Easter Egg Activities

The second and third graders got to enjoy some different Easter egg activities earlier this month!

The second graders each got a plastic egg filled with some sort of material (felt, paper, paperclips, macaroni, etc.) and had to keep their mouths silent as they shook their eggs around the room. Their goal was to find the classmate whose egg contents matched theirs...using only their ears. This was a good challenge for the students' listening ears (and silent mouths)!

The third graders practiced identifying different time signatures with their eyes and ears this month. One of our visual/reading practice activities involved working with a partner to divide a bag of eggs into 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signature piles.

Musical Guests during Instrument Family Unit

Last month at Lannoye, we were fortunate to have one of our very own students perform for the 4th and 5th grade classes. One of the 5th graders has been taking violin lessons for a few years now, and she volunteered to do a playing demonstration for her peers. She prepared and performed a piece, and we were all very proud of her and thankful for her musical contribution!

Our in-house visitor followed our visitor from the middle school in October. Mr. Kozlovsky, the 8th grade band director at PCMS, packed up some brass instruments and came to visit us. He and I team-taught the 4th and 5th grade lesson for the day, and he performed pieces on horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. He used SmartMusic, a music education software program, and explained a bit how the band team uses it at the middle school.

Kindergarten: Johnny Works with One Hammer

Lately, the kindergarteners have continued their steady beat practice. We've worked it into a song that uses our whole bodies, "Johnny Works with One Hammer." One of the kindergarten classes asked me to record them and post the video on the blog...so here they are! (By the way, they choreographed the 7th hammer (er, screwdriver?) move themselves.)