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Friday Books -
Don't Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins
Big Max by Kin Platt illustrated by Robert Lopshire
The Sailor's Alphabet illustrated by Michael McCurdy
There's No Such Thing As a Dragon by Jack Kent
Paddle-to-the-Sea (Chapters 7-12) by Holling Clancy Holling
Neville by Norton Juster, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
https://youtu.be/02wkFgjszBA
Paddle-to-the-Sea (Chapters 20-end) by Holling Clancy Holling
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June 1, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
"Sunday Best" End of the Year Song - Field Day Challenge
Watch the class video below for the Music Field Day Challenges:
https://youtu.be/PY1iD44SbtE
"MCS End of the Year Song Challenges" page (to the right)
"MCS Freeze/Bug Moves" page (to the right)
"MCS Sunday Best" page (to the right)
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May 25th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Sing along with the Norwegian Sailors from Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman.
-"Sailors Chorus Words" Page > to the right
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May 18th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
-"Bounce High, Bounce Low" Coloring Page & Treble Clef Lines & Spaces Page (both to the right)
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May 11th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
-Draw some "A's" on the Treble Clef (with note heads and staves). The "Treble Clef" page is to the right or draw your own. I have also posted a picture of my own work.
-"Sunday Best": New End of the Year School Song by the group Surfaces (Lyrics are to the right)
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May 4th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
-"Treble Clef" Page and "Mr. A lives on the Staff" Page to the right >
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April 27th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
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April 20th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
-Magic Flute Coloring Pages (one to the right and one with the link below) - choose your favorite
-Magic Flute Videos
Papageno and Papagena
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April 13th, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
-Write your own opera - "Theater Sheet" is to the right >
-"Mr. A lives on the Staff" image is to the right >
-Chrome Music Lab/Song Maker
-Twinkle Variations Video on Harpsichord
Mr. A
Who is Mr. A? Mr. A is a tuning fork, and he sings "A." His scientific name is A-440/A-1. A-440 is the standard pitch on the piano with the frequency of 440 Hz. A-1 refers to the first "A" above middle "C" on the piano.
Each week I ask a student to sing A-440/A-1 before I play the tuning fork. I am trying to train the pitch into their psyches. After the student attempts to sing A-440/A1 (many of the students are now able to sing an "A" before hearing it), Mr. A sings to the students, and then the class sings his name, A-440-A1 on the pitch "A."
We begin each class this way.