Westmount Elementary School. Grades 3-6. Friday May 9 12.15-1.15pm

Great work today guys. It was nice to welcome our guest, Micheal to the class today.

LEVEL 1 (Ivan and Micheal):

• Warmed up with C major scales for the right hand and left hand.
• Micheal learned how to play the song Old Grey Goose. 100% on his first try! Excellent sight reading.
• Practiced songs: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Pop goes the Weasel.
• Completed the worksheet on naming notes.
• Played games and improvised using the C major scale.

LEVEL 2 (William and Brett):

• Warmed up with C major scales in contrary motion.
  
• Played our songs Let it Be, Happy Birthday, and Clementine.
• Reviewed the terms legato and staccato. Practiced the exercise.
• Watched a video on time signatures, note values and ties.
• Played games and improvised in C.

LEVEL 3 (Dylan, Stephen and Justin):

• Warmed up with C chromatic scales, C, F and G Pentatonic scales, and learned how to play the A minor scale (Same fingering as C major).
• Played songs The Baseball Game, Ode to Joy and Ten Little Indians.
• Completed 2 worksheets on the C major scale and C pentatonic scale. Next week we will have a take home assignment that builds on the concept of the C pentatonic scale.
• Discussed scale degrees and practiced writing down roman numerals I-VII.
• Played games and improvised using the C pentatonic scale. Dylan created a wonderful piece based on a 'hip hop' rhythm using the C pentatonic scale. Well done everyone!

At the end of class we played a game of interval Faceoff as per request.
Happy playing this week!