Music in the Classroom.

We use music as much as possible in the classroom. During center work in the morning we often have classical or other instrumental music playing to help students monitor their noise level. Music is also used for transitions. When students hear any of the songs below they know it's time to clean up and head to the carpet. It is such a great way to transition and gets us all singing, dancing, and smiling.

Here are a few of the songs we use:

MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

We are starting to learn about money in math. Learning to sort and count coins is a big deal for 1st graders and we will spend the next 2 weeks learning strategies to help this. Of course we have some new songs too. Enjoy! 

A Few New Tunes

We have a few new tunes in our class. We are always looking for new songs to help us remember all the things from first grade. Enjoy!

and a just for fun dancing song...

Some Science and Vowel Bats!

Our plants have started to sprout. There has been great excitement in tracking the growth of these plants! We are hoping the seeds that have not popped out of the soil yet will soon.

We are working on the short A sound this week. In the weeks to come we will focusing on other vowel sounds. Since all great lessons come with songs, we have been singing the song Vowel Bat all week. Beware it is catchy and WILL get stuck in your head. 

During reading centers, the students are making origami bats with the vowel letters on them. 

Our New Favorite Songs!

Thanks to Mr. Graham, we have some new favorite songs! We are using these songs this week to learn about rhyming and how we can use rhymes to make new words and improve our spelling!