ajones, Author at Music

Assignments March 25th-26th 2020

Assignments for March 25th, 2020:

Listen to the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” by Hawaiian musician and ukulele player Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and complete the attached listening assignment either by printing out the assignment or on a separate piece of paper. Answer each question thoughtfully and completely! You can send me a picture of the assignment or put it in your backpack to be graded later.

ukulele listening pdf

Assignment for March 26th, 2020:

Play around with the composition game on “Classics for Kids”. Can you compose a song with a clear beginning, middle and end? Play your composition for someone in your family!

5th Grade Distance Learning Assignments: March 18th-19th 2020

Assignment for March 18th 2020:

Listen to “Linus and Lucy” by The Vince Guaraldi Trio and answer the questions on the sheet attached. You may print off the listening paper OR answer the questions on a blank piece of notebook paper. Listen as many times as needed to answer the questions. When finished, put your listening journal or answer paper in your backpack to be graded later. The genre of this piece is Jazz.

Answer each question thoughtfully and completely!

Assignment for March 19th 2020:

Create a 10 song study playlist of music that you can listen to while you are working at home! You may print off the playlist paper OR write on a piece of notebook paper. Write a 3 sentence summary of your playlist explaining why you picked the songs you did!

5th Grade Playlist
Listening Journal 2 5th Grade

4th Grade Distance Learning Assignment: March 18th-19th 2020

Assignment for March 18th, 2020:

Listen to “Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi and answer the following questions. You may print off the listening paper OR answer the questions on a blank piece of notebook paper. Listen as many times as needed to answer the questions. When finished, put your listening journal or answer paper in your backpack. The genre of this song is Classical.

Answer each question thoughtfully and completely!

Assignment for March 19th 2020:

Listen to “Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi and on a separate piece of paper draw/illustrate a picture to represent what you hear! If you would like your picture showcased on the St. John Website, take a picture and send it to me!

Listening Journal 1 4th Grade

3rd Grade Distance Learning Assignment

Hello third grade families! On Thursday March 12th, I sent the students home with their recorders and their distance learning assignments. If your student was absent, I have uploaded the assignment and textbook here to my site. If your student did not bring their recorder home or was unable to due to absence, I will ask that you purchase a recorder for your child as it will be necessary to complete the distance learning assignments. I can provide assistance there and help you find a reasonably priced recorder. If you are interested in cleaning your recorder at home, please send me an email and I will give you cleaning instructions.

Recorder Karate

remote recorders

5 Things to Know About Me, Ms. Jones! 🎵

Greetings! As the summer is winding down and the first day of school is rapidly approaching, I wanted to take the time to introduce myself and tell you 5 things you should know about me, your new Intermediate Music teacher!

My name is Ms. Jones and I recently moved from Phoenix Arizona where I was teaching K-8 music at a Title 1 school. This is my second full year teaching music and I am so excited to be part of the St. John’s community! I am eager to begin our musical journey and I can’t wait to meet everyone!

One of my favorite back to school activities is to have students write down a couple of things they believe I, as their teacher, should know about them. This helps me build relationships with each student as well as figure out how I can best teach them music. I would like to lead by example and tell you five things you should know about me (and ask some questions you can answer!) as we begin this journey together!

I love animals! I have a dog named Dot who will probably make an appearance or two in our slideshows. Do you have any pets?
I was born in Ohio and I have lived in 5 states! Were you born in another state? Have you lived in another state?
My favorite color is blue. I wear A LOT of blue. What’s your favorite color?
My favorite sport is baseball! My favorite team is the Colorado Rockies. What’s your favorite sport / sport team?
My favorite type of music always changes. Right now, I really have been enjoying classic rock music. Do you have a favorite type of music?

And there you have it! Ms. Jones in a nutshell!

I can’t wait to get to know five or more things about you!