March Music

The winter months have included fun music for the classes.

We have been discovering how interesting some instruments are from around the world. Some students have brought in really neat instruments to share with their classmates. We had a digerido, a conch shell,
a couple of hand held harps and an accordion.  I brought in some hand made whistles and drum from Mexico. Mrs. Schmidt's daughter gave us a unique wood block from Guatemala too.

We shared music of Patriotic themes to honor the Winter Olympics and President's Day.

All classes sang the Star Spangled Banner with pride. We looked at some of the words like: dawn, twilight, ramparts, gallantly and perilous to understand their meanings. I was impressed to see how many students know all of the lyrics.

We shared songs for Valentine's Day in all classes and will soon be sharing Irish songs for St. Patrick's Day.

Macnamara's Band is a great one to get out the instruments and have fun.

Our Game Plan Music Curriculum provides each class with different lesson plans for each day and the students enjoy the music and activities. They are learning hand signals for the notes and getting really good at reading rhythms.

The 4th graders are playing 'Old Macdonald' on their recorders.

We had a beautiful Ash Wednesday Mass to enter the Lenten Season. The choir sang a song called 'Sign Us With Ashes' and 'Dona Nobis Pacem' which means Grant Us Peace.
Our next All School Mass is on Wednesday, April 9th at noon.

Jean Olson

Music Teacher PreK-4 &  Hi-C Choir Director

j.olson@highlandcatholic.org