SHINE 2014 Winter Concert

Thank you to everyone who attended our 2014 winter concert SHINE!. It was so much fun to share the music our students have been learning the past few months.
Here are some pictures from the concert that Mrs. Wheeler kindly took. More can be found here on the DBS facebook page. Have a wonderful winter break and a happy New Year!! Our next concert is on May 21st, 2015 at 6:30 PM featuring the 4/5 chorus, 5 band, and 4th grade ukuleles.

"Let it Go" Soloist

"I Have a Little Dreidel" on the boomwhackers by 2nd graders

"Santa's Getting Fit for Christmas"

"Baby Bumblebee" by 4th graders on the ukuleles

"Let's Make it Shine"

"Hip Hop Reindeer" by grades K/1

"Let's Make it Shine"

4th graders on ukuleles

"Let's Make it Shine"

"The Sounds of Santa's Workshop" by grades K/1

"Santa's Getting Fit for Christmas"

The 3rd graders playing "Carol of the Bells" on the bells and xylophones

"Hip Hop Reindeer" by grades K/1

"Let's Make it Shine"

"Hot Cup of Cocoa" by grades 2/3

"A Nice, Nice Christmas"

"Let it Go" by the 4/5 chorus

"Hot Cup of Cocoa" by grades 2/3

"Here Comes the Snow" by 4/5 chorus

"Let's Make it Shine"

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by 4th graders on the ukuleles

"A Nice, Nice Christmas"

"Hot Cup of Cocoa" by grades 2/3

"I Have a Little Dreidel" by grade 2 on the boomwhackers

"Hip Hop Reindeer" by grades K/1

5th grade band

"Santa's Getting Fit for Christmas"

"Hip Hop Reindeer" by grades K/1

3S gets their jingle on

Mrs. Shattie's 3rd grade class got their "jingle on" today with Jingle Bells themed activities and some silly dances! What a fun class the week before winter break.

We started the class with this jingle bells circle dance (I can't remember where I got the dance idea from...)

Next we reviewed how to clap and count rhythms in stick notation. Then we applied this practice to a "Jingle Bells Flashcards" video. 

Students divided into two teams and we had a little friendly competition to see which color could play their rhythms more accurately. When the rhythm was outlined in red the rhythm sticks played, and when it was outlined in green the jingle bells played. Here's a video of their playing! 

We ended the class by filling in some mystery Christmas carols and doing two silly dance videos.

Source

Dance 1: The Santa Dance

Dance 2: Crazy Christmas: Just Dance

Happy Holidays! See you in the New Year.

3rd grade "Mister Troll" activity

This week 3rd graders learned the song "Mister Troll" from One, Two, Three, Echo Me. Half the class plays various parts on instruments, and half the class waits for "Mister Troll" to say a color. If the students waiting are wearing that color they get to cross the troll's bridge. Once everyone has crossed the bridge the two groups switch and now those that were playing the instruments get to try and cross the troll's bridge.

4th grade Spooky Uke

This week 4th graders learned a new ukulele chord: A minor! Minor chords are perfect for spooky sounding music in October. In this video students play the A minor chord to the song "Spooky Ukee" by MusicK8. They use the rhythm: strum, strum, strum, stomp.

Pre-K spooky voices

This week Pre-K will explore some October related activities. In the video below students use their spooky voices to make different sounds for the poem "On a dark and stormy night" from The Book of Pitch Exploration by Feierabend.

Little Old Lady Sound Story

Last week grades K/1 performed a sound story to the book "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything". During sound stories certain words in the story have instruments that go along with it. Here's what instruments we played for what words:

Found here

Here's a clip from that!

Winter Concert Song Links

The DBS Winter Concert will be on Thursday, December 4th, 2014 at 6:30 PM. To help prepare students I am listing links to song clips and videos below that can be used to practice at home. I will send lyric packets home the last week of October.

Grades K-5 Songs:

“Let’s Make it Shine” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePkSI2MkmRE

“Santa’s Getting Fit for Christmas” choreography video (some moves slightly modified):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgctJtGU64I

“A Nice, Nice Christmas” sound clip:

http://www.musick8.com/html/current_tune.php?numbering=82&songorder=7

Grades K/1:

“Sounds of Santa’s Workshop” choreography video (some moves have been simplified for our concert):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCyQ0fEmerA

“Hip Hop Reindeer”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sAs1AaOv4

Grade 2:

“I have a Little Dreidel” song clip:

http://www.musick8.com/html/current_tune.php?numbering=107&songorder=14

Grades 2/3:

“Hot Cup of Cocoa”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQYHSxWsJfs

4/5 Chorus:

“Let it Go”:

Choreography video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV2L2SZWsnc

Sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU

“Here Comes the Snow” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOacKT64cQ