Activity for Monday, May 25th
Hey Kenter Coyotes!
Let’s warm up with a dance song! Try and copy their dance moves!
Click here for the video!
Let’s warm up with a dance song! Try and copy their dance moves!
Click here for the video!
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This week I am sending you 2 African songs to work on. The first one is an inspiring song from West Africa called "Funga Alafia". The words Funga Alafia directly mean "Hello, welcome". The word Funga is specifically the word for welcome dance and the word Alafia is specifically a greeting like "good health" or "peace”. This is a version of a West Africa dancer and drummer performing the song. Follow along with the dance moves and try singing the words!
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Now let’s try the same song, but a little faster and with different dance moves performed by a group of 5th graders.
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Our second song from Africa is called Jambo. It’s a call and response song, so sing along after the singing lines!
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That’s it for this week everybody!
Mr. Mike
Mr. Mike
Activity for Monday, May 18th
Hi Kenter Coyotes,
So for this week in music we’re going to be interviewing an adult family member about music. Pick one person in your household and ask them the following questions.
1. What is your favorite song right now and why?
Then have them play that song for you and listen to it together. Have them point out their favorite part.
2. What is a song you remember liking when you were a kid and why?
Then listen to that song together. Ask them if the song brings back any memories for them.
3. What instruments have you played in your life and when did you play them? If not, what instrument have you always wanted to play? What is a song that you’ve always wished you knew how to play on an instrument?
Listen to that song together, and have them point out which part of the song is their favorite.
4. Who is your favorite musical artist of all time and why? What is your first memory of hearing that artist?
Listen to a few of their favorite songs by that artist. Dance along if you want!
You can also share your favorite song or songs with your family member and tell them why you like it or how it makes you feel.
So for this week in music we’re going to be interviewing an adult family member about music. Pick one person in your household and ask them the following questions.
1. What is your favorite song right now and why?
Then have them play that song for you and listen to it together. Have them point out their favorite part.
2. What is a song you remember liking when you were a kid and why?
Then listen to that song together. Ask them if the song brings back any memories for them.
3. What instruments have you played in your life and when did you play them? If not, what instrument have you always wanted to play? What is a song that you’ve always wished you knew how to play on an instrument?
Listen to that song together, and have them point out which part of the song is their favorite.
4. Who is your favorite musical artist of all time and why? What is your first memory of hearing that artist?
Listen to a few of their favorite songs by that artist. Dance along if you want!
You can also share your favorite song or songs with your family member and tell them why you like it or how it makes you feel.
Mr. Mike also recorded a video of the questions so that students could listen to the questions and then pause to ask the adult they choose to interview.
Activity for Monday, May 11th
Mr. Mike will also be hosting a live Zoom music class for each first grade class on Tuesday. Please see your teacher's email containing Tuesday's activities for the time and link.
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Hey Kenter Coyotes!
Last week we finished our Carnival of the Animals, but we never listened to the Finale! See how many animals you hear make a reappearance in the finale, which is another name for the end of a performance! |
Do you miss playing the boomwhackers at Kenter Canyon? So do I! Try out these virtual boomwhackers, and see if you can play Mary had a Little Lamb. Here’s the notes!
E D C D E E E D D D E G G E D C D E E E D D E D C
Virtual Boomwhackers
E D C D E E E D D D E G G E D C D E E E D D E D C
Virtual Boomwhackers
Activity for Monday, May 4th
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Hey Kenter Coyotes! For this week, we’re going to review our entire Carnival of the Animals by listening to a live performance of the songs! You’ll hear the narrator read a brief poem about each animal as well. Download the attached sheet, and whenever you hear the beginning of an animal’s song, point to it or circle it on the sheet. See if you remember the motions that we did in class for each animal. If you forgot, make up your own movements to go with each animal! Alternatively, if you prefer to color while you listen to the music and you have a printer, you can download and print any of the cool coloring sheets from the Carnival and color while you listen at the second link below. Still point to or circle the animals as you hear them! One page with All Animals / Full Coloring Book
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Now, just to get our bodies moving, let’s do a short song called Clap your Hands. Watch the weird video, and follow movement directions in the song!
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Now let’s do a repeat after me song called Boom Chicka Boom! Notice how the song uses beatboxing! Can you hear it?
Boom Chicka Boom
And finally, let’s calm down our bodies and our minds with some bear breaths.
Bear Breath
That’s it for this week, Coyotes!
Mr. Mike
Boom Chicka Boom
And finally, let’s calm down our bodies and our minds with some bear breaths.
Bear Breath
That’s it for this week, Coyotes!
Mr. Mike
Activity for Monday, April 27th
1. Hello Kenter Coyotes! Let’s review our last song from the Carnival of the Animals. We’re going to play a game with this song. Imagine you are the dinosaur bones that have come to life in the museum, but the museum security guard is shining their flashlight around looking for you, so every time you hear the xylophone play you have to freeze so they don’t see you! Listen to the song again and move around like dinosaur bones, except freeze when you hear the xylophone (the first instrument you hear).
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2. Next, let’s add the last song to the Carnival of the Animals! We’re finally here everybody! The last song is actually an animal again, a swan. The instrument playing the melody in this song is called the cello. It’s like a much bigger version of a violin. As you listen to the music, move your body around your living room like you’re a swan floating on the water. Alternatively, you can also draw a picture on a piece of paper while you listen. Let your pencil or marker float along the paper like a swan floating across a pond, making whatever patterns you want.
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3. Alright, so in today's lesson we’re going to learn about beatboxing, which is using your mouth to make drum beats. First watch the video above to learn how to make some beatbox patterns with your mouth using words you already know! After you watch the video, go to the website below and try these beats on your own! I recommend practicing the first beat the most before you try any of the harder ones.
