• We reviewed how to create scales by playing hopscotch
  • Major: WWHWWWH
  • minor: WHWWHWW

• We practiced counting rhythms with bugs and actual counting using fun jingle bells
• We did the Skaters puppet show because we talked about Johann Strauss II and he wrote that music!
• We practiced feeling a strong beat by playing "One Potato, Two Potato" with beanbags
• We reviewed how to transition between the different chords on the bottom line of Hanon #1. The purple chord feels just like the yellow chord but your fingers move up instead of down.
• We practiced wrist circles in Starry Sky.
• We reviewed Love Somebody so that we'll soon be able to transpose it to the key of D Major

• The kids should break down their primary song by practicing the first line only of their song this week.
  • This will help them memorize their song if they are only doing a little bit at a time and perfecting it.
  • Your child should play slowly until they can get all the notes correct and speed up ONLY when they can play without making mistakes.
  • Each child got something that they should be able to manage with some practice, but it shouldn't be too difficult. 
  • If they would like to sing the words to their song, just let me know and I'll give them a copy with lyrics. 
  • Here is a web page I made with all the primary songs and the MP3s so you know what they sound like.
  • Your child is welcome to learn any of the other primary songs only AFTER they have learned their own song.
  • If they would like a different song, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

This week your child will do the blue highlighted assignments at home! Parents don't need to initial this week, but I do need to see tally marks on the red lines for the kids to get their reward in class!

I have added additional flashcards to my Quizlet collection. You can access those on my website, or through Quizlet.com. I have also added a few sets to the "Repertoire" section of the Student Portal. Please let me know if you are using these resources and I will continue adding to it! Also let me know if you can't get them to work! (Sometimes things work fine for me as the teacher, but not so well for the students and I have no way of knowing if nobody tells me they aren't working!)

Don't forget to please help your child pass off their songs and scales to earn pins! You just need to send me a video of them playing. The scales can be played with or without the back track, but they need to be perfect at least one time with both hands.

I'm getting a lot more pass-off lately! Keep it up!