K-5 Music

High Plains Elementary musicians present:
“Our Earth’s Environments”
A Virtual Concert Presentation (shared in May 2021)

Hello, from Mrs. Lemons in the High Plains school music room!
To celebrate our beautiful planet, I am organizing a virtual concert for our K-5 students. This unique concert will feature ALL K-5 classes singing one song each about our Earth’s habitats and environments (Check out those 3 links in the last sentence for some fun, educational videos, and activities!). With the help of some of our HPS middle school students and Andrew Freeman, a local Geological Biologist, we have made a comprehensive list of 16 different environments and habitats here on Earth. We will be diving into each topic for a full week while we also make props, create backdrops & set designs, and rehearse the music. In addition, some classes may want to dress like their environment on Friday when we record it, and I am supporting that! Dressing the theme is NOT a requirement, it’s just for fun, and you will hear midweek what the plans are regarding outfit options as well as some clips of music to practice at home. We will begin rehearsing each Monday during our music class time, and each Friday I will record the class singing their song. After making some edits, a final K-5 virtual concert will be shared with all of you in late May - nothing will be in person this year. This should be a really fun, educational, and Earth-loving activity to wrap up the year.
Thank you for supporting this unit and the music program at High Plains!

scheid's 1st grade song

bellinghausen's 3rd grade song

Boward's 5th grade song

Bucket Drumming!

We have been using utility buckets a lot lately. Check out this cool presentation all about Bucket Drumming so you can keep on learning at home!

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Piano Wrist & Arm Positioning and Playing Resources

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*Special shout out to:
Jen, Jaymee, and Diane for the idea to place these on the website and the first link above.
If you also like what you see, pay it forward like they did and share with others.

These five music themes will drive the elementary instruction this year. We're trying something new, and hopefully these posters will help us all remember what day we're on regardless if we are online or in person.

This is our weekly schedule by COLOR. Please refer to it and ask questions when you need to.

Music Play Online

All K-5 students can familiarize themselves (perhaps with the help of an older family member) with the website Music Play Online. We have used this in our HPS music classroom over the years, and it is LOADED with fun songs, games, quizzes, information, and activities. The founder, Denise Gagne, has made access to this site FREE, so all you have to do is login and enjoy! Please click the link below and spend a little time exploring. I recommend that you try 1 song, 1 activity, and 1 game!

https://musicplayonline.com

Reach out if you have questions!
Mrs. Lemons

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