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We had a great class today where everyone worked hard in Concertmaster! First, we all took turns improvising on the white keys to “Reflecting” and then we made up our own songs on the blakc keys to “Blues on Black”. Just to remember to use your right hand on the higher notes of the piano [...]
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Everyone worked really hard in class today! Some of us are still forgetting to bring our booklets in. It would be great if you could remember for next class and I would really like to see how their homework and songs are coming along! We started the class with some review and introduction of new [...]
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We had a wonderful class today! After reviewing some concepts and talking about our teachers while the students ate their lunch, we spent some time in Concertmaster where we learned about the black key patterns and played “I Spy a Note”, as well as doing some note playbacks and working on “Hot Cross Buns”, “Upside [...]
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I apologise for not teaching the class last week as I was ill. Miss. Jennifer did an amazing job and I know that everyone had a great time! As I did not teach the class, I was unable to post what was covered that day. If I could remind everyone to please bring their booklets [...]
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I have had so much fun working with your kids this Semester! They are an enthusiastic group who really enjoy learning about music. We would like to show you some of the songs that we have been working on and invite you to the school library during our class next week (Wed. Dec. 14) at 10:50 [...]
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Great work on your lessons and songs today everyone! just a reminder to bring your books to our next class as we will be working on our Christmas songs! I apologise for the late post as it was a very busy weekend! Beginner Level 1 Today in Class Today we spent some time in the Improvisation [...]
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Great work today everyone! Don’t forget to keep practicing your songs as our recital is only a couple of classes away. I was impressed with the fact that almost everyone had their notebooks today! I managed to check some homework, but as we only have 40 minutes it is difficult to mark it all, especially if there is a few [...]
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What a great class today! We all worked hard on our lessons and the recital songs are coming along nicely. It is hard to believe that it is class number 4 already! Don’t forget to keep practicing your songs as we will be playing them at our recital which will be held during the last class of this semester. I would [...]
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Today, we started off the class in “Concertmaster” where we looked at patterns in the black keys and how to use the patterns to find “C” and “F”. We also did some Letter Name playbacks with our Right Hand notes C, D, E, F and G before playing some rhythms on Middle “C”. I was [...]
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We had a great time in class today and everyone worked really hard on their lessons. Leanna and James were missed in class today and I would like to remind them to come to the MusIQ classroom at the start of lunch as it is difficult to find them once recess begins. Also, a reminder to [...]
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It was great to see so many familiar faces returning to MusIQ class today! We would also like to welcome our new students, James, Madelyn, Laura-Jade and Amanda. Everyone was very enthusiastic and it was a wonderful first class. What a great bunch of kids! Thanks so much for registering, and for recognizing the important role that music education plays [...]
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We had a great class today at Algonquin Ridge P.S. All the grade 2s were very excited about the Science Fair, and I was impressed by all the Simple Machines that I saw there! We finished up with our lessons last week and spent most of the class today practicing our songs in Concertmaster for [...]
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Level 1A Today, Joshua did a great job this week on Lesson 11, where we learned more about your finger numbers for your RH, and playing with a nice ant tunnel (rounded fingers) with fingers 1 2 3 4 5 on C D E F G. We also spent some time in the game room and [...]
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Level 1A Josh was a total superstar this week and completed Lesson 9 AND 10, learning all about notes that get higher and higher and notes that get lower and lower. On the floor all my kindergarten boys practiced listening to 2 notes, singing them back to me, and telling me if they got higher [...]
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We had a great class today! Harry and Josh were away and we look forward to seeing them next week. I was impressed with the students who handed in completed Easter Compositions from the 2A class. Great work Evan, Zack and Carl! Level 1B Today, we completed Lesson 16, expanding our notes out even more from Middle [...]
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Level 1A Today, our 1A student, Josh, completed Lesson 6 where he learned about “holding notes” he practiced reading and holding notes for 2, 3, and 4 counts and played the new “train game” in the library. If you have CMJ1 at home, review Lesson 6 with Miss Melody and then head to the games room. [...]
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Beginner Level 1A What a great class, we had lots of fun! We enjoyed repeating short rhythmic patterns at the start of class, and Josh did very well with his rhythm tapping! Then we learned to replace the birds and whales in our notation with circle notes, and just a line for Middle C notes – no more sky and [...]
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Hello! What a great class today at Algonquin Ridge. It is wonderful that most ofyou have access to a keyboard or piano and I hope that you consider getting the software to practice with at home. Let me know if you need any help with this! Don’t forget to complete your worksheets for next class. Next week, many of you [...]
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It was great to see so many kids back for the Spring Session of MusIQ club, and to meet some new students! They were very enthusiastic and it was a wonderful first class. What a great bunch of kids! Thanks so much for registering, and for recognizing the important role that music education plays in your child’s development. [...]
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Jennifer and I were impressed with how much progress everyone made today on our song in Concertmaster. We look forward to having the students perform for their parents during out last class for the Semester, next Wednesday, Feb. 23rd at 1 pm. Please sign in at the office first before joining us in the School [...]
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