We are clapping and singing like pros. In second grade the students begin using music books and learning how to read music as it appears in songs. This is different than reading a story but they love the challenge. We have had lots of fun already looking at songs with two stanzas and discovering that the second line of words is under the second line of music not the first line of words. We will be finding all the solfege pitches that we have learned since kindergarten and learn how the rhythms work together with the melody to create patterns and songs.
Music really is a different language and challenges the children to think.
Third Grade Third graders begin many new skills in music class including learning how to play the recorder and the opportunity to sing in an ensemble. We have been reviewing the lines and spaces in the treble clef that we began learning last year. They really have impressed me this year with how well they have remembered. I have set up a challenge for them to try to name them faster than I can. We will be creating a percussion piece as well as a speaking piece this six weeks.