Sunday, November 13, 2016

What a Great Performance!

St. Mary's Carnival took place today on a rainy day, just like our Seisen Festival of Nations. This is a blog post that we wrote right after the festival.  Enjoy looking back on where your daughters were at in the fall!


In Music class students focused on "Rhythms All Around Us."  They explored greeting words in different languages--Hola, Hello, Kalimera, Hi, Anyoung haseyo, Konnichi wa, Ni Hao, Oi, and Namaste.  You could hear their various body percussion sounds with the rhythms of the words.  They even sang this song in a three-part canon!

Students sang about "Good Friends."  The students sang a medley of songs celebrating friendship.  This medley included songs about food. They learned two songs in Spanish, one called "Bate, Bate" and one called "Chocolate."  They explored making their own rhythm claps.  They also had fun singing some traditional songs, including "Don't Put Your Junk In My Back Yard," "One Bottle of Pop," and "Fish and Chips and Vinegar."

Ms. Handel-Johnson and I were so proud of the way the students said their lines so clearly and with expression.

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