Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Check out these donations!

Today in our trivia Zoom call we voted for organizations for my husband and I to donate to that is company is matching donations for. Initially, we were only going to be able to donate to 2 of the 4 organizations, but Mrs. Peters decided to chip in so we could donate to all 4! So, our $80 in donations became $240 dollars! Here are the receipts. Thanks again to everyone that came today :)





Friday, May 29, 2020

Week of June 1st Music Lesson/Activities

Hello families!

The activities I recommend are still based on the at-home music lesson template I explain in this video. If you want more variety you can go to this blog post for K-2 ideas, and this blog post for ideas for 3rd-6th grade.

Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
1. Echo/canon clapping: Do at least 8 echo rhythms and 4 canons
2. Count on Me: For our last song for the year, I would like for you to learn "Count on Me" by Bruno Mars. We'll be singing this at the Music Party on Friday :)
3. A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea: we read and dance to this songbook in class. Enjoy the read aloud video, and dance if you remember the game we played!
4. Zumba time: This week is all about moving to music. Do you recognize the Zumba teacher??
5. More Zumba: And, more dancing
6. And, one more song! If you still have energy, give one more song a try. This song is one of my favorites :)
7. Little Hawks Song: Sing the Little Hawks song, and remember you're not alone. I hope you enjoyed your music movement lesson!

3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
1. Zumba time: This week is all about moving to music! Let's start with a warm up song. Do you recognize the Zumba teacher??
2. More Zumba: Yep, more dancing!
3. And, one more song! If you still have energy, give one more song a try. This song is one of my favorites :)
4. Learn some body percussion: This choir song uses body percussion (stomping, patting, clapping). Can you learn the pattern AND the song??? If you learn the body percussion, the song, or both, please upload a video to FlipGrid for me to see.
2. Sing "Count on Me" this is the song we'll be singing at our Music Party on Fridays for the rest of the year. Please learn it, so you can sing with me :)

Ms. W-J and Ms. Arbuckle's students
Please review the notes names in our boom whacker videos, or choose from one of the playlists above to enjoy! You can practice the boom whacker songs by picking one note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) to clap every time it appears. I know a bunch of you liked "E" (the yellow one), so you can try clapping only when the yellow "E" appears and move on from there :)
Skeleton Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Smashing Pumpkins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ghostbusters
Popcorn II (the harder version)
Popcorn I (the easier version)
How Far I'll Go

If a student would like feedback about their performance, or they have questions, they can fill out this google form using their district email and I'll respond there: Get Feedback from Mrs. Harreld

Miss you all tons, take care!


Friday, May 22, 2020

Week of May 26th Music Activities/Lesson

Hello families!

The activities I recommend are still based on the at-home music lesson template I explain in this video. If you want more variety you can go to this blog post for K-2 ideas, and this blog post for ideas for 3rd-6th grade.

Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
1. Echo/canon clapping: Do at least 10 echo rhythms and 3 canons
2. De Colores Song: This is our last week with this song. We're going to be singing this song together at our Music Party on Fridays with Ms. Bermudez :)
3. Check out the story of the Mbria (click on the Google logo to start)! An mbira is an African instrument. We got to use one in the music room when we were examining artifacts from the Shack Art museum. Here is what an mbira looks like in case you forgot:
Image result for mbira
4. Wiggle Break: Complete this fun Zumba dance!
5. New Ekaki Uta! Learn how to draw a smiley face and a frog as you sing along!
6. Homemade percussion! This week, see if you can come up with a new percussion instrument you can make from things in your house! Be sure to share those ideas with me at our music party on Friday
7. Sing "Count on Me" with me, and then the Little Hawks song if you have time. You can always count on me for awesome music learning! :)

3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
1. Learn to do the "island strum" on an ukulele. This is one of the most common strumming patterns on ukulele and guitar. If you can learn this you will be able to play any pop/rock song you want with a basic ukulele accompaniment. Super useful!
2. Wiggle Break: Complete this fun Zumba dance!
3. Hawai'ian music challenge! Watch the video to review what an "ostinato" is, and then perform your ostinato while singing the opening song to "Lilo and Stitch"!
4. Ekaki Uta: The Lilo and Stitch song is challenging because it is sung in Hawai'ian. So, enjoy some easier drawing songs that teaches you how to draw a smiley face and a frog :)
5. Sing "Count on Me" with me, and then the Little Hawks song if you have time. You can always count on me for awesome music learning! :)

