Wilson Anthem
In the works is an upcoming Wilson Anthem. Teachers and students were challenged to come up with a motto and a flag that would signify...
Banging Buckets
My new thing this September is Bucket Drumming! I have collected buckets and purchased some real drumsticks, as well as found some felt...
Music Jedi Training
January was taken up with reviewing our first 3 units, Rhythm, Melody, and Expression. Students were challenged through various games...
Recorder Hero
Recorder Hero for the grade 4 students has begun. I am overwhelmed with the excitement and hard work that the students have started out...
Learning to Read
I just attended my own children's Student Led Conferences. They are in grade 1 and 2. Watching them sound out and begin to sight read...
STOMPFEST
Look out here comes STOMPFEST! Our opening major project over the last month has been to create STOMP routines. Students were asked to...
Junk Instruments
We have been learning about all the musical families: wood, metal, shakes and scrapes and membranes (drums). As we experiment and...
Sound Songs
Our grade 1's have also been exploring beat and lengths of notes. They just finished composing thier own body percussion songs. They...
Summer Songs
We started off the year writing songs about our favourite summer experiences. This helped students to remember note values, how to match...
Cart or Music Room?
Once again our music room started as a classroom and much to my great delight the portables have been put on in the correct order and...
