November, November

By now, students have experienced, in various degrees, what it means to be a performer, a listener and a composer of music.  Grade 1 and 2 students listened to In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.  While Grade 1 students focused on responding to the music through free movement, Grade 2 students explored story-telling through music.  Grade 3 students took the first step in learning how to notate the rhythm of a familiar song by finding the beat and sub-dividing it.  Grade 4 students continued to consolidate their instrumental skills on barred instruments, i.e. xylophones, metallophones and glockenspiels.