MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas Students!
Enjoy your Winter Break!

70 Days of School

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You made it through 70s days of school Jr Cards!

To celebrate we are looking at and listening to music from the 1970s.

The music in the 1970s was great! We had Rock, Disco, and the beginnings of Punk music.

My favorite 70s band was a group called The Pink Floyd.

They had a funny name, but made some great music.

Comment and let me know which video you watched that was your favorite!

5th Graders earn Orange Belt

The following 5th Grade students have earned the Orange Belt in Recorder Karate:

Nicholas Dominique Isaac James Christian Dayteon Douglas Kimbreyunia Precious Montairs Dominic Delfin Katherine Jeremy Niyana Khrassima Phillip Desirae Hannah Simon Dillan Takara Hailey Duan Catherine Mourace Clay Celeste Isabella Tyree Jon'Quez Katelyn Maria Nya Janiya

Kevin and Bob Episode #3

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November

Students!

Did you know that November is Native American Music Month?

This month we will be singing, playing and dancing to some really awesome songs by the Lakota, Cherokee, and Navajo people.

We will also be listening to our favorite Native American flute player R. Carlos Nakai!

Click here to listen to one of the songs off of his latest cd.

Unusual Percussion Instruments

VIBRASLAP
GUIRO


FLEXATONE

Which unusual percussion instrument do you like?
Comment and tell us!

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5th Graders Earn White Belt in Recorder Karate

Jr Cards - Still Rockin

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Brain Pop "Brainiest of All"

Steel Drums

Here is the Flag of Trinidad and Tobago. They are island countries found inbetween the Carribean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Steel Drums (a percussion instrument) come from Trinidad and Tobago. 4th grade students, can you tell me the name of the song we sang in class that comes from Trinidad?

Percussion Pals #2

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Survey #3

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Kye Kye Kule - Song from Ghana

Che Che Koolay
Che Che Kofinsa
Kofinsa Langa
Ka Ka Shi Langa
Whoops A Lye Lye





Che Che Koolay is a children's song that comes from Ghana.
This is a map of Ghana. Did you notice that Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean? What ocean does Onslow County sit on? If you said Atlantic, you are correct! We share the same big ocean!
Notice that Ghana has an Academy of African Music & Arts. An academy is a place you can go to study and learn. This academy specializes in Music! That sounds awesome!



Here is the flag of Ghana. How does it compare to our flag?
What is the same? What is different?
Comment and let me know.

Percussion Pals

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Instrument Frenzy

The New York Philharmonic website has a GREAT music game called Instrument Frenzy. In this game you can classify the orchestra instruments and put them into their correct families to earn points.

WARNING: This game is highly educational and addictive!

Click to play Instrument Frenzy!

Making a Drum - Video

Question of the Day #2

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EMAIL

Want to send Miss Taylor an email? Here's her address!


brooke.taylor@onslow.k12.nc.us

Africa

These are some PERCUSSION instruments from AFRICA. I found this picture on the internet when I googled the words "africa percussion". It came from a website called drumdoctors.com. They sell, rent, and repair all kinds of percussion instruments.





Why don't you try a google search for different kinds of percussion instruments. See what kinds of pictures you can find and share with our class!

Percussion Pictures

Question of the Day1

Which Percussion instrument do you think sounds the best?

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Percussion

A PERCUSSION instrument can be played by shaking, scraping, or striking it.
Can you think of some percussion instruments that we use in our classroom?
Use the comments button below to tell me the name of a percussion instrument that we use in the music room.

Looking Around -In Class Activity

Welcome Back to School!

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School Starts Soon

SCHOOL STARTS NEXT THURSDAY!
Get ready to make some Music Jr Cards!

Sketch

Flip Video Winner

CONGRATULATIONS to Ms. Cherubini!
She won a Flip Video camera today.
Watch out 3rd graders, videos are coming your way!