April Update

Music at Vista Heights

In the month of April the students in Grade 1/2 have been exploring rhythm patterns and focusing on the rhythm of words.  The students were asked to categorize words by their rhythm (one sound or two sounds…), then write the rhythm of specific words, and then to write their own four beat rhythm patterns and share them for the class. The students in Room 6 and the Kindergarten students have been preparing songs for their upcoming class assemblies as well.

The students in Room 1 have been learning a traditional Canadian song called “My Paddle”.  The students accompany the singing with several harmony parts on the Orff instruments and percussion instruments as well. 

Room 4 students have continued to make significant progress in their recorder playing skills and have now learned several songs with the notes B, A, G, E, and D.  We have also focused on improving at reading notes on the treble clef staff and improving our tone on the recorder by blowing gently. We will continue to learn new notes in the coming weeks and working on new songs.

            Room 2 students have started a unit learning the Ukulele instrument.  The students are learning to read the notation on the treble clef staff and play the melody of a song on the Ukulele by using the open strings and some frets. The students in Room 5 are learning about Electronic song structure and composition using the Garageband software for computers.  They are looking forward to sharing their completed songs.