YEE HAW!

The second graders have begun square dancing!

They are learning:

Right arm swing

Left arm swing

Two hand swing

Do-si-do

Even in small spaces we can Do-SI-Do!

Whoever said music isn't fun? Looks like they are having fun to me!!

Right arm swing!

Kindergarten Music Concerts!!

Kindergarten Music Concerts!

Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Kindergarten music performance of:

IT'S A BEACH PARTY!

Family and friends are encourages to come and support the Kindergarten students sing, dance, and play instruments to songs! Their singing will melt your heart and put a smile on your face!

Central Elementary

Date: Thursday, March 26 

Time: Students report at 6:15 and the concert will start at 6:30p.m.

Location: Central Elementary Multi-purpose Room/Gym

Attire: Beachwear/Hawaiian. Students may get as creative as they would like with goggles or other fun accessories!

Century Park Learning Center

Date: Tuesday, March 31 

Time: Students report at 5:45 and the concert will start at 6:00p.m.

Location: Grandville High School Auditorium

Attire: Beachwear/Hawaiian. Students may get as creative as they would like with goggles or other fun accessories!

Cummings Elementary

Date: Tuesday, March 31 

Time: Students report at 6:50 and the concert will start at 7:05p.m.

Location: Grandville High School Auditorium

**Century Park will be performing first so if you arrive early please wait in the hallway until their concert is over and they have exited the auditorium.**

Attire: Beachwear/Hawaiian. Students may get as creative as they would like with goggles or other fun accessories!

Froot Loop FUN!

Fourth and fifth graders have been practicing really hard to learn the notes on the treble clef. Fourth graders will soon begin to play recorders and fifth graders will start playing the ukulele's. Music class this past week was a sure treat! The students not only got a snack but also got to play with their food! (Which a lot of students said we were breaking their mom's rule)

Here are some pictures from our fun musical experience!

Can you read what this spells? If not, ask your fourth or fifth grader too!

We also played a fun game afterwards and it goes like this:

Face in a space

Face in a space

Every Good Boy Does Fine on a line

Start at the bottom and now you got'em!

The students had a blast passing the ball around the circle to find out who was going to get out!

Welcome!

Welcome to Mrs. Mergan's Music Blog! 

I will do my best to post information, pictures, videos and many fun exciting events happening within the music classroom weekly. So far the students have learned a tremendous amount of music information and experiences within this semester. 

When your child comes home from school and you ask, "How was your day?" Do you always here, "Good!" Or when you ask, "What did you learn today?" they might say, "I don't know?" Well if you flip to the back of the newsletter and look within your child's grade level at the bottom I post questions or activities to prompt your child to be able to answer a specific question or even sing you a song we have learned in class. Hopefully this will help you to learn a little more about your child's music education!

Please do not ever hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. 

Bubbles bubbles and more bubbles!

The Kindergarten students have been working really hard on learning their songs for the Ocean of Fun concert in May!

We have learned so many interesting facts about animals that live in the sea! The kids are always amazed by some of them especially finding out that jellyfish do not have brains. As one student stated, "So they aren't smart right?" Those comments make my job so much fun!

The Carnival of Animals is a musical suite of fourteen movements. One of the movements the composer Camille Saint-Seans wrote is called Aquarium. It is a beautiful piece you can listen to it here

The students were split up into two groups. One - the bubble blowers and the other second group- the fish puppets. Students were asked to blow bubbles to make it feel like we were down in the ocean while the puppet fish people were swimming around the classroom to the music. Then of course we had to switch roles or it would not be fair at all!

 

CONCERTS GALORE!

Students at Century Park Learning Center, Cummings Elementary, and South Elementary will be participating in a music concert at the end of the year! The students are preparing and having a lot of fun singing and learning their songs! We can't wait to perform them on the stage at the

 MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM in May for friends and family. 

SAVE THE DATES:

Century Park Learning Center 

Kindergarten- Ocean of Fun – Tuesday, May 20

Students will need to report to the

Middle School Auditorium by 5:45pm and the concert will begin promptly at 6:00pm.

ATTIRE: Students need to bring in a white t-shirt to their classroom teacher. They will be tie-dying them to look like the ocean water for the concert. Jeans are acceptable to wear for the night of the concert.

1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade Classrooms – Rock and Roll Forever

 Monday, May 12

Due to the large numbers of classes, I can’t fit all 8 classes on the stage at the exact same time. We have split up the classrooms and took into consideration siblings within other classrooms.

1^st CONCERT: O’Callaghan, Beekman, Hall, Kopec

Students will need to report to the Middle School Auditorium by 5:45pm and the concert will begin promptly at 6:00pm.

2^nd CONCERT: Stutzky, Kalman, Griffith, Kloppe

Students will need to report to the Middle School Auditorium by 6:50pm and the concert will begin promptly at 7:05pm.

ATTIRE: Students may dress up in 50’s attire. You may get as creative or as little as you would like! Poodle skirts, jeans and white t-shirts, leather jackets, or even saddle shoes the possibilities are endless!! 

Cummings Elementary

Kindergarten- Ocean of Fun – Thursday, May 29

Students will need to report to the

Middle School Auditorium by 5:45pm and the concert will begin promptly at 6:00pm.

ATTIRE: Students need to bring in a white t-shirt to their classroom teacher. They will be tie-dying them to look like the ocean water for the concert. Jeans are acceptable to wear for the night of the concert.

2nd Grade – Rock and Roll Forever

 Thursday, May 29

Students will need to report to the Middle School Auditorium by 6:50pm and the concert will begin promptly at 7:05pm.

ATTIRE: Students may dress up in 50’s attire. You may get as creative or as little as you would like! Poodle skirts, jeans and white t-shirts, leather jackets, or even saddle shoes the possibilities are endless!!

South Elementary 

 Kindergarten- Ocean of Fun –

Wednesday, May 14

Students will need to report to the

Middle School Auditorium by 6:15pm and the concert will begin promptly at 6:30pm.

ATTIRE: Students need to bring in a white t-shirt to their classroom teacher. They will be tie-dying them to look like the ocean water for the concert. Jeans are acceptable to wear for the night of the concert.

2nd Grade – Rock and Roll Forever

 Thursday, May 15

Students will need to report to the Middle School Auditorium by 6:15pm and the concert will begin promptly at 6:30pm.

ATTIRE: Students may dress up in 50’s attire. You may get as creative or as little as you would like! Poodle skirts, jeans and white t-shirts, leather jackets, or even saddle shoes the possibilities are endless!! 

YEE HAW!

This week in first grade the students have been working to correctly use their, "head voice". We practice many different ways by acting like sirens, roller coasters, airplanes, animals and even acting like cowboys and cowgirls.

The students heard a story about Cowboy Joe who likes to use his cowboy call! The students had to listen to the story and every time they heard, "Cowboy call" they had to let out a, "Yee HAW!" I bet you can guess they all did a fabulous job!

The next activity I brought out my noodle horses and the students got to ride the horses around the classroom when the music was playing. When the music stopped they had to freeze and let out their best "Cowboy call".

Do you think this first grader was having fun??

Smiling faces for the camera

Thanks Mrs. King for the fabulous idea of the noodle horses! Mrskingrocks.blogspot.com