Mrs. Lovenduski's - Elementary Music Classroom: April 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

Virtual Kindergarten Concert - Practice Files

I Can Sing A Rainbow

Little Red Caboose - Red

Purple Light - Purple

Rain Rain Go Away - Blue

Mister Sun - Yellow

Five Green and Speckled Frogs - Green

Snowflake - White

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Musician's Choice Board - Week of April 20, 2020

Choose ONE of the following activities

RESPOND: Do you like Star Wars? How about Harry Potter? How about Home Alone? The music to these films and many more were composed by John Williams! Learn more about John Williams and respond in SeeSaw with a video recording, audio recording, or write out the things that you learned!

Learn about John Williams (2 minute video)
Watch and Listen to the Jaws theme (3 minutes)
Want to Learn More? Watch this interview.

PERFORM: Have you been practicing a musical skill or new instrument? Make a video of your learning and post to SeeSaw.

CONNECT: Did you know that the band One Republic created a new song, Better Days, while in COVID-19 Quarantine? They encouraged fans to send them videos of themselves and made these videos into the Official Music Video.

Watch the video here
Respond in SeeSaw with One Item

Perform the song - Lyric Video
Make an artwork based on the song
Write how you connect to the song

CREATE: Watch this video to create pop songs in Chrome Music Lab! Write the same song the video creator shows you or create your own! Go to Chrome Music Lab to complete the activity. Press the SAVE button and copy the link. Post the link in your SeeSaw Journal.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Musician's Choice Board - 3rd, 4th, and 5th

Choose one of the following activities

RESPOND: Listen to a new genre! April is Jazz Month! Visit the Smithsonian's Jazz Website, then respond in SeeSaw (what did you learn? how did you feel? what musicians did you learn about? what instruments did you see, did you like Jazz, etc.)	PERFORM: Have you ever wanted to learn how to beat box? Click Here to Watch a Video to get started! Beatboxing 101 Assignment: Create a video in Seesaw to show off your Beatboxing skills. Can your parents beatbox? Post to Seesaw.
PERFORM: Use Household Percussion Instruments (spoons, pots, cans, etc) to play along with this video Post to Seesaw.	CREATE: Watch this video on Form. Create your own piece based on form. You can make a live video or you can use Garage Band or Chrome Music Lab. Post to Seesaw.