Cultures Unit Grade 2

Grade 2 is doing a cultures unit in their classrooms so we are doing the same countries in music class!
Our first stop is China! Here are students doing a Chinese ribbon dance. Students also got to play the woodblocks and the Chinese gong!

Mrs. DeLuca's Class Ribbon Dance

Ms. Sallade's Class

Mrs. Downs' Class

We visited Antarctica in music and did some fun activities revolving around penguins. Students played instruments while reading rhythms during the poem "Four Little Penguins". The penguins keep counting down until all the penguins were playing underneath the ice!

Mrs. Down's Class

'Galop' Ribbon Dance

Grade 3 has been learning about form. In this video students perform a ribbon dance routine to 'Galop' from The Comedians by Composer Kabalevsky .

Mrs. Perry's Class

Mrs. Wilson's Class

Ms. Lantz's Class

"Ice Skating" in music

Kindergarteners got to go "ice skating" using paper plates! How fun. :-)

First graders (Mrs. Greer's class in video) learn a ribbon routine and dance to: 

Émile Waldteufel's - The Skater's Waltz, Op. 183