Mar23

WEEK 2 ACTIVITIES

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WEEK 2 ACTIVITIES

Hello everybody! I hope you enjoyed the activities from last week! Keep checking your school email account for updates as google classroom will be added in the coming days and weeks. Remember to post videos of you doing the work! Make sure that you are subscribed to my blog.

Week 2 Activities – Do these activities 2 times per week, or every day!

Dancing childrens male and female. Set vector characters. Childhood children, young kids boy and girl dance illustration

MOVEMENT: ZUMBA

https://youtu.be/kiRpnDeAOlI

piano notes sheet music - Klaviernoten - Royalty-free Music Stock Photo

NOTE READING: LINE AND SPACE NOTES

https://youtu.be/2lXF-AcYbv0

Group Of School Children Singing In Choir Together

SINGING:

K-2 If You’re Happy And You Know It https://youtu.be/71hqRT9U0wg

K-1 Over In The Meadow https://youtu.be/C6ljGXMMB-g

K-1 Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes https://youtu.be/YBJ_-MyV2rU

The Ants Go Marching In march to the beat. This is a great song to use for your own version of “Musical Chairs” https://youtu.be/Pjw2A3QU8Qg

Gr 2-5 Verb Rap Song https://youtu.be/ineCCpqpZrM

Gr 5 Matter Is Everywhere Click on the Teachers Pay Teachers link in the video for lyrics https://youtu.be/mjFTCUk02gI

Maracas icon vector illustration

MAKING MARACAS: Make your own instrument to use for music class! https://youtu.be/DqeKYEgnYrE

Hands of Cuban street band drummer hitting drums.

BODY PERCUSSION GAME:

https://youtu.be/aXZWgOf2lSA

Mar18

4th Grade Recorder Video

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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!

Mar16

NEW HOWE DRUMMING CLUB GOOGLE CLASSROOM

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NEW HOWE DRUMMING CLUB GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Vector illustration set of percussion musical instruments in cartoon style isolated on white background

Hello Howe Drumming Club students! I have created an online class just for you! All members were sent an invitation (school email account) to our new Google Classroom. Just follow the instructions and log in to see the posted activity for this week. If you do not have a drum, don’t worry, you can still do the activities. You are welcome to chat back and forth with your friends to share drumming ideas, music and ask questions. Check each week for new activities and make sure you are subscribed to my blog. If you have any questions please contact me at: hardens@dearbornschools.org Happy practicing!

Mar16

ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACTIVITIES

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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

Mar16

Hello Howe and Nowlin Music Students!

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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!

Mar4

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

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Check out this concert on March 13, 8pm in Ann Arbor!
Tarek Yamani Trio
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.
Dec6

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

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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!