I can't believe the first week of September is already over! Where has the time gone!
The first 3 weeks of school has been awesome! PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade have been focusing on exploring our voices in what they can do. Our voices are amazing things that can be loud, soft, high, low, speak, or sing! They can do so many things! These students are also practicing keeping beats by going on train rides or using hammers! If you want to know what your child is doing, as them if they can teach you the train rhyme that starts, "Engine Engine Number 9." 2nd - 5th grade have been in a review time the past few weeks. Our focus has been making sure that these students can keep a steady beat through playing Apache Chant by passing 4 cups around the circle. We also have discovered the difference between the steady beat (the heartbeat of the music that doesn't change) and the rhythm (the pattern of the syllables of the words) by using a rock/paper/scissors style game. If you want to learn that game, as your child to teach it to you! They have been doing an excellent job with it! Some upcoming things that everyone should be aware of: 1) The north end will be having a Vertical Concert on Nov. 19th. This concert will feature 5th graders from all elementary schools, the middle school choir, and the high school choir. More information on this will come in the next few weeks. 2) 4th and 5th grade will have their annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 12th at 6pm here at PES. More information on this will also follow in the next few weeks. 3) 5th graders will be playing their recorders that we started learning at the end of last year for our concert in Dec. They should plan on bringing their recorders to school starting the week of Sept. 23rd. A reminder will be send home with students next week. 4) School Calendar reminders for the Month of September: - Rock your School Day (Sept. 19th) - 1pm Dismissal (Sept. 20th) If there any questions about anything at all, please feel free to email Mr. Conway at [email protected] Stay Musical! |
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