Week of October 27, 2019

Dear Parents and Students,
I hope you had a restful and pleasant weekend!
This week we have several wonderful events, such as the Halloween Parade on October 31st and the Feast of All Saints on November 1st. Students in choir need to review the songs posted below for Friday's Mass.
Have a wonderful week!

-For All the Saints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaBgaMcOvM
-I Am The Bread of Life ( Toolan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvD0XJzOWQ4
-Soon and Very Soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOD6aX60fl0

Please view the lesson plan HERE

WEEK OF OCTOBER 20

Dear Students and Families,

Please joins us for our continued celebration of Hispanic Heritage this week, on Tuesday October 22 at 9am. In addition to Social Studies individual presentations, we have also prepared a music program comprising of choral religious and folk songs sung in Spanish.

Important reminder for this week - grades 4-8 review the song assignments below:

Grades 4-8 chorus assignment due Monday 10/21

4th - A La Nanita Nana https://youtu.be/pxlcMlnFapA
5th- Rey de mi corazon https://youtu.be/bmcnEamYOOg
6th - De colores https://youtu.be/48vNfKUHWRw
7th- A lado de mi cabaña https://youtu.be/3HOxMa4WX3c
8th- Vengo a adorarte https://youtu.be/n5LroBOHkT0

PLEASE VIEW THE LESSON PLAN HERE

Grades 4-8 chorus assignment due Monday 10/21

4th - A La Nanita Nana https://youtu.be/pxlcMlnFapA
5th- Rey de mi corazon https://youtu.be/bmcnEamYOOg
6th - De colores https://youtu.be/48vNfKUHWRw
7th- A lado de mi cabaña https://youtu.be/3HOxMa4WX3c
8th- Vengo a adorarte https://youtu.be/n5LroBOHkT0

Week of October 14

Dear Students and Families,

I hope you had a wonderful and restful long weekend.

Some important dates this week:

Data Day 

October 15, 2019

School Closed 

PreK For All Program Open 

No After School Program

Hispanic Day Music Presentations

Wednesday October 16, 2019

9:00 AM—PreK 1 & 2

9:30 AM—PreK For All  

10:00 AM—Grades K –3

Parents Welcome to attend

Please view the lesson plan here

2nd grade assignment

2nd grade students are to listen to this version of En Nuestra Tierra Tan Linda and learn by memory by Friday 10/11.
https://youtu.be/DjAP4fV8ZjU

Week of October 6, 2019

This week we will work on final preparations for our Hispanic Heritage presentations that will begin next week on 10/16.

In the recorder flute unit we will focus on breath technique exercises as well as  repertoire review of the following selections:

-The Boat Song ( Chinese Trad.)

-Suo Gan ( Welsh Folk Song)

-Ode to Joy ( Beethoven)

During recorder practice, students play on pitch and in specific rhythm in an ensemble setting.

PreK, K and 1 st grade will explore various bi-lingual songs, greeting and goodbye songs as well as children's folk songs from around the world. We will include music and movement routines that celebrate changing of seasons and different kinds of weather.

Dates to remember this week:

Class Picture Day 

October 8, 2019 

October 9th- Fire Prevention Presentation 

Fireman Ivan and Fireman Bill will be here to speak to all students regarding Fire Safety.

Progress Reports will be sent home with all children in Grades 1-8 on Friday October 11th.

PLEASE VIEW THE LESSON PLAN HERE

Have a great week!
Mrs. Alma Micic
Music teacher

Week of September 30

This week we will prepare and  present a beautiful selection of songs for mass, feast of St. Francis of Assisi.  The choir will feature students from third, fourth and fifth grade.
Third grade will continue to learn the basics of the recorder flute, and practice the basic melody of the song “Hot Cross Buns”. The students will get used to reading notes displayed on the board and car leading to the pictures on the flute.
We are in full swing of preparations for our Hispanic heritage presentation that will take place in two weeks. The pre-K classes, as well as classes K through eighth grade have all been practicing very hard.  We will continue to incorporate percussion instruments from various part of the world into our music lessons. We will also explore the basics of piano with the younger grades and discuss the pentatonic scales and their historic use around the world in the upper grades.  Featured composers for this week are Haydn, Mozart, and Liszt.
                                                                 October 4th:

Feast of St. Francis of Assisi

                  Mass at 9:00 AM - Blessing of Animals - Parents welcome 

                                         Early Dismissal Day 12:00 Noon 

                                          PLEASE VIEW THE LESSON PLAN HERE