Happy Summer!

Congratulations to our Oakman Lion 5th graders on their promotion to 6th grade! I am super proud of all of you! See below for a wonderful video Ms. Chehab put together.

As we wrap up the school year and head into summer, I want to say how proud I am of all of the hard work that ALL Oakman Lion students put in during the school year and during this time of learning at home. I hope all of you have a wonderful summer and please feel free to stay in touch via email (farynie@dearbornschools.org) or the Class Dojo messages. I miss you all and cannot wait to see you in the music room again! Goodbye for now!

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Congrats Oakman Lion 5th Graders!

Congratulations to our Oakman Lion 5th graders on their promotion to 6th grade. Below you will find a recording I made of Pomp and Circumstance. 5th graders can you find your name scrolling across the bottom?

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Music Compositions

Challenge #9 is posted. This will be our last musical challenge and it’s a fun one! Please check out your grade level tabs above for the directions and lesson.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their music composition for our challenge last week. Here are a few of the submissions:

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/4725849292013568

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/6678866606161920

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/5667871033131008

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/4930876937863168

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Singing Games and Book Raps

Challenge #8 is posted! Please see your grade level tabs above for your challenge.

Thank you to those that sent in your Bee Bee Bumble Bee singing games and your book raps! We had many great submissions. Here is an example below by Jamal from Ms. Logel’s class.

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Playing with Water

Challenge #7 has been uploaded on the blog. Please check your grade level tabs above for your challenge. Recordings can be sent by email, uploaded to Google Classroom or your Class Dojo portfolio.

Thank you to everyone that sent a recording of their water xylophone. I heard many creative songs last week! Here are just a few of what was sent to me:

Ali playing his High and Low pitches.
Reham and her water xylophone.
Renaad and her water xylophone.
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Challenge #6 – Water Xylophone

Challenge #6 has been posted. Please make sure to click your grade level tabs to see your challenge/assignment. Remember to upload your pictures and/or recordings to Class Dojo, Google Classroom or email them to me at farynie@dearbornschools.org.

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Dancing Our Way into the Weekend

Thank you for your submissions for musical challenge #5. Many Oakman students decided to involve their family members which was wonderful to see! Here are just a few of the submissions:

Abdulhamid and Nageebeh demonstrating note values while listening to Cantina Band

Ali demonstrating the three parts of Chilili

Nasser and Mohammed demonstrating the 4 different parts of High Hopes using makeshift rhythm sticks

Great job and keeping up the hard work Oakman Lions! Have a great weekend!

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Homemade Instruments

Challenge #5 is posted! Please see your grade level tabs above for the challenge and the lesson. Send your recordings to me via email (farynie@dearbornschools.org), Class Dojo or through your Google Classroom.

Thank you to all of you who sent me pictures or recordings of you playing your homemade instruments. We had some excellent submissions for Challenge #4. Here are just SOME of the inventive instruments that were sent to me.

I can’t wait to see your submissions for Challenge #5!

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Kitchen Band

Thank you to all of those students who have sent pictures or recordings of their kitchen instruments! I would love to see and hear from more of you. Music Challenge #3 is still available in your grade level tabs above and I am still accepting your submissions until the end of the week. Here are a couple of our Oakman friends and their kitchen band!

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