a picture of your completed pages from pages 14-17 and I will put up 5 stickers on the Mosaic for you!

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This week we continue to practice our new high sound called “La”.  If you are able, print out the worksheet below and follow the directions on the worksheet.  If you can not print the worksheet, then just write your answer on a piece of paper.

Think about our staircase of:

La

So

Mi

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This week we will continue to look at the number of sounds words get, but notice there is a change… instead of having a silent beat - some notes now have one sound for TWO beats!

Listen to the video to see if you can hear the one sound for TWO beats.

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This week we will finish up our Form Book!  Just like last week, YOU get to fill in the Form AND the rhythm!!  Be careful to make the same fruits rhythms match!  Again, I would LOVE to see what you came up with!  Ask mom or dad to take a picture and email it to me whenever they get a chance.  I will give 5 stickers on our MOSAIC for anyone who sends me a picture of their form book pages 16 and 17!!

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MOSAIC
Great job this week completing your assignments!  I was able to add 39 stickers for first grade this week!  That is WAY more that last week! Keep it up!
Remember to comment on the assignments with your name so I can put up a sticker for you!

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It’s MAY!  Time for a new song of the month!  This one should be familiar to everyone!  This is our country's National Anthem.  Can you think of where you might have heard it before?  Put a comment below in the comment section with your name on it and I will add a sticker to put Mosaic for you!

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MOSAIC
Great job this week completing your assignments!  I was able to add 6 stickers for first grade this week!
Remember to comment on the assignments with your name so I can put up a sticker for you!

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mosaic progress from week of April 20th!.pdf

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This week - there is a Mystery Song!  Can you sing the notes on the staff and identify the song?  Remember we have NEW high sound called “La”!  I will give you a hint - it starts on SO…  Good Luck!
Leave a comment below with your name so I can add a sticker for you on the Mosaic!

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If you are able, print the worksheet below.  If not, you can write the answer on a piece of paper.

1. Identify the picture and say it outloud.

2. Clap AND say what the picture is  - notice how many sounds you clap when you say the word.

3. Circle whether the picture would be a “ta” - one sound on a beat, or a “ti-ti” - 2 sounds on a beat.

4. Once you are finished, you may color the pictures if you want!

5. Be sure to add a comment with your name below so I can put up a sticker on our Mosaic when you are done with this worksheet!

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Form Book Pages 14 and 15
This week we “bump-up” to the final level - Level 3!  YOU get to choose the Form AND the rhythms!!  Be sure to make the rhythms match if you have the same fruit.  I would LOVE to see what you come up with.  Maybe mom or dad could take a picture and email it to me so I could see your masterpiece!  I would like you to make page 14 DIFFERENT from page 15.

I will give 5 stickers on our MOSAIC for anyone who sends me a picture of their form book pages 14 and 15!!

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STEP #1
Take a look at the solfege ladder below - remember we have a new note that is higher than so...

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STEP #2
This new note is called “La”.  Sing the solfege ladder notes and this time sing with our new note La.

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STEP #3
Now sing Lucy Locket with our new note La!  Then Play the game with mom and dad or a brother or sister!

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This week to practice Forte and Piano - Let's sing and play Lucy Locket! You can use any item in the house to hide and then sing Forte or Piano as our family member tries to find the object. Have FUN!

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I have decided we need to try to complete the MOSAIC!  I grabbed it from school last week.  I have a picture of it below of what it looks like now.  I would like to add a sticker for every time you complete an assignment on this PADLET.
I would like you to add a comment to the column and I will add up how many stickers each week and add them for you!
I will take a picture each week so you can help track the progress.
Let's get it all filled in!!

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STEP #4
Now… Try to sing Bounce High, Bounce Low using the notes mi, so, la.

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Let’s practice our new rhythm “Rest”.  Using the worksheet below, clap and say the rhythm on the left and then write it on the right.  You will need to print the page below - or you could write the rhythms on a piece of paper - remember to add the 4 beats if you are writing them on a piece of paper.