Ms. W-J and Ms. Arbuckle's students
Please review the notes names in our boom whacker videos, or choose from one of the playlists above to enjoy! You can practice the boom whacker songs by picking one note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) to clap every time it appears. I know a bunch of you liked "E" (the yellow one), so you can try clapping only when the yellow "E" appears and move on from there :)
Skeleton Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Smashing Pumpkins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ghostbusters
Popcorn II (the harder version)
Popcorn I (the easier version)
How Far I'll Go

If a student would like feedback about their performance, or they have questions, they can fill out this google form using their district email and I'll respond there: Get Feedback from Mrs. Harreld

Miss you all tons, take care!


Friday, May 15, 2020

Week of May 18th Music Lesson/Activities

Hello families!

The activities I recommend are still based on the at-home music lesson template I explain in this video. If you want more variety you can go to this blog post for K-2 ideas, and this blog post for ideas for 3rd-6th grade.

Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
1. Echo/canon clapping: Do at least 5 echo rhythms and 4 canons
2. De Colores Song: We're almost done with this song, can you sing the beginning? We're going to be singing this song together at our Music Party on Fridays with Ms. Bermudez :)
3. Music Book Read-a-loud: Listen to the storyteller share "The Sound of Music's Do-Re-Mi"
4. Wiggle Break: Complete this fun Zumba dance!
5. Steady Beat Game: Review how to play our steady beat game "Oh, what a treat" and find someone in your home to play it with you! See how many levels you can do as a family :)
6. Homemade percussion! For something easy and fun, look around your house to find some homemade instruments and play some rhythms with me.
7. My COVID Cover of Lizzo's "Juice": I hope this video makes you smile. I change the lyrics of a pop song to talk about how music is helping me get through this challenging time. Please enjoy! And, then sing the Little Hawk's song if you still have time :)

3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
1. Quiet Music Activities: Listen to some ideas for quiet music activities. Not all music making needs to be loud. You can engage with music at a soft volume, too :)
2. Wiggle Break: Complete this fun Zumba dance!
3. Betty Botter Challenge: week 2 of this challenge. Can you do all 3 levels??? Please upload your video to FlipGrid when you can complete any of the levels :)
4. Homemade percussion! For something easy and fun, look around your house to find some homemade instruments and play some rhythms with me.
5. My COVID Cover of Lizzo's "Juice": I hope this video makes you smile. I change the lyrics of a pop song to talk about how music is helping me get through this challenging time. Please enjoy! And, then sing the Little Hawk's song if you still have time :)

Ms. W-J and Ms. Arbuckle's students
Please review the notes names in our boom whacker videos, or choose from one of the playlists above to enjoy! You can practice the boom whacker songs by picking one note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) to clap every time it appears. I know a bunch of you liked "E" (the yellow one), so you can try clapping only when the yellow "E" appears and move on from there :)
Skeleton Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Smashing Pumpkins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ghostbusters
Popcorn II (the harder version)
Popcorn I (the easier version)
How Far I'll Go

If a student would like feedback about their performance, or they have questions, they can fill out this google form using their district email and I'll respond there: Get Feedback from Mrs. Harreld

Miss you all tons, take care!


Thursday, May 7, 2020

Week of May 11th Music Lesson/Activities

Hello families!

After 5 weeks of using the same warm ups, I'm only going to include links to videos for new activities. If that doesn't work please email me and I can send you links to the videos you'll need to complete all of the activities :)
The activities I recommend are still based on the at-home music lesson templates I explain in this video. I will also be recommending specific activities for each step for the rest of the school year. If you want more variety you can go to this blog post for K-2 ideas, and this blog post for ideas for 3rd-6th grade.

Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
1. Echo/canon clapping: Do at least 10 echo rhythms and 2 canons
2. De Colores Song: Can you sing half of the song yet??? We're going to be singing this song together at our Music Party on Fridays with Ms. Bermudez :)
3. Music Book Read-a-loud: Listen to the storyteller share the "The Story of Rock"
4. Wiggle Break: Complete this fun Zumba dance!
5. Review Your Notation Knowledge!: In order to keep our music skills sharp, let's review our notation knowledge before playing another fun game :)
6. Sing "Bow Wow Wow": Now that you've done the review, let's sing the song in a round!
7. Little Hawks Song: sing our Little Hawks and remember you're not alone!

3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
1. Review Ukulele Tuning: Next year I am hoping more of us can tune our ukuleles. Watch this video to review how we tune our instruments.
2. Wiggle Break: Complete this fun Zumba dance!
3. Betty Botter Challenge: this fun tongue-twister game is super challenging. I spent hours recording, and I still had to make edits when I was creating the video! lol Record yourself completing level 1, 2, or 3 of this challenge. You have 2 weeks for this because it is more difficult. I can't wait to see who is the ultimate tongue twister master!
4. Easy Song! So many of you enjoyed "Naughty Kitty Cat" that I'm suggesting you also sing "Bow Wow Wow" in a round. It's super easy, the song is fun :)
5. Little Hawks Song: Sing with me and remember you're not alone! We're all in this together.

Ms. W-J and Ms. Arbuckle's students
Please review the notes names in our boom whacker videos, or choose from one of the playlists above to enjoy! You can practice the boom whacker songs by picking one note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) to clap every time it appears. I know a bunch of you liked "E" (the yellow one), so you can try clapping only when the yellow "E" appears and move on from there :)
Skeleton Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Smashing Pumpkins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ghostbusters
Popcorn II (the harder version)
Popcorn I (the easier version)
How Far I'll Go

If a student would like feedback about their performance, or they have questions, they can fill out this google form using their district email and I'll respond there: Get Feedback from Mrs. Harreld

Miss you all tons, take care!


Friday, May 1, 2020

Week of May 4th Music Lesson/Activities

Hello families!

Enjoy the playlist of activities for this week (click on the playlist relevant to your student): Week of May 4th (Kinder, 1st, 2nd) or Week of May 4th (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th) or IS students (information at end of post). I'll also include links to each video below if you'd rather have 1 video available at a time.

These activities are based on the at-home music lesson templates I explain in this video.

Below I suggest when you can add other activities that don't involve our Youtube channel (those will have << >> around them to show you'll need to have other materials available). Remember: do what works for your family. Have fun, and happy music making!

Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
1. Echo and canon clapping game: do the echo/canon clapping with me in the video, or make some rhythms and sounds with someone in your house.
2. De Colores Song: We're continuing to work on this song. This website gives you the full translation of the lyrics. Can you sing half of the song yet???
<<3. Music Book: read a music book, or watch someone else read a music related book to you>>
<<4. Wiggle Break: do some more echo/canon clapping, or go to https://family.gonoodle.com>>
5. Bump Up Tomato: It's time for everyone's favorite game! Kinders - you'll want to skip to 3:44 in the video because none of the notation will make sense. But! you can learn the song and game for when we play it in class the next time we see each other. 1st/2nd graders - have fun, you know how this game goes :)
<<6. Make some music: play an instrument in your house, sing-a-long to any video our Mrs. Harreld's youtube channel, use a virtual instrument, or make choices in a music game (digital or otherwise). Check out this blog post for more ideas >>
7. Little Hawks Song: sing our Little Hawks and remember you're not alone! (Bonus: if you want to sing along to "Help" as well I've included it in the playlist).


3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
1. Treble Clef Song and Game: review this fun song/game from last week. See if you can leave out a different word this time!
Bonus: Do some singing practice with this video before you sing in the next game.
<<2. Wiggle break: do some echo/canon clapping, or go to https://family.gonoodle.com>>
3. Sing in a Round: This week we are reviewing how to sing in a round! We do this every week in choir with our "Coffee" song, and you did it with me in 2nd grade if you were at MTE. If you're super tech savy, you can record yourself singing, and then sing in a round with yourself like I do in the video! If you're able to manage that please let me know, I will be super impressed :)
<<4. Make some music/musical choices! Play an instrument (remember, a cup is an instrument!), sing a song, dance to music, draw to music, make choices in a musical game (check out this blog post for more ideas), or listen to music>>
5. Little Hawks Song: Sing with me and remember you're not alone! We're all in this together. (Bonus: if you want to sing along to "Help" as well I've included it in the playlist).

