Students have been focusing on keeping the beat, feeling the beat, and playing to the beat! They have been doing an excellent job showing the beat by moving, playing instruments and tapping their toes. We listened to different sounds in our world that keep the beat.... things like
-Windshield wipers!
-Water dripping from the tap!
-Someone paddling a boat!
-A clock going, "tick-tock"!
And students brainstormed more things that keep a beat. Ideas like, a monster walking up the stairs, Native Dancing, drumming, and brushing your teeth!
Some of the songs students are learning to help them keep the beat are: Engine Engine #9, Cookie Jar, and Stella Ella Olla. Kindergarten and grade 1 students have been keeping the beat using rhythm sticks as we listen to and sing songs. Students in upper grades have been playing the xylophones and are learning how difficult it is for one group to keep a steady beat (not speeding up!) while other students play a different rhythm at the same time.
Next week CHOIR starts - Thursdays at Noon!
PERFORMING ARTS club also begins - Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:15pm!
And we have TWO assemblies!
~Mrs. Caya
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