November's Composer of the Month

This month's composer is Antonio Vivaldi! Here's some fun facts that your kid can tell you more about: Vivaldi was born in Italy over 300 years ago, he was the oldest of 9 children, due to his bad asthma he couldn't play outside as a child so instead he learned to play the violin, "The Red Priest" was his nickname since he was a Catholic priest with fiery red hair (although he normally wore a wig), he died a poor person after selling all of his belongings in order to travel to a new job.
His composition we've been studying is The Four Seasons which is separated into four movements (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter). With each season we've worked on a corresponding Tree Worksheet which allows students to write and draw about what the music makes them feel, think, and hear.

Spring:

Summer: 

Autumn:

 

Winter: 

 

Recorder Karate!

The Recorder Corner where students can track their belt progress!

What is that sound coming out of the music room?! It is the sound of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade learning to play the soprano recorder! We are starting with the basics (correct way to hold, blow, and finger the recorder) and will steadily get to more difficult concepts as the years go on. Each grade will have recorders roughly once a week and so we will use the school's instead of requiring one to be purchased.

You may have heard your child buzzing about something called Recorder Karate. No worries, this is not an opportunity to hit someone with a recorder-it's not violent at all! This is a motivational program where students are given a chance to practice their skills and work up the belt ladder to attain a black belt in recorder! Each test song gets gradually more challenging, but the beauty is each child can work at his/her own speed. Make sure to ask your child throughout the year what belt they are on!

Students get to pick a character to be and to tie their belts to!

Flakes! Costumes

Applause for 4th Grade!

Congratulations to 4th grade for putting on a fun performance of A Little Bit of Showbiz! last Thursday evening :) Their hard work of rehearsing, memorizing, singing, acting, and so much more paid off! Thanks to all who attended and showed their support for Eureka's own mini-Broadway. Please, enjoy some photos of their glitz and glam program: