Music Around the World--Session 3--Week 4--Native America

Wow! Where do I begin! We had a wonderful time in our Music Around the World class today studying some of the beautiful music that came from Native America. After reviewing "Kookaburra" and "La Raspa", two of our songs from last week, we had the opportunity to learn about the legend of The Flute Player by listening to an old Apache legend. We learned that the flute is a special instrument to our teacher, Miss Todd, who plays it in a local orchestra. She had brought her flute with her to class today and shared a Native American song with us called "Wind Song".  We also learned that the Native Americans used to play a sister instrument of the flute called a panpipe. Their panpipes were made out of reeds that had been cut different lengths and tuned to play various notes. Miss Todd showed us how to play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" on the panpipes. Then, she taught us to play them and allowed us to create our very own panpipes. We had so much fun exploring the panpipes and can not wait to share "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with our families at our Music Around the World Celebration Night! Here are some pictures from our exciting day and a video of our experiences. We hope that you enjoy them! Leave us a comment and let us know what you think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CGJElEYcj8VzAxV3FHbU1HaWs/view?usp=sharing

Discover Dallas--Chuck E. Cheese and Reunion Tower

We were so lucky to have the opportunity to visit Chuck E. Cheese and Reunion Tower this week. This adventure provided us with an opportunity to discover a unique building that we have right here in Dallas! We were able to use this experience to revisit our Community Project Based Learning Project and our STEAM tower creation challenge, as well as our study of 3D Shapes. You can revisit these projects with us on our blog, if you would like to do so. Here are some pictures and a video from our exciting day!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CGJElEYcj8anlZakRUVGV0SmM/view?usp=sharing

3D Shapes and Paper

In math, we enjoyed a study of 3D shapes. We learned about spheres, cylinders, cubes, and cones. We talked about how many sides, faces, and corners these shapes have. We also tested them to see which ones can roll, stack, or slide. Finally, we participated in a 3D shape sort where we sorting some familiar foods by 3D shape. Here are a few pictures of our fun shape sort. 

We also completed our science unit on paper by exploring different ways that we could change paper. This included an opportunity to explore paper boxes, paper recycling, and paper/wood creations. We also discussed why it is important to recycle and conserve paper, in order to save our trees. Check out our show of our experiments and pictures from our art projects below. The kids were super creative!
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Music Around the World--Session 3--Week 3--Latin America

What a fun day we had in our third day of Music Around the World! We learned about Latin America and the exciting music that this country has to offer. We were introduced to two of their favorite instruments the guiro and the maracas. We also enjoyed two of their favorite songs, "La Raspa", and a traditional Latin American song, "De Colores." Check out our video from our fun day and some of our favorite pictures.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CGJElEYcj8bGh5enVmMlI1Q1k/view?usp=sharing