Category Archives: Grade 4

Nominate your favorite teacher for “Teacher of the year”.

Nominate your favorite teacher for “Teacher of the year”.

 

 

Students, just click on the link below for all of the information you need to nominate your favorite teacher for the

Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Awards

.  Deadline is April 12, 2013

https://dearbornschools.org/toy

Criteria for nomination:

  • No more than two teachers can be nominated per student
  • Nominations are due April 12, 2013 (LATE NOMINATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED)
  • Adults may assist where necessary
  • A teacher will be selected from elementary, middle and high school
  • Let your teacher know that you nominated them, because the Chamber will not disclose this information
  • If you nominate a teacher, please attend the ceremony to congratulate him/her in person

Awardees will be announced at the ceremony on Thursday, May 15, 2013,
4 p.m. at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
15801 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, 48126
Judges are members of the Dearborn Chamber Education Committee and nominations
are evaluated anonymously on the quality of nominations, not on the number of
nominations received. The Education Committee will tabulate the results.
The Chamber will honor the best elementary, middle
and high school teachers with a $1,000 prize. 

Nominations may be submitted either online, fax or mail.  See website for details.

 

10th Annual Ethnic Dinner January 31, 2013

10th Annual Ethnic Dinner January 31, 2013

A huge congratulations to the The World Beat Performance Ensemble, under the leadership of Ms. Harden, who opened the 10th Annual Ethnic Dinner at Miller Elementary School on January 31, 2013.  They looked and sounded great!

Ethnic Dinner 2 pre-show Jan 31 2013 Ethnic Dinner 3 pre-show Jan 31 2013 Ethnic Dinner 4 pre-show Jan 31 2013 Ethnic Dinner 5 pre-show Jan 31 2013 Ethnic Dinner pre-show Jan 31 2013

Members include:

Raghd Aldarwish Gr. 3

Gubran Abdallah Gr. 3

Mouqal Abdulmalik Gr. 4

Jenna Kobeissi Gr. 5

Alex Elmazi Gr. 5 (Not Pictured)

Mohammed Algahmi Gr. 5

Khaled Jaradat Gr. 4

Hussein Gharib Gr. 4

Alan Baydoun Gr. 4

Kinan Abbasi Gr. 5

Mom’s and Muffins Concerts May 7-9, 2012

Mom’s and Muffins Concerts May 7-9, 2012

Great news!

 

Our Mom’s and Muffins Concerts are back by popular demand!  Students in Grades K-5 will be performing special selections for our Mother’s in the cafeteria, and then back to the classrooms for a special surprise!

DRESS:  Look nice!!

 

The Concert Schedule is as follows:

Monday May 7, 2012

Gr. 5      9:15- 9:45

Gr. 4      10:15 – 10:45

Tuesday May 8, 2012

Gr. 1      9:15 – 9:45

Kinder 10:15 – 10:45

Wednesday May 9, 2012

Gr. 2      9:15 – 9:45

Gr. 3      10:15 – 10:45

 

Please remember that parking is limited so if you live in the neighborhood you may want to walk, or arrive a early.   See you then!

 

Instrument Families

Instrument Families

Here are the instrument families and along with some links for each instrument.

 

WOODWINDS

Flute (7 year old) – Chaminade Concertino for Flute and Piano

Clarinet (10 year old)

Soprano Saxophone – (teenager) Kenny G: Going Home

Alto Saxophone – 10 year old

Tenor Saxophone – President Bill Clinton 1992

Baritone Saxophone and Tuba – Fun with Sponge Bob

Bass and Sopranino Saxophones

Sub Contrabass Saxophone

Bassoon (Elementary student) – Frere Jacques

Oboe (Middle School student-Super Mario Brothers)

English Horn – Dvorak: Symphony #9

 

BRASS

Trumpet – Haydn:  Trumpet Concerto – Allegro

French Horn – Legend of Zelda

Trombone – Stars and Stripes Forever

Bass Trombone – Handel: The Creation

Baritone Horn – Saint Saens: The Swan

Tuba – Pirates of the Caribbean

 

STRINGS

Violin – 7 Year old

Viola – 17 Year old: Variations on Happy Birthday

Cello – Carol of the Bells

Double Bass – Classical Style             Double Bass – 10 year old: Jazz Style (start at 1:23)

Classical Guitar – 10 year old girl    Classical Guitar: 10 year old boy

 

PERCUSSION

Snare Drum (Practice pad) – 10 year old

Bass Drum – G. Prokofiev ass Drum Concerto

Triangle – Solo

Woodblock – Solo

Marching Band – Concert Crash Cymbal Line

 

4th grade at the Symphony! 2-28-2012

4th grade at the Symphony! 2-28-2012

Our Fourth Graders are going to the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert on February 28, 2012!   The concert will be held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center at 10 am.  Students will leave from Miller Elementary via school bus at 9 am and return by 11am.   This concert is open to all fourth grade students from each Elementary School in the Dearborn Public Schools and we are very excited!  The Music that will be played is as follows:

Hoedown (From Rodeo) – Aaron Copland

Symphony #5 (First Movement) – Ludwig von Beethoven

Stars and Stripes Forever – John Phillip Sousa

Gallop from the “Comedians” – Kabalevsky

Dance of the Comedians – Smetana

Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix

American Salute – Morton Gould

01 Gidi wa Hamar track 1

Here are the lyrics (pronunciations) for Gidi wa Hamar

Kullun Undun

Say ir ad wa (du)

Gidi unda Hamar

Bira Kibna

Ghel foo

Byair-khud na mish war

Wil bolic e sou fer lou

Bi I du I esh er lu

Say are ad dit Zamer lou

Ba Ba Ba!!

