Happy Halloween!

Here is Mrs. Dulmaine's 2nd grade class performing "Skin and Bones". I did variations of this song with almost every grade level from singing to moving to instruments to even recorders in fifth grade! Enjoy!

October Celebrity Singers!

Check out these 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade celebrity singers from JFK and Parmenter. Do I have the best students or what?!

 Parmenter 3rd

 

JFK 4th

Parmenter 4th

JFK 5th

 

JFK 3rd

Survey and Name This Chorus Warm-up!

Next month I will be selecting a musician from India and I could use your help!

 

If you know any musicians that the students would enjoy whether from India, China, Australia, Ireland, Brazil, etc. Please take this two minute survey!

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q66XBFV

Check out what this talented fifth grader from JFK figured out on her recorder! Do you recognize this warm up?

 

5th Grade HW Practice Video

This week 5th grade students should have earned their PINK belt playing the song of their choice from a few songs I provided. This week students should be practicing another song in the same packet entitled, "Flutter by, Butterfly." Beautiful song that is challenging with its slow tempo in triple meter. Here's a video I made that hopefully will help! Can't wait to hear everyone next Wednesday (Ms. Etzel's class) or Friday (Mrs. Kroeber, Mrs. Lacerda, and Mrs. Vicente's classes)!

September Celebrity Singers and Musician of the Month!

October Musicians  and Dancers! of the Month are from Guinea, AFRICA!

Les Ballets Africains

Find out a more info at: http://lesballetsafricains.net/

Q: What's a celebrity singer?
A: A celebrity singer is a student in chorus that demonstrates great effort, leadership, and focus. They also show great singing technique such as good posture, vowel shapes, pitch, breathing, etc. Sometimes I also pick a student whom I feel has shown great improvement. With the help of the educational assistants and celebrity singers from the previous week, I try to chose one boy and one girl per week. Some weeks I can't help myself and pick more!

Q: Where did this idea come from?
A: I wanted to show students that anyone can join and love chorus and become a singer. It's not just for a certain type of person, everyone was born to sing! I began thinking about celebrities such as Anne Hathaway, Beyonce, Matt Damon, Theodore Roosevelt, etc. that were all in chorus when they were younger. Sometimes the best singers are the people you would least expect!

Q: What can I do to help?
A: Never tell your child they can't sing! Also be careful about how you joke about your own singing. We're all born with the right equipment to sing. Some of us unfortunately just never learned how to use it!
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September Celebrity Singers!

 

Parmenter 3rd

 

Parmenter 4th

 

 JFK 3rd

 

JFK 4th 

 

JFK 5th