YIKES!!! Catch up!

OK, so I have been REALLLLLY bad about keeping this up-to-date! Here is my overview of each grade during the monts of:

November - Week 3
5th grade
My student teacher has been taking over classes and she has created a lot of the lesson plans for each grade. We started this class with an Apache melody stick game. The kids follow a melodic direction map and work on a passing game to the steady beat. We also used our recorders and completed the paper/pencil recorder assessment from Hot Tunes.

4th grade
We did the same Apache game but followed the GamePlan lesson for question/answer with instruments. How we did it was break the kids into groups (woods, skins, shakers) and they created their own rhythm pattern for the question and improvised their answer.

3rd grade
We did the GamePlan "Great Big House" with the cute movement and math connection! We also talked about meter in 3 and learned "America"

2nd grade
Yankee Doodle stick game from Susan Ramsay. Students create contrasting sounds for their rhythm sticks during the refrain. GamePlan lesson for "Jelly in the Bowl" with ostinato.

1st grade
Same Yankee Doodle lesson and then the GamePlan lesson for "Hop Ol' Squirrel" They had fun creating their own motions!!!

NOVEMBER WEEK 4
5th grade
Sea Lion Woman lesson - the kids LOVED this! We found the recording on the Library of Congress page so students could hear the original! We also learned the Hora and made the connections to the Jewish culture.

4th grade
Game Plan "Rain" lesson

3rd grade
MK8 recorder song "Talking Turkey" and a form lesson using the song "Jamaica Rhumba". We also reviewed "Great Big House"

2nd grade
SML cards and activities! We also did the Artie Almeida "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible...." lesson.

1st grade
Gobble, Gobble game from GamePlan and we also used popsicle sticks to create and notate simple rhythms.

DECEMBER WEEK 1
5th grade:
Kriske/DeLellas lesson from Holiday book - "Santa's Little Helpers" We also did a PPT history lesson on Tchaikovsky and then a movement activity to the Sugar Plum Fairy song.

4th grade:
Kriske - "Tis the Season" lesson. We also did a movement lesson to "Chatter With the Angels" and sang along during a recording from the Spotlight curriculum. I have "Rhythmic Rondos" in the plans but I think we only got to do the activity with a few classes.

3rd grade:
Kriske - "Burn Little Candles" Students also used pictures like "Santa Claus" to create 8 beat rhythm compositions. Then they added body percussion to their group composition. If we had extra time we played Boomwhackers to "Whacky St. Nicholas."

2nd grade:
We did the GamePlan "Christmas Dance" and the kids loved it! Students also did the "Mix a Pancake" lesson with a partner.

1st grade:
Mix a Pancake lesson and a Dreidel song with movements from textbooks.

DECEMBER WEEK 2
5th grade:
Review of Tchaikovsky with movement to different Nutcracker songs: Sugar Plum, Russian Dance. We also watched Victor Borge playing Tchaikovsky

4th grade:
Same as 5th only we did the history PPT.

3rd grade:
Same

2nd grade:
Instruments of the Orchestra activities from Artie's pack

1st grade:
Same