Feb13
Category Archives: Grade 2
Feb13
Gr. 2 – Piano Keys
Students in Grade 2 learn where the keys are on the piano by playing their own original group compositions using the D Pentatonic scale.
Feb13
Young Composers!
Students in Grade two,composed their own melodies to the Poem “Happy Thoughts”. They each had the opportunity to practice playing it on a xylophone/metallophone while the other group members sang along!
Jan10
4th Graders to attend Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert!
Fourth grade students all across the disctirct will once again have the amazing opportunity to attend a concert put on by the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra! This year the concert will take place on February 9, 2017 at the Ford Performing ARts Center, Michael Guido Theater. Students will be learning a little bit about each piece that they will hear before attending the concert. If you want them to get a head start in their learning, here are a few things that you can look up online:
Brass Instrument Family
String Instrument Family
Woodwind Instrument Family
Percussion Instrument Family
Orchestra
Symphony
Conductor
Composer
Symphony Concert Etiquette
https://dearbornsymphony.org/wp/
Jan10
WBPE First Composition of 2017!
Our WBPE members came together for the first rehearsal of 2017 inspired and ready to work! They sat down and immediately got to work creating two new pieces of music that are sure to be crowd pleasers! 
Also, our drummers will be taking their composition, writing an original story to compliment the music, illustrate it, create a powerpoint, and present it at one of our concerts later this year. Miller drummers are doing great things!
Jan10
Happy New Year! Objectives and Assessment
Happy New Year to all of our wonderful Miller families!
We are starting the year off with some fun and exciting activities! Our music students are working on the objectives related to PITCH and are being assessed on the following:
* Sing using the correct pitch (notes)
* Sing using call and response
* Sing independently and on pitch
* Read lyrics while singing
We have some wonderful singers here at Miller!
Nov4
November Objectives and Vocabulary Words
Overview for November
Kindergarten
Match Pitch
Assess Pitch
One and Two Sounds to a Beat
Pre-Reading of Music Notation
Introduction of Quarter and Eighth Notes
Purposeful Movement
Introduction of Foriegn Language (Spanish)
Perform Sound Effects on cue in a Story
Rhythmic Assessment
Listening
TI TI Ta (Eighth and quart notes) and one finger claps
Identify Softer and Louder (Dynamics)
Spider beats (Steady beat)
Beat and rhythm groups simultaneously
Song for days of the week
Ring around the Rosy song and game
Introduction to Meter 2/4 and 6/8
March vs. Swing
Poetry
Read and Perform Beats of Silence
Instrument Exploration Hands-on Experience (Woods/Metals/Shakers & Scrapers)
Grade 1
Concept: BEAT
Identify and perform Long and Short
Listening focus and game
One and Two sounds to a beat
Foreign Language (Song in French, song in Swahili)
Call and Response
Purposeful Movement (Sutdent demonstration)
Marching to a steady beat
Sway to the beat
Instrument Exploration Hands-on Experience (Woods/Metals/Shakers & Scrapers)
Perform Sound Effects on cue in a Story
Write your own story and try it out in class with instrument performers
Grade 2
Reading Quarter/Eighth notes and Quarter Rests
Identify ABA Sections in Classical Music
Perform on instruments using iconic representation of Quarter Notes/Rests
Listening focus and game
Listening to classical music pieces
Sing in Rhythm and one Pitch
Subdivisions
Perform diverse styles
Foriegn Language (Song and Game in Spanish – Bate Bate)
Perform Sound Effects on cue in a Story
Write your own story and read in with student instrument performers
Instrument Families of the Orchestra
Listen to story told in Portugese Language
Dynamics
p = Piano (soft)
mf = Mezzo Forte (meduim loud)
f – Forte (loud)
Grade 3
Tournament practice – In class practice and races constructing measures of music
Cooperative pairings
Understanding Fractions in Music
Independent work
Sort and Check Routine
Assess Pitch
Live Feed: Detroit Symphony Orchestra “Musical Superheroes”
Grade 4
Reading/Performing Musical Notation (Lines and Spaces)
Recorder Method: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTHpKEqcm_UZvQRreeNduiXyO39b85Qin
Introduction to the recorder (fingerings, finger placement and coverage, hand placement, breath control, tone production, parts of the recorder)
Homework practice online
Students should practice as many as they can and advance as quickly as they can.
Perform exercises with and without a beat track
Vocabulary:
Brass
Percussion
Strings
Woodwinds
Conductor
Composer
Orchestra
Symphone
ABA Form
Melody
Dynamics
Long and Short
Loud and Soft
Sway
Skip
Dash
p = Piano (soft)
mf = Mezzo Forte (meduim loud)
f – Forte (loud)
Nov2
Grade 2 Writes Performance Stories and Songs
Oct31
CARE TO THE CORE RALLY
Check it out!!
https://dearbornschools.org/images/articles/2016_Anti-Bullying_RALLY_Poster.pdf
Oct20
Grade 2 learns a song and game from Mexico!
In Spanish
Bate bate chocolate
Con arroz y con tomate
Uno do the Cho
Uno did tres Co
Uno did tres La
Uno did tres Te
Chocolate chocolate
Chocolate chocolate
English translation
Stir stir chocolate
With rice and with tomato
One two three Cho
One two three Co
One two three La
One two three The
Chocolate chocolate
Chocolate chocolate