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Today we reviewed everything that will be on your assessment test next week. The test will be in 4 parts. Part 1) C major scales – LH and RH ascending AND descending. Part 2) Songs – Twinkle Twinkle, Old Grey Goose. Pop Goes the Weasel. On Top of Old Smokey. Get Up. Part 3) Written [...]
Filed under: John W. MacLeod - Fleming Tower Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Lesson 11: Today we met with another new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
Filed under: Saint Mary's Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Lesson 7: Mr, Bach spent today’s lesson, helping us learn more about holding notes, and made sure we feel comfortable playing all the different notes on the keyboard, while holding them for different amounts of time. After this lesson, we went to the Practice Room, where we all worked with Miss Melody to refine our [...]
Filed under: Atlantic Memorial - Terence Bay Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hello Parents, Students,& Friends, Homework Assignments: K-2 CMJ: Students should review Lessons 9 – 10 in the Library Room. There they can find songs that will reinforce the concepts that they learned in class. 3-5 Piano Suite – Students practice the RH scale ascending. Make a smooth Thumb Tuck at the appropriate place. Keep a [...]
Filed under: Creekside Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi Everyone! We had a great class on tuesday! It was our last class before the recital, and everyone worked really hard! CMJ 1A – We started the class with Lesson 12 – ‘Left hand Ant Tunnels’ with Mr. Scott Joplin. We talked a little bit about the life and music of Mr. Joplin. Miss [...]
Filed under: Portland Estates Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi Everyone! We had a great class on tuesdy! It was our last class before the recital and everyone workedreally hard! CMJ 1A – We started the class by reviewing what we had learned about Mr. Scott Joplin’s life and music. We did Lesson 12 - ’Left Hand Ant Tunnel’, with Mr. Joplin, practiced with Miss Melody, [...]
Filed under: Mount Edward Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Atlantic Memorial – Terence Bay Elementary P-6 Fri – 19-Dec Atlantic View Elementary P-2 Thur – 4-Dec Basinview Drive Community School P-2 Mon – 15-Dec Basinview Drive Community School 3-6 Mon – 15-Dec Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Elementary P-2 Fri – 19-Dec Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Elementary 3-5 Thur – 4-Dec Crichton Park Elementary P-2 Mon – [...]
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Wow, I can’t believe it’s already the final class! In our class today, we took the first 40 minutes to prepare what we were going to present to our parents, what we’ve learned and what we usually do in our classes. Each student prepared what they were going to show their parents, and we did [...]
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The Mexican Clapping song sure got put through its paces as you all gave your best efforts in ensemble playing. Also, we need to always be careful to look at the FULL count of the rhythm you are playing. Parents or Guardians—If you would be able to, as I mentioned after class last Wednesday, [...]
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Hello everyone, Due to the snowstorm, the Musiq club classes were cancelled. That means that next week is our recital. Keep practicing the solo pieces that we have been practicing in class, and I will see you next week!
Filed under: Crichton Park Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Good work all—you have some surprises coming next week! Get your fingers ready! Parents or Guardians—If you would be able to, as I mentioned after class last Wednesday, come 15 minutes early, we will have a mini-show for you !
Filed under: Prospect Road Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hello everyone, Due to the snowstorm, the Musiq club classes were cancelled. That means that next week is our recital. Keep practicing the solo pieces that we have been practicing in class, and I will see you next week!
Filed under: Ocean View Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! We had a great class on Friday. We worked really hard on our solo pieces, so keep up the great work! PS 1 – We started our class by reviewing the C Major scale Right hand ascending, Left hand descending, and we were introduced to Contrary motion. Remember, this is when [...]
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Great recital everyone! I am so proud of how well you all did at playing both the solo songs! Just a reminder that registration has started for the January term, so you can register online, or you can call the office if there are any problems. If you have any questions please feel free [...]
Filed under: Portland Estates Elementary | Leave a Comment »
We had a great recital everyone! I am really proud of how well everyone did. Keep practicing everything that we learned over the ten weeks. Also, just a reminder that registration has started for the January term, so if you are interested in registering you can go to the website and register online, or [...]
Filed under: Portland Estates Elementary | Leave a Comment »
You were all very helpful today, carrying bags and distributing headphones. Thank you very much! We began by clapping word rhythms, and following them directly with their relative number phrases. You’re all very quick! Remember to watch where we place the ‘and’. Sometimes it helps to clap and not say the words out loud, [...]
Filed under: Gertrude M. Parker Elementary | Leave a Comment »
We had a good class today. Everyone was present, except for Jillian. Hope to see you back next week Jillian Level 1A (Parker, Lenka and Mercedes): Completed Lesson 10 with Mr. Bach. Learned new songs with notes moving ‘towards middle C’. Reviewed medium high and medium low notes, and very high and very low notes. [...]
Filed under: William King Elementary | Leave a Comment »
What a great class! Everyone managed to settle down while working at the keyboards. Well done! I’m impressed. After eating lunch, we moved to our keyboards, where everyone is working on a different lesson. Some are seeing Mr. Bach, learning about higher and higher, lower and lower, toward Middle C. Remember, if we [...]
Filed under: St. Joseph's-Alexander McKay Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Well done today. We had class in the Library since there was a rehearsal going on for the Christmas Concert. Everyone was present except for Asia. Hope to see you back next week Asia Level 1A (Karen, Yang cen, Luke H., and Jasmine): Completed Lesson 10 with Mr. Bach. Learned new songs with notes moving [...]
Filed under: Park West | Leave a Comment »
Both Levels: Today was all about reviewing what we have learnt over the past term in MusIQ Club. We spent some time going over note reading, rhythm clapping, filling in missing notes and rests in bars and everything else such as posture and hand placement. Great work everyone! Following the review, those of you in [...]
Filed under: St. Margaret's Bay Elementary | Leave a Comment »
