Today in MusIQ Club!

Great class today! We started with our CMJ lessons/Piano Suite songs today, and then played a few games. I checked your worksheets, assigned new ones for this week, and then we came together as a group to do some sight singing with the Bass Clef notes C B A, and did a new rhythm/history/movement/listening activity [...]

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Hello! We had a very good class together again today. We started out our class with everyone focusing nicely on their particular lessons. Then we did a new rhythm/listening activity where we learned about rhythms in triplets (eighth notes in groups of 3 instead of in 2 like we are used to). We learned to [...]

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Hello! What a great little group we have for this term at West Bayfield! I’m very excited to see what you will do this term! Below is a break down of what we did in class, and what you can do at home between to classes to support your child’s learning. You should all be [...]

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Hello! Today was a very productive class, with everyone doing some great work. I am really enjoying my Thursday afternoons with you, it is great to see your progress each week! Level 1 We are now up to Lesson 31, with our new teacher, Mr. Mozart. We also played a rhythm game at the table [...]

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Hello! Today was a very productive class, with everyone doing some great work. My favourite part was at the end of class, when everyone performed a solo. It is so great to see you all performing for each other already! Level 1 We are now up to Lesson 30, and both girls are becoming more [...]

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Hello! We have been having lots of fun in our new room, Rm 222 upstairs. My elevator trips have been uneventful so far, too! Everyone should have received an email by now from Adventus Inc with instructions to download your software subscription. Please let me know if you have questions about your keyboard working with [...]

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Hello! Today was our “Try It” class at West Bayfield, and it was great to see some new faces! Everyone seemed eager to try new things and enjoyed themselves. Let me know if you plan to register for the class, please. Those of you who are registered already, you should all be receiving an email [...]

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I apologize for how long it has taken me to get this post up. Life has been a bit crazy lately! We started out our class in concertmaster, to warm up with some melodic playbacks, where I sing you 3 notes and you use your ears to figure out the 3 notes and play them [...]

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We had a fun, lively class today, lots going on but lots of good work, too. Even joined us again this week, and worked on Lesson 27. He joined us for a grand staff flashcard activity. I am so impressed that the Grade 3 students at West Bayfield all know how to read notes on [...]

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Just a reminder that there is no MusIQ Club next week, I am doing a workshop for SCDSB in the Collingwood area for teachers who teach music but do not have a music background. This absence was built into our term, which is why you paid for 8 weeks instead of 10. The second planned [...]

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Beginner Level 2B These guys did Lesson 39 with Mrs. Beach today, where they learned about 4/4 time signature and bar lines. We followed this up with an activity with the Rhythm maker cards, where we built our own rhythms in 4/4 time signature and clapped them while counting out loud. Then I clapped you [...]

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AND then there were only the boys left. =) We lost Grace BUT it was great having Evan with us today trying out Lesson 26 as a little intro, hopefully he will be back next week as well. And Daniel will be back once he is feeling better, too! Level 2B Today the boys completed [...]

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With only 3 students today, it was a nice, quiet afternoon of productivity. Grace and Jack completed Lesson 36 with a new teacher, Mrs. Beech, where they learned to do rhythm tapping with the woodpecker to keep them in time. This can be tricky. There were fun new games in the games room, and we [...]

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Level 2A Today in Class Today we did Lesson 35 where Mr. Mozart, taught you about the Bass F Clef and the notes C, B, and A! We played the Grand Staff Race game at the table, and we did a new flashcard naming activity where you all say the name of the Grand Staff [...]

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Level 2A Today in Class Today we did Lesson 33 and 34 where your new teacher, Mr. Mozart, taught you about the Treble G Clef and the notes C, D, and E! You also reviewed whole, dotted half, half, and quarter notes. We will be doing lots of practice to get better at reading notes [...]

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Today we missed Jarrett, who was home sick. Feel better soon Jarrett! I also want to remind you that next week there will not be a MusIQ Club class because of parent-teacher interviews. There are no extra weeks between the end of our scheduled term and Christmas break, so we will not be able to [...]

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Sorry for the delay in getting this post up!  Beginner Level 2A – Grace . Jack and Tyler Today we completed Lesson 30. I was once again impressed by how well they are doing with reading the notes on the lines and spaces, and resting their nicely curved fingers on top of the white keys [...]

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It was another productive class at West Bayfield this week! Beginner Level 2A – Grace and Jack and Tyler Today we completed Lesson 29. Usually this is where students start to get bogged down, but this group breezed through, doing really well with resting their nicely curved fingers on top of the white keys and [...]

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It was another great class at West Bayfield this week, and so nice to meet Tyler and to welcome Daniel back from his trip. What a great group, we are getting so much done! Beginner Level 2A – Grace and Jack and Tyler We use a software program called Children’s Music Journey vol. 2. Today [...]

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