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MUSIC ROOM OFFICE HOURS

MUSIC ROOM OFFICE HOURS
MUSIC ROOM OFFICE HOURS

VIRTUAL MUSIC ROOM OFFICE HOURS:

Monday and Thursday 12:30-1:30pm

Ms. Harden will be avalable via email: harden@dearbornschools.org to answer email sent from students and parents during that time. Email sent outside of office hours will be answered within 48 hours.

CENTER-BASED MUSIC CLASS ACTIVITIES: POSTED ON WEDNESDAY PM ON HARDEN MUSIC BLOG https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/hardens/

MONTESSORI MUSIC CLASS: ASSIGNMENTS POSTED EVERY WEDNESDAY PM ON THE K-2 AND 3-5 GOOGLE CLASSROOMS. ACCEPT THE INVITE SENT TO STUDENT’S EMAIL, COMPLETE WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS.

LIVE GOOGLE MEETS “HANGOUT WITH MS. HARDEN” (Mute microphone)

K-2 THURSDAYS @3PM

3-5 MONDAYS @3PM

SPECIAL ED JOIN MONDAY OR THURSDAY @3PM

Ms. Harden will be available during office hours and will provide all other responses, answers to questions and feedback within 24 hours or sooner.   

Platforms for contact:

Email:  hardens@dearbornschools.org  (**best, fastest way for response to questions)

Blog:  https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/hardens/ Subscribe (on the blog) and confirm (in your email) to see new lessons and posts. New post alerts will go to your email.

Google Classroom: Accept invite sent to student email and contact through classroom. Complete assignments. This is where assessments will take place.

Class Dojo: For classrooms using dojo, messages will be checked weekly. Use email for quickest response.             

WEEK 3 RECORDERS 4TH GRADE

WEEK 3 RECORDERS 4TH GRADE

Hello Recorder players! Great news! I have put a new assignment for you on our Google Classroom. Now you can make a video to send to me of you playing your Recorder Karate songs, and it should be super easy to do! Make sure to practice before recording. I would love to get a message from you so if you just want to check it out, record a 5-10 second message telling me how you are doing, say hello to the class and I will let you know that it worked! You should be able to check out videos posted by others in the classroom too!

Audio Recording Clipart

4th Grade Recorder Video

4th Grade Recorder Video

Calling all 4th grade recorder students! Check out the new video posted in the Recorder Google Classroom on “Tonguing”. As you practice your music practice using the technique. The more you practice it the easier it gets! Let me know that you watched the video by commenting on Google Classroom. Once you have practiced it with your songs, push submit. Happy practicing!

ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACTIVITIES

ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACTIVITIES
Happy Saint Patrick's Day greeting poster. Vector Illustration

Click on the video links to learn about Irish Instruments and Irish Jig and take a field trip to an Irish Dance Academy!

IRISH JIG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VankytmKzTU

IRISH INSTRUMENTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-sWn3oAQY

FIELD TRIP TO AN IRISH DANCE ACADEMY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklnEUrfW7w&t=440s

Hello Howe and Nowlin Music Students!

Hello Howe and Nowlin Music Students!

I am sending all of you a BIG HELLO through my computer! Since you will all be spending a bit more time at home I would like to give you some resources to keep you engaged with music and learning. Your first assignment is to login in to Music play online. You do not need to create an account because I already am already a subscriber so my students can use the following information which will be good until April 1:

musicplayonline.com with the username: snow and the password: 2020

This is the same program that I use with many of our classes and you can now use it from home! take a look around the site and have some fun! I will be posting activities, info and great resources weekly so stay tuned (music joke)! You can also check out Denise Gagnon’s site for online learning:  https://denisegagne.com/e-learning-music-lessons-with-musicplayonline/?fbclid=IwAR0_IGLd3QrYt2meCLJqITfriWQ6QnnKCa7oNkh4NOamhVu4F6ZAQXLFRuE

If you are a 4th grader, in Honors Choir or in Drumming, you can use this time to practice the music on our google classroom. I would love to hear you sing and play your songs so if you want to send me a video, send it to: hardens@dearbornschools.org

Please make sure to subscribe to my blog as this will be our primary mode of communication. Have a great day and happy music making!

Check out this concert on March 13, 8pm in Ann Arbor!

Check out this concert on March 13, 8pm in Ann Arbor!
Born and raised in Beirut and now living in Harlem, Tarek Yamani taught himself jazz at the age of 19 and has dedicated himself to exploring relationships between African-American jazz and classical Arabic music.
His album Lisan Al Tarab takes audiences on a journey from Egypt in the early 1900s to present-day New York. This concert will include reinterpretations of classical Arab muwashahat, traditional music from Mesopotamia, and original compositions based on edgy rhythms and modes from the Levant. “Shimmering spidery piano godliness…” (TimeOut)
Yamani makes his UMS debut with his trio.
Co-presented with the Arab American National Museum.

HOLIDAY SING-ALONG DEC. 20TH 9am in the Gym

HOLIDAY SING-ALONG DEC. 20TH 9am in the Gym

Good news!

The annual Holiday Sing Along is almost here and you are invited! It will take place on December 20th in the Howe Gym at 9am. All of our students from the Howe Montessori and Center -Based program will be in attendance and parents are welcome to join us.

Students and staff are welcome to dress up in festive clothing like red/green, Santa hats, reindeer antlers, Christmas light necklaces, garland, etc. Parents are welcome to do the same.

Please remember that Howe is a scent-free school as we have students and staff with allergies. Thanks!

Hope to see you there!

Helping students match Pitch

Helping students match Pitch

Here is an article that gives some specific ideas for helping students to match pitch. I have found them to be most useful over the years and want to bring close attention to the point of starting off by using the notes in the speaking voice of the student.