K-2

Welcome to Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade Music!  We are very fortunate to be participating in the ** Carnegie Hall Musical Explorers Program ** and have been meeting new friends from all around the world who now live, and perform in New York City! We will be attending two concerts in total AT CARNEGIE HALL! Here, we will have the opportunity to see our friends perform and share their culture. In K-2 music, we also focus a great deal on learning about the culture from which our music is coming from, and on incorporating reading, writing, and math, as they all play a crucial role in the study of music. 2012-2013 School Year "Patterns in Music" = = =September 2012-October 2012 = //Who We Are & Where We Are in Time and Place// Buenos Dias, Jambo, Shalom, Greetings! Who are we as welcomers to the musical community? During the first part of the fall, we will be learning about the diverse ways people from communities all around the world greet and welcome each other. We will explore how our greetings may be different, they all maintain a commonality of warmth, openness, and friendship.

Students are learning to sing, “Eh-Un-Lan-Weh-She-Un-Lan,” a song sung in Arabic about welcoming others to a community. Students are sharing their own greetings with one another, and are using their greetings within the same tune or melody as “Eh-Un-Lan-Weh-She-Un-Lan.” Check back soon for student work samples! Interested in supporting lessons at home? Ask your children to share with you the greetings they are learning in different languages. Practice these greetings when you see each other, and if you can, see if you can find more to add to their foreign language repertoire! **Click here to listen to “Eh-Un-Lan-Weh-She-Un-Lan!" ** = =

=Archived 2011-2012 School Year Work =

Emeline and Haitian Music/Culture


 * Previous Units of Study: **
 * Eva and Aurelia- Balkan Countries
 * Carly- Australia/United States Jazz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Celso- Mexico
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Gadya- Syria

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Additional Work: =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">//Marian's Feel Better Song//: When our dear Marian was out ill, her class decided to write a song for her about getting better. They sure did miss her! We're all very glad she's better now. media type="file" key="Marian's Feel Better Song.m4a" height="27" align="center" width="300"

// I Gave My Love a Cherry //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">: During our first unit, "Who Am I?" our Kindergarteners learned to sing, "I Gave My Love a Cherry," as an example of a narrative story about love, set to music. This was their first chance to record, and have done nothing but improve since!

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// What Do You Do With a Water Waster? //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">: For Eco-Fest in fall 2011, our school sang songs while marching down the street to help spread the recycling word. Lailany's Class decided to record themselves practicing their diction while singing, "What Do You Do With a Water Waster?" Listen for the words, "litter" and "critter." Listen to those crystal clear "t's!"

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//The "Erin Song":// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> Before winter break, Erin's class was working on recording rhythms and using the different instruments on Garage Band to see how music can be technologically created. As they are completely in love with their teacher, they decided to add lyrics in her honor. Such a wonderful crew of first graders!