Ms. W-J and Ms. Arbuckle's students
Please review the notes names in our boom whacker videos, or choose from one of the playlists above to enjoy! You can practice the boom whacker songs by picking one note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) to clap every time it appears. I know a bunch of you liked "E" (the yellow one), so you can try clapping only when the yellow "E" appears and move on from there :)
Skeleton Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Smashing Pumpkins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ghostbusters
Popcorn II (the harder version)
Popcorn I (the easier version)
How Far I'll Go

If a student would like feedback about their performance, or they have questions, they can fill out this google form using their district email and I'll respond there: Get Feedback from Mrs. Harreld

Miss you all tons, take care!


Friday, April 24, 2020

Week of April 27th Music Lesson/Activities

Hello families!

Enjoy the playlist of activities for this week (click on the playlist relevant to your student): Week of April 27th (Kinder, 1st, 2nd) or Week of April 27th (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th) or IS students (information at end of post). I'll also include links to each video below if you'd rather have 1 video available at a time.

These activities are based on the at-home music lesson templates I explain in this video.

Below I suggest when you can add other activities that don't involve our Youtube channel (those will have << >> around them to show you'll need to have other materials available). Remember: do what works for your family. Have fun, and happy music making!

Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
1. Echo and canon clapping game: do the echo/canon clapping with me in the video, or make some rhythms and sounds with someone in your house.
2. De Colores Song: We're continuing to learn De Colores. This website gives you the full translation of the lyrics. This week please try to sing more of the song with me (In fact, I'd like you to come back to the song again after a break to get some extra practice this week)
<<3. Music Book: read a music book, or watch someone else read a music related book to you>>
<<4. Wiggle Break: do some more echo/canon clapping, or go to https://family.gonoodle.com>>
5. De Colores/Practice Singing!: Kinders - watch the video again and try to sing more of the song with me (the 2nd half is much easier to learn b/c it's mostly the animal sounds), and 1st/2nd graders get to singing with me in the video using Do, Re, Mi, So, and La!
<<6. Make some music: play an instrument in your house, sing-a-long to any video our Mrs. Harreld's youtube channel, use a virtual instrument, or make choices in a music game (digital or otherwise). Check out this blog post for more ideas >>
7. Little Hawks Song: sing our Little Hawks and remember you're not alone! (Bonus: if you want to sing along to "High Hopes" as well I've included it in the playlist).


3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
1. Learn/Review how to hold a ukulele (3rd graders this is a head start for next year!), and then how to read ukulele tabs (this will also help you piece together how to read guitar tabs - it's the same idea but with 6 strings instead of 4, and different note names)
<<2. Wiggle break: do some echo/canon clapping, or go to https://family.gonoodle.com>>
3. Treble Clef Song and Game (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th): For this game, you need to eventually remove a word from our phrase "Every Good Banana Does Fabulous" much like you leave out letters in the song "Bingo". Let me know which word you chose to leave out!
<<4. Make some music/musical choices! Play an instrument (remember, a cup is an instrument!), sing a song, dance to music, draw to music, make choices in a musical game (check out this blog post for more ideas), or listen to music>>
5. Little Hawks Song: Sing with me and remember you're not alone! We're all in this together. (Bonus: if you want to sing along to "High Hopes" as well I've included it in the playlist).

Ms. W-J and Ms. Arbuckle's students
Please review the notes names in our boom whacker videos, or choose from one of the playlists above to enjoy! You can practice the boom whacker songs by picking one note (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) to clap every time it appears. I know a bunch of you liked "E" (the yellow one), so you can try clapping only when the yellow "E" appears and move on from there :)
Skeleton Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Smashing Pumpkins
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ghostbusters
Popcorn II (the harder version)
Popcorn I (the easier version)
How Far I'll Go

If a student would like feedback about their performance, or they have questions, they can fill out this google form using their district email and I'll respond there: Get Feedback from Mrs. Harreld

Miss you all tons, take care!