January 2025

Access recordings of class performances:

• Chester Elementary School
• New Hingham Elementary School
• R.H. Conwell Elementary School

Preschool & Kindergarten have been practicing their rhythm skills by copying rhythm patterns on rhythm sticks and then creating their own rhythm patterns. They also learned to sing I’m a Little Snowflake and Five Little Snowmen.

1st Grade has been working on reading, clapping, and drawing quarter notes and eighth notes, using the song Bee Bee Bumble Bee as a guide and game. They also worked on singing To Grandmother's House We Go.

2nd Grade has been working on reading, clapping, and drawing quarter notes and eighth notes, using the song Bee Bee Bumble Bee as a guide and game. They also worked on singing Candle in the Snow.

3rd Grade has been listening to music from cultures around the world and describing the sounds they hear. So far, they’ve heard Turn the World Around (written in a West African Style based on stories from Guinea) and Al Citron (a song from Mexico that combines words in Spanish and West Africa along with nonsense words). They also worked in singing It’s a Marshmallow World.

4th Grade has been listening to music from cultures around the world and describing the sounds they hear. So far, they’ve heard Turn the World Around (written in a West African Style based on stories from Guinea) and Al Citron (a song from Mexico that combines words in Spanish and West Africa along with nonsense words). They also worked in singing My Favorite Things.

5th Grade students have selected a major instrument of their choice to focus on this trimester. Instruments include the keyboard/piano, xylophone, guitar, ukulele, recorder, and drums. Students spend time in music class practicing their instruments to learn chords and fingerings so they can create their own music. They also worked on singing Auld Lang Syne.

6th Grade students have selected a major instrument of their choice to focus on this trimester. Instruments include the keyboard/piano, xylophone, guitar, ukulele, recorder, and drums. Students spend time in music class practicing their instruments to learn chords and fingerings so they can create their own music. They also worked on singing Jingle Bell Rock.