This week in the music room!

Happy Valentines Day!

Wow, the next two weeks are certainly a change from our regular routine! Things are busy, busy at Courtenay Elementary!

This week: special performance from Green Thumb Theatre and early dismissal Wednesday. Valentine's Day Thursday.

Next week: No school for students Monday (teacher professional development day, and Lunar New Year assembly Thurs. Feb 21 at 10:30!

Here's what our students are up to in the music room ..... 

K, K/1, 1

• continue learning Skinamarinki and A You're Adorable  
• New circle game: 1,2,3, Who Will it Be? 
• New Valentine's Rhythm and ORFF activity: Valentine, Valentine

Gr. 2/3

• New circle game: 1,2,3 Who will it be?
• Continue learning new note on recorder: low D
• Continue learning new song on recorder (purple belt song): Country Swing

Gr. 4/5

• Learn new song Somebody Loves Me, play circle game similar to Stella Ella Olla
• Continue learning Country Roads
• optional activities: Valentine's Bingo, Valentine's Composition activity, guitars 
• (students in grade 4 have been taking their FSA's which occur during music time, so there may only be a handful of grade 5 students that attend music class)

Grade 4/5/6

• Somebody Loves Me (played as Stella Ella Olla)
• Valentine's Bingo (each Bingo spaces corresponds with a rhythm that matches a "Valentines Phrase" - ie - Be Mine)
• Valentines Composition activity (students in pairs receive Valentine hearts with phrases on them ("true love", etc) which correspond to a rhythm. Students arrange hearts into a 4 bar rhythmic song in 4/4 time; students then choose instruments (xylophone, boomwhacker or guitar) and play their arrangement for the class.