Westmount Elementary School. Grades 3-6. Friday May 16 12.15-1.15pm

We had a good class today.

LEVEL 1 (Ivan):

• Warmed up with C major scales.
• Reviewed naming notes on the grand staff, time signatures and note values.
• Practiced Old Grey Goose, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Pop Goes the Weasel.
• Played a game of Tone/Semitone 'Go Fish'.
• Grand Staff Match up Worksheet, to complete at home.

LEVEL 2 (Brett and William):

• Warmed up with C scale in contrary motion. Learned a new scale, G major, that has 1 sharp. A sharp is a symbol in music that makes a note one semitone higher. In G major, the seventh note of the scale is sharpend, meaning F is played one semitone higher (the black key above). We also discussed flats. The opposite of a sharp, a flat makes a note one semitone lower.
• Practiced Let it Be, Happy Birthday, and Clementine.
• Played a game of Tone/Semitone 'Go Fish'.
• Grand Staff Note Placement exercises, and a worksheet on flats to complete at home.

LEVEL 3 (Dylan, Stephen and Justin):

• Warmed up with C chromatic scales. Learned a new scale - A minor. For every major scale there is a relative minor scale. For example, C major has no sharps or flats. To find the relative minor key, simply begin the scale on the VI degree, in this case, the note A. A minor will also have no sharps and flats, and will use the same fingering 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 as the C major scale.
• Practiced The Baseball Game, Ode to Joy and Ten Little Indians, as well as a little bit of The blue danube waltz.
• Played a game of Tone/Semitone 'Go Fish'.
• Ear Training Exercises - rhythm and melody playbacks, as well as a COMPOSITION ASSIGNMENT, due next week.

Please do complete your homework for next week's class. Just try your best. Even if your work is not 100% perfect, it is much better than nothing, and I can help you to correct mistakes.
Thanks for all your hard work. The song are sounding better and better.
Have a good week!