Alexis Garcia

@cveschargers @FineArtsHCPS

A game to practice sight singing! Students take turns throwing a bean bag into a hula hoop with a solfege syllable in it. Record the solfege it lands on, or if they miss a hula hoop, draw a rest. Practice clapping the pattern, saying the solfege in rhythm, and then singing it!

2nd graders had a blast reviewing rhythms they learned this year by making rhythm hopscotch boards outside. @FineArtsHCPS @cveschargers

Relay to refresh! Students renewed their social contract by having a relay race between Clubhouses to sort our contract words into the RISE expectations. We then had a group discussion to create and sign our new contracts. Way to show teamwork, Chargers! @cveschargers @IHeartCKH

Our Pre-K musicians are learning about The Nutcracker with help from 5th grade ballerina Sadie. Sadie has been in an annual production of The Nutcracker and stopped by the music room to teach our youngest learners ballet positions. They had a blast! @cveschargers @FineArtsHCPS

When your student brings you Flamin' Hot Cheetos just because last week you said they were your favorite snack. Made my Monday!

Dot Day Project: Each student added a dot onto the staff on the board as they went to line up. I added stems and some chords underneath, and now we have a class song! I love what we created together! "Just make a mark and see where it takes you." @cveschargers

Looks like: chaos Sounds like: chaos What it is: having fun practicing! Third grade made sticky notes with a four note B A G pattern and stuck it to their foreheads. Music plays, they walk around. Music stops, they find a partner and play that student's pattern. Total engagement!

Mrs. Roney's class proved they were self-directed learners by setting goals, while our class statistician monitored those goals and recorded data throughout class. As a reward for meeting their expectations, they earned a 30 second dance party at the end of class! Way to go!!! 🎉

Today 1st grade had a snowball fight in music! Each balled up paper had a sol-mi pattern written on it. When the music played, they could throw their snowballs. When it stopped, they picked up the nearest snowball, unfolded it and sang it for a friend. We had so much fun!

This is what differentiation could look like for a composition assignment - providing visuals, manipulatives (the rhythms on the bottom are stickers), and this-or-that options. I loved how this made composing easier for some of our striving learners! @cveschargers @FineArtsHCPS

Did you know literacy and music are better together? Third graders demonstrate phonological awareness and work on musicianship by determing the rhythm of a song based on the syllables in each heartbeat. I love their focus! @cveschargers @FineArtsHCPS

5th Grade had fun playing silent rhythm ball today with the added challenge of saying and clapping the right dynamics. Great way for a fun, quick assessment! #shinebrightCVES @FineArtsHCPS @cveschargers

Kindergarten stars helped each other read high low patterns that they composed to perform on the xylophone. They were so excited to share their musical masterpieces with the class! @cveschargers @lisa_minutoli

1st grade created some candy rhythm patterns to practice the quarter rest! @cveschargers @lisa_minutoli

1st graders worked together to sort rhythm flashcards into duple or triple meter. Then they combined and practiced the rhythms to create and perform a duple song and triple song for the class. @cveschargers

Fourth graders reviewed the elements of music by composing their own program music inspired by the paintings of Kandinsky. They then wrote an artist statement explaining their musical choices using vocabulary that we learned in class. Thank you @Mhoppenstein for the art collab!

4th graders worked in small groups to write the rhythm syllables and perform the new dotted quarter note/ eighth note patterns on the board. Each student picked a different rhythm that they had to teach their teammates. Loved using this small group strategy! @cveschargers

Just like the second grade teachers brought music into their lessons, I brought poetry into mine! Second graders discovered the meter of a poem they learned in phonics by emphasizing beat 1 of each measure. Thanks @MsJBroyles and @MsKreisCVES for the great ideas! @cveschargers