Always remember to write the rhythms under the heart beats!

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This week we continue to fill in missing notes for our phrases like we did last week.  Again this week, you will see there are blanks on the “phrases” that YOU need to fill in to make it complete! REMEMBER the phrases need to be IDENTICAL to be correct and matching.

Please complete pages 10-12  in the form book this week.

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Do you remember we have a NEW high sound?  Do you remember this high sound is a STEP above the SO on our stairs?

Remember our Body signs are:

Waist=Mi

Shoulders=So

Head= Our new High sound

Can you sing Lucy Locket and do the correct Body Signs as you sing?  Try it!

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April Song of the Month-     Take Me Out to the Ballgame 

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April Song of the Month-     Take Me Out to the Ballgame 

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It’s Time for April’s Song of the Month!  This is a very familiar one to most families.  I would imagine you have heard it before!  Even though there is no baseball right now, we can still cheer on our favorite team!

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Family Sing Along - Muffin Songs

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Continue practicing our ta, titi and rests using the rhythm sheet below. Keep having fun with the dice game! Directions and video below.

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This week, let's continue to clap and say the rhythms ta, ti-ti and rest below.

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I hope you had fun last week with the Rhythm Dice Game! If you didn't get a chance to try it last week, I hope you do this week!

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Do Pages 8 and 9:
This week in our Form Book things get a little trickier!  We bump up another level!  This week, you will see there are blanks on the “phrases” that YOU need to fill in to make it complete! REMEMBER the phrases need to be IDENTICAL to be correct and matching.

Please complete pages 8 and 9 this week.

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This week complete pages 5 and 6 in your Form Book. Remember you always start with "Apple" since that begins with the first letter of the alphabet. Then look if the next phrase is the same or different. If it's the same - then it's another "apple" if it's different, then you go to the fruit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet - "banana".
**Don't let page 6 trick you!  Hint - You might need to go to the fruit with the next letter of the alphabet!!
(Scroll down below to Week #1 for the book if you did not pick it up from school.)

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Do you remember our REST?  Clap and say the rhythms on this page.  REMEMBER - The REST is SILENT!  Make sure to show mom and dad the motion we do for REST.

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I think you will really enjoy this activity!

You will need to use the same rhythm page from above to do this activity.  After you are familiar with the rhythms, then you can play the video to see how to play the Rhythm Dice Game!  The video explains how the activity works.
Do not worry about having a dice to roll.  You can choose a number to clap and say or mom or dad can choose one for you to clap and say.  Have fun!

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I hope you enjoy using this page to make music while we are apart.  I sent home a Form Puzzle Book with you last Friday in the BIG baggie from your teacher.
If you don't have the book with you, I have uploaded it here as well.
I would like you to do pages 3 and 4 this week.  Remember we are looking for patterns.  Mom and Dad can check to make sure you are doing a good job.    :)

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When your student fills in the assigned pages for the week, you may check their answer here.

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Here is the book if your student needs it.

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Surprise Symphony by Franz Joseph Hadyn

I think you remember that  “p=piano” = Soft and
“f= forte” = Loud.

As you listen to this piece of music tell mom and dad whether
it is p or f.

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Franz Joseph Haydn - "Surprise" (Symphony no. 94)

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Forte and Piano
Do you remember the music words for LOUD and SOFT?   Watch the video below to see if you were right!

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Mr. Beethoven
Watch this video for a little information on Mr.  Beethoven.  Remember, he wrote Symphony #7!!!

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In class we recently started Beethoven's Symphony #7!
Do you remember what we talked about in class about Mr.  Beethoven?  Tell your mom and dad what we learned about Beethoven.  Especially about the legs of his piano and the ear trumpets!
Listen and follow along with this video of his Symphony #7.  Can you find the REST?  Can you clap along and say the Ta's and Ti-Ti's?

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Beethoven, Symphony 7, Allegretto, mvt 2  NEW VERSION