Distance Learning for Elementary Music (Grades 2-4)

 

***This page only concerns students in grades 2-3. Mr. Mahlke teaches K-1 and Mr. Olson teaches grades 4-5.

Check back here weekly for new music lessons & activities!

 

Week of November 30 - December 4

Concert Prep

I hope you had a good 5-day weekend! This week we're going to focus on some Christmas tunes. During any other normal year, we would be putting a lot of time & effort into rehearsing for our annual Holiday Program. Unfortunately, we won't be able to have one, but the music must live on! Below are some tunes to listen to, sing along to, and enjoy!

Feliz Navidad- Jose Feliciano lyrics [HQ]

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas with lyrics

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas by Johnny Mathis Lyrics

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Lyrics

 

EXTRA RESOURCES

In case your student is looking for extra music-related activities to do throughout the day, your child can:

--Practice rhythms

--Create his/her own musical instrument

--Read a music book

--Watch a musical movie (Greatest Showman, for example... Disney movies are also full of music)

--Listen to music

 

Here are some YouTube videos with music we have listened to during class:

It's Gonna Be OKAY - The Piano Guys

BEATBoX SAX -"Stand By Me"- Solo Sax and Voice (no overdubs)

Rockapella FOLGERS Commercial - :45 & :30

Lucky Chops - Hello (Adele Cover)

Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle

 

In the spirit of Christmas, here are your tunes of the Week!! (all YouTube videos):

Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Official Audio) 

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Twelve Days of Christmas

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Carol of the Bells

 

Brain Breaks from The Learning Station & Music Express Magazine (via YouTube):

Boom Chicka Boom

Happy Dance

Jailhouse Rock

Happy by Pharrell Williams

 

Online Activities/Games

PBS Kids Music Games - https://pbskids.org/games/music/

Chrome Music Lab - https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments

--Heads up: some of the activities require the access of your computer's microphone

--'Song Maker' and 'Chords' were fun activities on this website!

 

Stay healthy and safe!

I hope to see you all soon!

Mr. George


 

Contact: Adm George