Remember, you can find practice videos for the Holiday Concert and MP3s & lyrics here:
Holiday Concert Practice Videos
Holiday Concert Practice MP3s & Lyrics
Annie, Jr. auditions are coming up on Monday & Tuesday. This is for all middle school students and the Grade 3/4 students that were in drama club. Students will sign-up for after school audition times for November 24 or 25. The links below contain practice videos and the audition packet for further information. They must fill out and return the last page (front & back) of the packet either at their audition or before.
Annie, Jr. MP3s & Audition Packet
Annie Audition Songs (YouTube Playlist)
Students in the Pre-K 3-year-old class will join the Middle Schoolers on a performance of Feliz Navidad. They are practicing with their maracas and castanets.
The Pre-K 4-year-old class will also join Feliz Navidad playing an ostinato (repetitive) rhythm on the castanets.
Of course, they are still making requests for Haydn's Surprise Symphony, otherwise known as The Cookie Song. We had a free minute this week so the students reviewed the story of the spilled cookie crumbs on the floor and trying to pick them all up before Mom wakes up (and hiding when we hear her door open).
The Kindergarten & Grade 1 class conquered their instrumental activity, percussion ostinati for Pat-a-Pan, early. They then were introduced to The Biscuit Brothers, one of my favorite musical television shows. Made for one limited season in Canada, The Biscuit Brothers teach all aspects of music from instrumentation to singing, and they have a great YouTube channel linked above.
In library, the Kindergarten & Grade 1 class added leaves to our Gratitude Tree. Students wrote or drew what they were thankful for--everything from family to nature.
The Grade 3 & 4 class read a book called The Story of Jumping Mouse, a Native American legend retold and illustrated by John Steptoe. The book highlights kindness, gratitude and selfless giving.
The Pre-K 3 & 4-year-old classes read two books, one called The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins, about sharing. And another about the power of hope, The Chimpanzees of Happytown by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees.
The books can be accessed in read-aloud form on YouTube by clicking the links above.
When the Grade 1 & 2 class read The Doorbell Rang, they also practiced some division and problem solving. We made 12 "cookies" out of paper. First, the cookies only had to be split between two book characters, but each time the doorbell rang, more characters entered and the cookies had to be split evenly between them. The students did a great job working as a team to figure out all of the division problems presented to them.
The students that live in Pasir Ridge have formed a "quick choir" to perform at the Ridge's Thanksgiving celebration. Students have sacrificed lots of after-school and weekend time to be a part of this and their work is much appreciated.
Stay tuned for more from our PRIS Students and don't forget to check out the library and music YouTube page (and subscribe)!
PRIS Music & Library YouTube Page
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