Classroom Updates

Hello everyone!!

Even though this school year is starting off very different from typical years, I am still beyond excited to get started! I hope you had a great summer! Now, we’re just a couple days away from getting started with school again. Monday 8/3 is Parent Orientation day and Tuesday 8/4 is Student Orientation Day with your homeroom teachers. All classes get started on Wednesday 8/5!!

In Google Classroom, students will have access to Google Meets during their scheduled Live Lessons. Students will also have access to Nearpods for almost every lesson! Some teachers will also share a Bitmoji classroom for students to use (students will have this for my classes!!) What a fun new way to have classes while we are in distance learning!

For music, I have a “Classroom Update” here on my website that has a list of Music Games! If students get bored during the day and have some time to play around, please give it a look! (You will need to scroll down a bit on the page to find this update).

I am here for anything you need! Please send me an email if there is anything I can help you with at tmurphy@laveeneld.org. Cheers to a great beginning of the school year!

-Miss Murphy

Check back here every month to see who our new composer of the month is for the 20-21 school year!

April – Antonio Vivaldi

March – Keiko Abe

February – Valerie Coleman

January – John Cage

December – Abdullah Ibrahim

November – Fritz Kreisler

October – María Grever

September – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

August – R. Carlos Nakai

Check back here for our composers of the month!

May – Tan Dun

April – Claude Debussy

March – Caroline Shaw

February – Florence Price

January – Louis Vierne

December – Ludwig van Beethoven

November – With the schedule, we did not have a November composer 🙁

October – Enrique Granados

September – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hello everyone,

We’re sad to announce that Aladdin Jr. will be cancelled for this school year. I thank everyone for all of their hard work that they have put into this show. In light of this, choreography videos will not be uploaded to Google Classroom. If students still want to sing along though, go for it 🙂

When we return, Ms. Tryon and I will be collecting any and all items that we would be using for the show. Thank you again for all of your hard work.

Check out this BINGO form that the Specials Team created for everyone! Students that complete BINGO can win prizes! Take a look at the attached image 🙂

Good morning! This is a link that you may have seen come your way already, but I want to put this on my web page as another place for you to find it. It is the Online Resources for all grade levels and Special Education. Click here for these Online Resources!

How to access student account information from home.  Click Here

NEW! Google Creatibility provides awesome activities to explore more with music and sound!

Chrome Music Lab has several games and experiences to play around with music in different ways!

Incredibox is where students can create different types of beat-boxing patterns!

Classics For Kids is a site where students can play music games as well as kid-friendly information about composers and different styles of music!

PBS Kids offers music games as well based on their TV shows!

Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra is a game where students learn and explore about different types of instruments!

PlayGround is an app for devices that turns you into a DJ! Enjoy many free templates to play around with to create new and exciting sounds!

Groove Pizza is a fun website where you can create percussion beats! Follow the circular patterns and different rings to create your awesome sounds!

Virtual Drumming is a website where you can play with a drum set! By clicking the menu, you can choose from several different kinds of drum sets that match what famous drummers use!

Musical Instrument Museum Kids Resources is a great resources for videos to follow along with, as well as links to teach students how to create their own instruments.

Musical Instrument Museum Youtube Channel has so many videos that delve into many different aspects of music. Be sure to check it out!

More links will be added as I come across more fun music games and activities for kids!

I am sorry to report that the Spring Festival 2020 has been cancelled. Even though we will not be performing on March 28th, students will still be doing mini-performances of the music we have been practicing! This is to ensure we meet our performance National Standards. They have been working so hard, that I would hate for it to go to waste! I know they will do great 🙂

If you have questions on what they can be practicing while they are out of school, stay posted to your email! Emails are going out with information to help. But as always, don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions! Thanks everyone!

I can’t wait to meet all of you at Meet the Teacher Night!