Ms. Miller's Music Blog

Hi Tuscany Families, The grade 1 and 2 classes are awesome!  Please read the Success Criteria below to find out some things we have been doing in music: 1. I can move to a steady beat using various actions. 2. I can ID ta, ti-ti, and rest (gr. 2's can) 3. I can perform a steady beat in a group, while another group plays the rhythm. 4. I can perform the rhythm in a group, while another group plays the beat. 5. I can use a singing voice. 6. I can understand that pitch can be high, low, or in the middle. 7. I can understand that penta  means five and when some bars are removed from the barred instruments, the bars that are left make a pentatonic scale. 8. I can understand that music is organized into sections called FORM and is labelled with upper case letters beginning with A. 9. I can identify most environmental sounds I hear. 10. I can show different ways to use my voice, such as singing, talking, whispering, shouting and thinking.  (Ms. Miller likes the thinking voice th...

  Hi Tuscany Families; The KG students have been enjoying music class and I have been enjoying the KG students.   Success Criteria for the KG students so far includes: 1. I can participate in playing instruments, games and singing.   2. I can show a steady beat. 3. I can feel when my voice is on and when it is off. 4. I can make lip puffing sounds and I can make tongue dancing sounds. 5. I can identify four families of non-pitched percussion instruments.  Woods, metals, shaker/scraper, and skin families. 6. I can experience pitch as high, low and medium. 7. I can move and improvise movement to music. 8. I can experience music and movement as fast/slow and loud/quiet. The KG classes participate in a variety of games that have a particular focus in music. We play games that encourage students to use a solo singing voice and games that help the student to experience music at different tempi and dynamics.  They enjoy the opportunity to choose which tempo o...

 Hi Tuscany Families; Recently, the grades 3-5 students recorded the song, "Strawberry Moon" by Tara Williamson, who composed song in Ojibiway and in English.   Tuscany registered to compete in the Canadian Music Class Challenge and chose a song by a First Nations Artist because of our rich work surrounding the First Nations people.   Let's cheer on our students for a job well done!! Strawberry Moon recording Learning Intentions for "Strawberry Moon" by Tara Williamson 1. I can sing the melody. 2. I can understand that the melody makes a song recognizable. 3. I can understand the musical FORM of the song as A B A B A B A A 4. I can sing using good diction, enunciating the lyrics clearly. 5. I can sing using different dynamics. 6. I can experience singing in a group. 7. I can respond to the conductor's cues