 

Please feel free to listen to these musical pieces on Youtube so you know them very well when we get to the concert.

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What a great time we had at the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra Concert!   We took nearly 100 4th grade students to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center experienced a wonderful morning of Classical Music.  It was great fun!  A special Congratulations goes out to Yousef Chammout who represented Miller school onstage as a recorder soloist.  Great job!  It just goes to show that hard work really pays off!  Thank you to Mrs. Traicoff, Mrs. Alsabahi, Mrs. Grigorian and Mrs. Moukalled for going with us and for helping to prepare our students for the experience.

Upcoming Events in Music

Upcoming Events in Music

April 8, 2011    3 pm    4th Grade recorder concert – Miller Cafeteria

All 4th grade parents and families welcome!

 

May 6, 2011    10:00-10:30  Clean-Up Parade

WBPE Drummers

 

May 10, 2011  Tuesday  Mother’s Day Concert Miller Cafeteria

K/1  9-9:30 am

2/3  9:45-10:15 am

4/5  10:30-11:00 am

All Mother’s and Grandmother’s welcome

 

June 9, 2011  10:00 am   5th Grade Promotion Ceremony Miller Cafeteria

All 5th grade students will sing the song “Reach”.

This song can be found on harden blog

 

Dearborn Symphony Field Trip Feb. 24, 2011

Dearborn Symphony Field Trip Feb. 24, 2011

We had a great time at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center when we had the opportunity to hear the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra play a special concert just for us!  Every 4th grade student from the DPS was invited to attend and in our performance there were close to 1000 students!  Wow!  Each Elementary School Music Teacher was asked to choose one student who was dedicated to practicing very hard on the recorder.  They had to learn and memorize Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” from his Ninth Symphony.  Congratulations to Ahmad Chammout who did a fine job of representing Miller Elementary in a concert!!

Our students enjoyed the orchestra very much.  If you would like more information about upcoming Dearborn Symphony concert please visit the Dearborn Symphony website at:

www.dearbornsymphony.org

4th Grade Recorders

4th Grade Recorders

White Belt – Hot Cross Buns Slow Tempo

White Belt – Hot Cross Buns Fast Tempo

Yellow Belt –  Gently Sleep

Orange Belt – Merrily We Roll Along

Green Belt – It’s Raining

Purple Belt – Old MacDonald

Blue Belt – When The Saints Go Marching In

Red Belt – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Brown Belt – Amazing Grace

Black Belt – Ode To Joy

Black Belt – Ode to Joy Sheet Music Expert

RED BELT

 

We had a wonderful time leaning to play the recorders this year.  Great work to all!  A special congratulations goes out to some students who went above and beyond:

Ahmad Chammout plays with the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra!  He attained is black belt in Recorder Karate and performed the “Ode to Joy” by Ludwig van Beethoven.

2010-2011 School Year

Purple Belt – Old MacDonald

2011 Demoe Abdulmalik   (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Ghada Abdulshafi  (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Toba Algabri   (Mrs. Moukalled’s class)

2011 Mohamed Alasadi  (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Nada Aljahmi  (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Manar Alnashi  (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Mehrad Bagherebadian   (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Joseph Baydoun   (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Batoul Hammoud   (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Luay Ismail   (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Rami Jaradat (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Vincent Nguyen   (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Summer Tuayma (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

 

Red Belt – Twinkle Twinkle

2011 Ghadeer Abdulshafi  (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

2011 Nasreen Bazzi  (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Mohamed Qasem   (Mrs. Moukalled’s class)

2011 Mariam Sereini  (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

 

Black Belt ***(Highest Level) – Ode To Joy

2011 Ahmad Chammout (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

2011 Rayan Fawaz  (Mrs. Kowalski’s class)

 

 

2009-2010 School Year

Purple Belt – Old MacDonald

2010 Asma Algahmi (Mrs. Kowalski’s Class)

2010 Malack Choucair  (Mrs. Traicoff’s Class)

2010 Khalid Saeed  (Mrs. Traicoff’s Class)

2010 Ahmed Nasser  (Mrs. Moukalled’s class)

2010 Negla Nasser  (Mrs. Moukalled’s class)

 

Blue Belt – When The Saints go Marching In

2010 Melad Mashaleh  (Mrs. Traicoff’s class)

 

Red Belt – Twinkle Twinkle

2010 Ali Chokr  (Mrs. Kowalski’s Class)

2010 Hashem Boussi (Mrs. Buck’s Class)

 

Black Belt ***(Highest Level) – Ode To Joy

2010 Ali  Algabri  (Mrs. Moukalled’s Class)