Kindergarten Unit 5 Newsletter

Kindergarten Unit 5 How we express ourselves, “A Tale to Tell”. Kindergarten students explored “A Tale to tell”  Unit 5 by taking their understanding of “Peter and the Wolf” from the previous unit and applying it through dance to tell a new story. The musical patterns discovered in “Peter and the Wolf”, where each character was described musically by the sound of an instrument and its melody, helped the students develop a more focused level of attentive listening and general musical awareness. Students were introduced to a Gavotte-  baroque dance music, in Bach's Solo Violin Sonata in E Major. They were able to discern the musical patterns. As movements were added, the students took cues from the music, to feel the beat and follow the dance patterns.

It was performed at the Open house on April 10th. (MU5.K.EB) (MU6.B). 

http://youtu.be/2Mr54OXYtQo

In addition students were working on their singing voice and musical understanding by describing how music made them feel (MU 5.K.A) in the song “Puff the Magic Dragon” and the piece “2 Birds and the Raja” (MU2.K.C).