Yesterday was our first school-wide combined rehearsal.
I was so pleased with the student's hard work and focus.
They are sounding great and are so excited to share their hard work with you!
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Monday, October 24, 2016
Book Drive at the Concert
Archway Lincoln Library Book Drive
We will be having an Archway Lincoln Library Book Drive
at our Fall Concert on Thursday, November 17th.
We would love to raise the book count in our lovely
library, and we need your help!
Bring new or lightly used books to donate in the
following genres:
• Biographies
• Non-Fiction
• Classic Literature
Check out the Archway Lincoln PSO website for the Book
Wish List!
Thank you for supporting our school!
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Music Listening at Home
Kindergarten:
Today we heard a modified story of Peer Gynt with music composed by Edvard Grieg.
The students listened for ways that the music connected to the story.
I also gave them a coloring sheet of the the characters so that they can listen to it again and use the characters to recreate the story.
The story opens up with "Morning" which the students are familiar with.
As the story progresses, the main characters find themselves in a cave surrounded by trolls and the Mountain King. The music from "In the Hall of the Mountain King" gets louder and faster as the adventure comes to its' climax. The story concludes with "Morning" again as the main characters find their way through the forest and back home.
Here are links to the music:
1st and 2nd:
We have been learning about Mr. Vivaldi this month.
We had a lot of fun acting out the story behind the music of "Spring" from The Four Seasons. The students were able to identify 4 characters in "Spring": the happy people, the birds, the stream, and the thunderstorm.
You can listen to it again here:
Today we heard a modified story of Peer Gynt with music composed by Edvard Grieg.
The students listened for ways that the music connected to the story.
I also gave them a coloring sheet of the the characters so that they can listen to it again and use the characters to recreate the story.
The story opens up with "Morning" which the students are familiar with.
As the story progresses, the main characters find themselves in a cave surrounded by trolls and the Mountain King. The music from "In the Hall of the Mountain King" gets louder and faster as the adventure comes to its' climax. The story concludes with "Morning" again as the main characters find their way through the forest and back home.
Here are links to the music:
- "Morning" by Grieg
- "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg
1st and 2nd:
We have been learning about Mr. Vivaldi this month.
We had a lot of fun acting out the story behind the music of "Spring" from The Four Seasons. The students were able to identify 4 characters in "Spring": the happy people, the birds, the stream, and the thunderstorm.
You can listen to it again here:
- "Spring" by Vivaldi
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Thanksgiving FOOD DRIVE
Archway Lincoln will be participating in a school
wide Thanksgiving Food Drive!
We will be collecting the items the week of November
14th-18th.
We invite you to bring your items to the school
throughout the week. We will have bins set up in the MPR where you can drop off
your items. Please drop off your items in the corresponding bin. Items will be
assigned based on grade level.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Lisa Blasi
at lblasi@archwaylincoln.org
Kindergarten - Boxed Mashed Potatoes and/or Gravy
1st
Grade – Boxed Pumpkin Bread
Mix and/or Canned Pumpkin Pie Mix
2nd
Grade - Canned Cranberries
3rd
Grade - Canned Veggies
4th
Grade - Boxed Stuffing
5th
Grade – Boxed Cake Mix
and/or Boxed Cornbread Mix
All collected items will be donated to the Rio Vista
Center in Phoenix, AZ.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Fall Concert
Concert season is upon us!
Your students have been slowly preparing for the fall concert during music class. I will be sending a letter home with your students this week with all the relevant information. I have posted the letter here below as well.
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Dear K-2nd Grade
Archway Lincoln Parents,
I have thoroughly
enjoyed getting to work with your students this first quarter. It has been
exciting to see your students learning and growing in their musical skills and
knowledge.
Our MANDATORY Music Concert
for the first semester is fast approaching, and I wanted to take a moment to
give you some very important information on the event.
When – Thursday, November 17th at 5:30
PM
Where – Archway Lincoln Gym
Call Time – 5 PM (All students should report to their
classrooms)
Dress Code for
Concerts:
Girls must wear a
white collared shirt, black skirt (knee length or lower) or dress slacks, and
black dress shoes.
Boys must wear a white
collared, button-down shirt, black slacks, and black dress shoes.
Some stores that carry
appropriate concert attire:
o Macy’s
o JCPenney
o Sears
o Kohl’s
o Target
o Walmart
o Lands’ End (landsend.com)
o Shopstyle.com
Please do not hesitate
to e-mail me should you have any further questions regarding the music concert.
All the information in this letter can also be found on my blog. We look
forward to seeing you on Thursday, November 17th!
Rachel Boswell
K-2nd Grade Music
Teacher
E-mail – rboswell@archwaylincoln.org
Blog - http://archwaylincolnmusick2.blogspot.com
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