Westmount Elementary School. Grades 3-6. Friday April 27 12.15-1.15pm

We had a good class today - it was nice to meet Brett today.

Level 1 (Ivan):

• Warmed up with C major scales, hands separately.
• Practiced the songs Old Grey Goose and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
  
• Practiced note naming in the Grand Staff note placement game.
• Discussed intervals - the distance between two notes.
  
• Played a game of Interval Face off with the whole class.
• Played games and improvised some new songs in the Children's Music Journey software.

Level 2 (Brett and William):

• C major scale in contrary motion.
• Practiced 'Let it Be' and 'Happy Birthday'; hands separately, then together.
• Reviewed Note Values. Practiced clapping different rhythms.
• Reviewed Intervals and played interval Face off with the whole class.
• Improvisation in the CMJ software, using the C pentatonic scale.
  

Level 3 (Stephen, Dylan and Justin):

• C Chromatic scales.
• Practiced 'Ode to Joy', 'The Baseball game' and learned the new song 'Ten Little Indians'. Hands separately then together.
• Worked on playing in time with the metronome.
  
• Discussed intervals and reviewed ledger lines.
• Ear training - rhythm playbacks and identifying intervals of 3rds and 5ths.
  
• Played Interval Face off with the level 1 and 2 students.

At the end of class I handed out invitations. All of you can bring a friend next week if you like.
Great playing everyone! We had fun and learned a lot.