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This week while we ate our lunches, we talked about composers. We reviewed what we had learned about Mr. Bach, our teacher for 1A’s, and then we learned about Mr. Dvorak and Mrs. Beach, the teachers for level 1 and 2A. We also did a movement activity called Star Dance. After our lessons, we started [...]
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This week while we ate our lunches, we learned about Mr. Bach. One of the components of MusIQ Club is music history, and we learn about the composers who teach the Children’s Musical Journey lessons. Our 1A’s have Mr. Bach for a teacher for the next few weeks, so today we started with him. Also, [...]
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Class this week was a brand new experience for a lot of our students. We didn’t use headphones, or even do a lesson with our famous composers. Instead, we started with a new callback song called My Aunt Came Back. Some parents may remember it from camp days:) There was a lot to remember between [...]
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We had another great class this week. We started by listening to Mr. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata while we ate our lunches. We talked about what we heard, and what we thought about while we were listening, and how music can make us feel different feelings. Then we went to our keyboards and reviewed “Group of [...]
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Great work this week Portage View! Down By the Bay was a hit! What great singing voices you have. Level 1A’s (Ella and Olivia) Today we talked about high sounds and low sounds (pitch) and short sounds and long sounds (rhythm). We reviewed how to find the C’s on our keyboards. If you’re not sure [...]
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Hello MusIQ Club families! Welcome to our new students and welcome back to our returning students. We had a great first class! Level 1A’s (Ella and Olivia) Today we learned about high bird notes and low whale notes and how to find Middle C, and we learned the Musical Alphabet (A B C D E [...]
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This week at Portage View was Miss Rhonda’s first week teaching you alone, and she tells me that you did a wonderful job with your rhythms, learning about the stems on our notes now, and knowing the difference between line notes and space notes. Level 1A students complete Lesson 6, learning about holding notes. This [...]
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Great job this week! We warmed up with some finger number playbacks with fingers 2 3 4 of LH on group of 3 black keys: I would sing you 3 finger numbers and you played them and sang them back to me in unison. This is a great ensemble activity. Then we learned a new [...]
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Hello! It is so great to be at Portage View this year! We have a great class of 11 students meeting in the library, and I’m very excited to see what you will all learn to do this term! Below is a break down of what we have done in class, and what you can [...]
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