October, November

This year I have decided to change the bulletin board in my classroom every two months. Since we started in August, I figured it was about time to make some changes. I decided to pull a twofer and have a half board for October and November. I enlisted the help of my 4th and 5th graders to make it possible.

4th Grade helped mt make "Boo-tiful" Melodies.

While 5th Grade was Thankful 4/4 Rhythm!

Close-up of the 5th Graders. They had to make each finger equal one measure in a 4/4 time signature.

First Six Weeks Complete!

Well... I stole yet another idea and gave it a musical twist. Over at Kingdom First Homeschool, they had the idea to write letters on a chalk board and have the little ones trace over it with paintbrushes dipped in water. I thought that this sounded pretty easy, but still fun! This past week, my first and second graders got to practice drawing their eighth, quarter, half and whole notes using this method.

Last week was also the end of our first six weeks. I can't believe how quickly time is flying by! My older grades had to take an End of Unit test out of the textbook to show what they've learned. Some of my 4th graders weren't quite sure how to use textbooks in music class...

...hehe