Continuing with Tempo!

We are continuing our time in music class by studying tempo! Here are some video clips of what we are working on! 

We took the African American singing/hand game that is commonly known as "Miss Mary Mack" and took them at different tempos (largo, moderato, and presto)!

We learned continued to learn about tempo through this African American singing game, "Draw Me a Bucket!" The students really enjoyed learning the game that goes along with this really catchy song! It starts out at tempo 'moderato' then quickly changes to tempo 'presto!' Great job 5th grade!

Kindergarten and 1st Graders learned how trains have their own tempos! We became a train and listened to how a train's tempo starts at largo (slow) and moves to presto (fast)! They really enjoyed themselves!

Stay tuned for more videos!

Rockin' Into The New Year @ LTN!!!

 We've had a cold two days off from school! But now it's time to "ROCK ON!!!" the new year in music! We're going to start our Music as Expression Units! This will allow the students to be creative and opinionated throughout this semester! I'm excited for what's going to unfold!

Our first major topic is TEMPO. I hope the students get a kick out of this funny bulletin board! I know I do! Tempo is the speed of the music/beat. The tempo of the music can be fast, medium or slow. Musical words used to describe tempo are in Italian. Tempo markings are usually put at the top of the sheet music

Here are some examples:

Largo= slow

Andante= 'walking' pace

Moderato= moderately, medium

Allegro= fast

Presto= very fast

Molto= very

Where can you find different kinds of tempo at home?

What kind of animals move at different tempos? 

The Holidays at LTN!

The students really enjoyed this "punny" bulletin board while learning about music vocabulary during Thanksgiving!

After Thanksgiving, lights went up around the room and gave it a true holiday feel!

 Our small owl tree!

 Our "Let It Snow" board! I created snowmen and Eskimos out of old cd's! 

My all-time favorite board so far! It's from the movie, Elf!

The Wise Owl Chorus took a field trip to share some holiday cheer by singing at our local Kroger! Many people stopped by to listen and had only great things to say about them! I was very proud of the students!

Hope everyone has had a Happy New Year!