Grade 2/3

March 13, 2020

This week we were working on preparation and instruments.

March 6, 2020

This week students have been working on their rhythms and singing.

February 28, 2020

Students have really improved in their ability to sing the Daily Do beautifully while carrying out the corresponding Curwen hand signs.  Well done!

February 21, 2020

Students were able to show their learning with duration with a short quiz.  We have continued with our game and Curwen hand signs.

February 18, 2020

Here is the Daily Do for students to practice.

February 12, 2020

Grade 2/3's learned a new song/game this week called "Garden Gate."  Ask your child how the game is played!

February 7, 2020

Students have continued to learn their Curwen hand signs.  They have also been playing Duration War with notes to get a deeper understanding of how many beats each note is worth.

January 31, 2020

This week students were practicing their Curwen hand signs.  Also we began learning about note duration.  Students were able to see with the real rhythm cards how note values are measured out in time.

January 24, 2020

The students had a chance to do their dictation quiz this week.  We have also been working on the Curwen hand signs for so-mi-la.  We are also going to start a new way of sharing our talents in music.  Once a month a few students will share a special musical talent with their class.  It can be performed in class, bring in a recording, send a video, or something else.  If your child suggested bringing in or sending a recording, I will be emailing parents soon about it.  I am very excited to get to observe the many talents of Ramsay students!

January 17, 2020

This week students were showing their learning by listening and writing down the notes which they heard. Please remember to send back the permission forms for grade 3.  Choir starts next Wednesday!

January 13, 2020

CHOIR for grades 3-6 starts next week.  Please have the student permission form back to your child's teacher by Friday, January 17, 2020.  Thank you, I am looking forward to singing with your child.

January 10, 2020

This week in music students are working on connecting the hand signs (known as curwen hand signs) to the so-mi-la song we learned last year.  Also we are beginning to understand music dictation, where the sounds on the beat tell us what note (ta, titi, rest or tiki-tika) is being played.

December 12, 2019

Grade 2/3 have been learning about Boomwhackers this week. 'Thud' are a well known Boomwhacker group from Harvard University whose skills in playing Boomwhackers has been a focus of our observations this week.  The students have also been practicing beat by doing very well in passing during Obwisana.

December 5, 2019

We learned a rock (bean bag) passing game, Obwisana this week.  Also students are learning a fun body percussion song "Bim Bum."

November 27, 2019

In music, students continue to sing so-la-so-mi with the game "Bounce High."  We also discovered a book called "The Man with the Violin" about an experience the famous violinist Joshua Bell had in Washington at a city train station.

November 22, 2019

Students are practicing their rhythms with rhythm cards. For singing grade 2/3 are singing so-la-so-mi with the game "Bounce High."  Also we are adding new instruments to "Winter is Here."

November 15, 2019

Please see the links below if your child is in choir so that they may practice the songs.

We were singing the song, "Gitsagakomin" and "Winter is here" with instruments this week in music.  Also students are practicing rhythm cards.

Yours musically,

Ms. Courtney

November 6, 2019

This week for the choir, I stated that I would put links to some of the songs we are practicing so here they are:

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

Jingle Bells

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Yours Musically,

Ms. Courtney

November 1, 2019

This week in music we celebrated Halloween by playing music on the instruments such as "In a Dark, Dark Wood."  Also we played 'Pass the Witch's Broomstick.'

Yours musically,

Ms. Courtney

October 24, 2019

This week in music students were practicing rhythm with the game 'Concentration.'  In addition we used rhythm cards to clap out various rhythms.

Yours musically,

Ms. Courtney

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During the week of October14, 2019 I will begin teaching Music and Math at Ramsay School.

I am very excited to begin this journey with staff and students.  See you soon.

Yours musically,

Ms. Courtney