Hello, Brodnicki Friends!
We are hoping to raise some money to purchase new materials to use in our classroom, and we could use your help!
Last week, I signed up with DonorsChoose.org and applied for a grant to get new picture books, a parachute, a stretchy band and a new document camera. If you would like to contribute to that fund, please go here:
We only need $284 more for the project to take flight. AND, if you contribute by tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 28th, you can use the code SPARK to have DonorsChoose.org use their matching funds, too!
Can only contribute $10? That's fine! Use SPARK in the Promo Code box, and it turns into $20 for our classroom! Every little bit helps!
Know someone else who can help? Please share the link above.
Thank you!
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) a Japanese Folk Song
Cherry tree! Cherry tree!
Cherry blossoms everywhere!
These are cherry blossoms, which bloom in the spring.
Sixth grade is singing a song about Cherry Blossoms for our concert (Thursday, November 5th at 6:30 p.m.). Here are the English words and the phonetic pronunciation of the Japanese words:
Cherry tree, cherry tree! Cherry blossoms everywhere.
Far as any eye can see. Mist and beauty fill the air.
Lovely blossoms scent the breeze.
Come with me, come with me! Let us go and see!
Sakura, sakura! Ya yo i no so ra wa.
Mi watasu kagiri. Kasu mika kumoka.
Nio izo izuru.
Iza ya, iza ya! Mi ni yu ka N. (hum the "n")
Monday, October 5, 2015
4th Grade Recorder Orders
Attention 4th Graders! You have the option of buying a new, translucent recorder this year! They come in 4 colors--purple, blue, green & red.
Order forms can be found in the music room, and the orders are due by Wednesday, October 28th. They are $6 each.
We will start playing soon, so you must either have your 3rd grade recorder (white Yamaha) or a new one. You may purchase more than one, if you like! :)
Order forms can be found in the music room, and the orders are due by Wednesday, October 28th. They are $6 each.
We will start playing soon, so you must either have your 3rd grade recorder (white Yamaha) or a new one. You may purchase more than one, if you like! :)
Friday, October 2, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
This Land Is Your Land!
OK, 5th Grade! It's time to practice for our upcoming show! Below are the lyrics to the opening song, "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie. Try to memorize it--challenge yourself to sing it without looking at the lyrics!
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling.
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me! (Refrain)
Here is a video of an original recording by Woody Guthrie (yes, that's him in the video):
This Land Is Your
Land
Refrain
This land is your land.
This land is my land.
From California to the New York island
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me!
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me!
Verse 1
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway.
I saw below me that golden valley.
This land was made for you and me! (Refrain)
I saw above me that endless skyway.
I saw below me that golden valley.
This land was made for you and me! (Refrain)
Verse 2
I've roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts.
And all around me a voice was sounding.
This land was made for you and me! (Refrain)
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts.
And all around me a voice was sounding.
This land was made for you and me! (Refrain)
Verse 3
When
the sun came shining, and I was strolling,And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling.
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me! (Refrain)
Here is a video of an original recording by Woody Guthrie (yes, that's him in the video):
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Rocky Mountain Song
My 5th & 6th Grade classes are learning the folk song, "Rocky Mountain," on xylophones and metallophones. We reviewed proper playing technique and how to accompany the song.
Verse 1
Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain High!
When you're on that Rocky Mountain, hang your head and cry.
Refrain
Do, do, do, do, do remember me.
Do, do, do, do, do remember me!
Verse 2
Sunny valley, sunny valley, sunny valley low.
When you're in that sunny valley, sing it soft & slow. (Refrain)
Verse 3
Stormy ocean, stormy ocean, stormy ocean wide.
When you're on that deep blue sea, there's no place you can hide. (Refrain)
They are doing a great job with the verses, and they are playing the correct notes, too!
This is Ms. King's 5th Grade class trying it out.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Music Matters!
How does music matter to you? My 3rd-6th grade students wrote down a reason why music matters to them, and we shared them at Open House last night. What a great way to share the different ways that music matters to us.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
3rd Graders and "Aiken Drum"
This week, we are creating our own "Aiken Drum" while we sing this song:
"There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon
There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum."
His head was made of ...
HIs body was made of...
His arms were made of...
His legs were made of...
His eyes were made of...
His nose was made of...
His mouth was made of...
His hair was made of...
Can you guess what these classes made his body out of?
Aiken Drum by Room 209
Aiken Drum by Room 210
Aiken Drum by Room 208
(Drawings by Miss Loeffler...do I have a future in drawing? Maybe I'll stick to music!)
Superhero Field Day
Wonder Women from Mrs. Potacek's Kindergarten on our Field Day in May 2015
What cuties! We even got a response from Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman herself! She was so proud of you girls! Keep reaching for the stars!
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