Classroom+Updates

=Music Class Updates=

Metrowest Elementary Violin
====Today in violin class we did quite a lot. We began class with a warm up activity called Mirror Me. In this activity, the students listen while I play a few notes and then attempt to match what I play on their own violins. Then, we reviewed some songs including Violin Waltz, Hip Hop, and Fuzzy Wuzzy (based on the poem). We learned the new song Jared the Champion, which focused on [|half notes] and playing with 'fingers down' on the E string. Finally, we ended class with a fun game called Musical Hot and Cold. In this game, one student is chosen to hide an object (we'll call them the hider) and another student is chosen that will have to find the object (we'll call them the hunter). The hunter must close their eyes while the hider hides the object. The rest of the class watches where the object is hidden, and then helps the hunter by playing higher or lower on their instruments to indicate how close or far away from the object the hunter is. Higher (the E string being the highest string on the violin) means the hunter is getting closer, while lower (the G string being the lowest string on the violin) indicates that the hunter is far away from the object.====

Note: My students left me the following note on the board when I wasn't looking. So sweet!