Beatboxing for Kids |
4. Then, after you’ve practiced that first beat and maybe a few others, try beat boxing over some of your favorite songs! Here’s some examples of me beat boxing at different speeds over some popular songs.
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5. Beatboxing can be used in lots of different styles of music, but a lot of people use it for acapella music, which means music without instruments, only singing and/or sounds with your mouth. Here’s a video of a really cool version of the song Bohemian Rhapsody, originally by Queen, done acapella style by the band Pentatonix. Can you hear where the beat boxing starts?
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6. And finally, let’s make some acapella music of your own! This really cool program called Incredibox lets you take different parts of a song to make your song. All the sounds are made using someone’s voice! You’ll hear singing and beatboxing parts. Watch the video above to learn how to use it, and then click the link below to try it out!
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Activity for Monday, April 20th
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1. Hey Kenter Coyotes! Let’s review last week’s addition to the Carnival of the Animals. This piece is called Pianists, which means people who play the piano. Do any of you play the piano? This song sounds like two pianists practicing the piano. Move your arms up and down as the piano notes go up and down while moving your fingers like you’re playing the piano, and then when the orchestra plays the loud notes with the piano, jump up and spread your arms and legs as wide as you can!
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2. Next let’s add our next song to the Carnival. This one used to be an animal, but an animal that’s been gone for a long time. It’s called fossils, which means bones that are buried in the ground, like dinosaur bones. First I want you to listen to this song with your eyes closed. When you hear the xylophone, the very first instrument, I want you to imagine dinosaur bones coming to life in a museum and dancing around! Then, when the xylophone stops, I want you to imagine the security guard in the museum is shining their flashlight, and all the dinosaur bones freeze. Last, I want you to listen for the hidden song that’s in the middle of this song. It’s a song you know!
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3. Did you hear the hidden song? It’s Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! Now we’re going to play a game with this song. Imagine you are the dinosaur bones that have come to life in the museum, but the museum security guard is shining their flashlight around looking for you, so every time you hear the xylophone play you have to freeze so they don’t see you! Listen to the song again and move around like dinosaur bones, except freeze when you hear the xylophone (the first instrument you hear).
5. Next we’re going to add some notes together. Open the Music Math Worksheet and print it out, or just look at it on your device and you can write down the answers on a separate sheet of paper. In question #1, the first note is a half note, so you write a ‘2’ underneath it. The next note is a quarter note, so write a ‘1’ underneath. The last note is also a quarter note, so write another ‘1’ underneath. Add them together 2+1+1 equals 4, so write 4 in the box. Try the other ones on your own, and check your answers at the bottom afterwards.
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6. Now we’re going to use these notes to play along to a song! Find anything you want to use as a musical instrument, it can be a spoon, or a Tupperware container, or anything that your parent or guardian says it’s ok to use to make music with. I’ll give some examples in the video. There are so many things around the house that you can use to make music! Then click on the video below to play along with me to the song ‘Dance Monkey’! Now try playing your instrument and come up with your own rhythms over Dance Monkey! Have fun with it, and don’t be afraid to dance around while you play your instrument!
Answers to the Music Math worksheet: 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 8
Activity for Monday, April 13th
1. Let’s review last week’s addition to the Carnival of the Animals. Last week we learned the music for an Aviary, a place where all different kinds of birds live. As you listen, imagine all different kinds of birds flying around your living room! Listen for the sound of the flute in the song, and how the melody goes up and down. Hook your thumbs together on your hands and make your fingers into little bird wings, and have your bird fly around the room to match the sound of the flute.
3. Alright, next let’s review our new song from last week, the Unfinished Song by Bryant Oden. Fill in the missing words in the song with the rhyming word as best you can. Answers are at the end of this message if you need to look!
5. So one of the best parts of playing music right now is that we have more time to make up our own songs, and you don’t have to know how to play a musical instrument to make up you very own songs! The first game I want you to try is called Music Maker. Pick one of the three places to start, then move things up and down to change their pitch, making the notes either higher or lower. Then you can click the instrument to play your notes with a song, and you can make the song go slower by clicking on the snail, or faster by clicking on the rabbit. Make up your own song in each place!
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2. Next let’s add our next selection to the Carnival of the Animals. This piece is called Pianists, which means people who play the piano. Do any of you play the piano? This song sounds like two pianists practicing the piano. Move your arms up and down as the piano notes go up and down while moving your fingers like you’re playing the piano, and then when the orchestra plays the loud note with the piano, jump up and spread your arms and legs as wide as you can!
4. Next, let’s review another song we did earlier in the year to go with our Elephants song in the Carnival of the Animals. It’s called ‘Elephants have Wrinkles’. Follow the movement directions in the song, and sing along if you can!
6. The next one I want you to try is called Pinka Perfect Band. You get to make your own musical instrument, and then play your instrument with the other members of the band! Try making a few different kinds of instruments, and play them along with different members of the band and different songs.
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7. Last, I want you to try making up your own song using the Chrome Music Labs Song Maker. I made a video to explain how to use it. There’s no rules when you’re making up your own song, but the best way to get started is to make patterns. Watch the video above first. Then click on this link to start making your own songs! If you like a song you make, you can save it, and even send it to a friend!
Click here for Song Maker
Click here for Song Maker
8. Last thing for today, our Holiday Show from this school year is now available for you to watch! All the grades did such a great job this year preparing their songs and performing, and this was the perfect time for me to edit the videos of the performances for everybody to see! Watch yourself put on a great performance, and see if you can find yourself on the risers!
Blitzen's Boogie
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My Red Sled
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Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah
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Answers to The Unfinished Song: rhyme, me, sun, stars, hair, toes, bed, sore, end, bye