January 16, 2023.

Welcome to the week of Lunar New Year Activities!

Click here for a Lunar New Year Scarf Activity.

1. Click here for a rhythmic play along.

2. Click here for the easy play along.

3. Click here for the intermediate play along.

4. Click here for the advanced play along.

5. Click here for a new, but easy rhythm play along.

6. Click here for level 2 of the one above.

7. Click here for another easy play along.

8. Click here for another new rhythm activity.

9. Click here for an advanced rhythm activity that requires drums and cymbals.

Click here for a body percussion activity.

Click here for the Year Naming Race Story.

Here are some more favourites, and some new ones to enjoy in body percussion, rhythms, and scarves!

In Body Percussion

Click here for Smile.

Click here for Dynamite.

Click here for Butter.

Click here for Surface Pressure.

Click here for I Just Can’t Wait to be King.

Click here for Count On Me!

In Rhythms

Click here for I’m Still Standing from Sing!

Click here for a rhythm play along for Butter!

Click here for This Girl is on Fire.

Click here for Mario.

Click here for Wipe Out.

Click here for Mandalorian Madness.

Click here for Jungle Poison Rhythm Game

Click here for Minecraft.

Click here for the Mandalorian.

Click here for Happier.

Click here for Avengers easy rhythm play.

Click here for High Hopes.

Click here for Boom.

Click here for Corn.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Mario rhythms.  Super tricky!

Click here for a fun one, Would you Rather?  A bit tricky!

Get 4 types of rhythm instruments and click here for a four part rhythm game to Among Us.

For Scarves

Click here for Mr. Noe.

Click here for Walking on Sunshine.

Click here for Star Wars!

Click here for a Pirate One!  It’s looooonnnngggg!  Arrr!

Click here for a SuperHero scarf one.

Click here for Best Day of my Life!

January 3, 2023.

I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Winter Break!  Here are a few of our favourite activities to get you back in the musical groove!  And…..a few new ones to try!

Favourites!

Click here for one of my favourite, Thunder.

Click here for This Girl is on Fire.

Click here for the Poison Jungle Rhythm Game

Click here for Mandalorian Poison Rhythm Game.

Click here for Fire vs Ice.

Click here for Cats  vs Dogs.

Click here for Snow Day!

Click here for the Wintertime Rap from Mr. Henry.

Click here for the Mandalorian.

Click here for It’s Corn!

Some favourite Body Percussions!

Click here for Can’t Stop the Feeling.

Click here for Dynamite!

Click here for Butter!

Click here for It’s All Right.

Click here for Count on Me.

Click here for I Just Can’t Wait to be King.

Click here for Smile.

New ones to try!

Click here for a fun Pokemon rhythmic activity.

Click here for a new one!  Footloose!

Click here for Wipe Out!

Click here for Super Mario!

Click here for Dance Monkey!

Click here for Rolling in the Deep!

Click here for Frozen rhythm.

Click here for Mario advanced.

Body Percussions!

Click here for Permission to Dance.

Click here for This Girl is on Fire.

Click here for I’m Still Standing.

Click here for Could Have Been Me.

October 18, 2022

Good Halloween all you creatures great and small!  It’s time to enjoy some new and favourites around my favourite season!

Click here for Mr. Henry’s new challenging rhythm read around “Hocus Pocus”.

Click here for the animated original cartoon for “Spooky Scary Skeletons”

Click here for the “Spooky Scary Skeletons” rhythm read along.

Click here for “Spooky Scary Skeletons” body percussion.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Skeleton Rap!

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Halloween Rap!

Click here for a fun Halloween Rhythm Groove!

Dear South Slope Choir:

The Mighty South Slope Choir returns!  Your child may have brought home a form regarding choir practice that you will need to sign with your child.  if not, you can click below to download a copy.

south slope choir letter of consent september 2022

We will begin choir practice starting next Tuesday, September 27 at 11:45 a.m. in the gym.  Rehearsals are Tuesdays at lunch, and Friday mornings at 8:00 a.m.  Please note, there is no choir practice on Friday, September 30.

We will be getting ready for performing at our Remembrance Day Assembly on November 10, followed by our Open House invitation at Gardenworks on November 17, and then our Christmas Concert on December 8.

I look forward to an amazing season of song!

Mrs. Fierro

September 12, 2022

Welcome Back Everyone!  Here is our first rhythm activity of the year.  And….wait for it……it’s Mr. Henry’s rhythm take on…………….Corn!  Enjoy!

Click here for the activity!

And click here for Mr. Henry’s Welcome Back to School activity!

May 24, 2022.

I hope everyone enjoyed this past glorious weekend.  We have studied Vivaldi’s Spring, but I think it’s time to move into the next concerto in the Four Seasons, Summer.

Click here for the third movement of summer with a violin orchestra.

Click here for a computer piano graphic.

Click here for the full concerto.

Click here for Christian Li’s solo of the third movement.

And finally, a quartet from Dover.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s popular Summertime Rap.

Click here for one of my favourites, Thunder.

May 16, 2022.

Just a few more weeks until the Primary Days of Music.  We’ve enjoyed learning a few of the songs this year in Divisions 6 and 7.  Here is a very famous Canadian Folk song, The Black Fly.

Click here for the National Film Board video of The Black Fly.

Click here for Tracy Newman’s version of The Black Fly.

Click here to hear the choir Sing Out perform this song.

Click here for a duo singing this song.

Click here for a performance by the group Treeline.

For Handchimes

Click here for Evening Rise.

Click here for How Far I’ll Go.

Click here for Tetris.

Click here for Tetris 2

Click here for The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

Click here for In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Click here for Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Click here for Pachelbell’s Canon in D.

Click here for I’m a Believer.

Click here for Dog Breed Poison Rhythm Game.

Click here for Dynamite by BTS Body Percussion.

Click here for The Mandalorian rhythm play along.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Among Us with 4 part rhythm activities.

Click here for Jungle Poison Rhythm Game.

May 2, 2022.

Welcome May!  We hope there are lots of flowers from the April showers.

We have a variety of activities to present this week.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Among Us four part rhythm activity.

Click here for a Pokemon rhythm activity.

Click here for Sunflower rhythm play along.

Click here for a Candy Heart Poison rhythm game!

Click here for a flower poison rhythm game.

Click here for Levitating by Dua Lipa.

Click here for the Mandalorian rhythm play along.

Click here for the Star Wars scarf activity!

April 25, 2022

As we head into the final term of school, we can see changes happening all around us!  The days are getting longer and warmer.  Japanese cherry trees are bursting with blossoms.  And of course, Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons needs to be played!

Click here for a short biography on Vivaldi.

Click here for a simple rhythm reading activity.

Click here for a more advanced rhythm reading activity.

Click here for a body percussion activity.

Click here for a different body percussion activity.

Click here for Vivaldi’s Spring listening map.

Click here for another listening map.

Click here for another listening map that is different again.  Which do you like best?  Why?

click here for a dynamic listening map.

Click here for a strings version.

Click here for a doodle version.

Click here for an alternate string quartet version.

Click here for Found Sound Spring rhythm.

Click here for Radioactive rhythm reading activity.