Grade Four/Five

March

Divisions 5 and 6 are dancing to Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys and know the full choreography. Here is the choreography for their dance in the concert so they can practice at home:

Have them practice these specific moves at home to get them polished within the choreography:

• the running man
• the wop
• the Flintstone flop
• the moonwalk
• the robot

They are also singing part of the song Coming Home by Peter Schilling. Here are the lyrics:

Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go, “Are you sure?”
Control is not convinced, but the computer
Has the evidence, no need to abort
The countdown starts
Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax up in the capsule
“Send me up something,” jokes Major Tom
The count goes on

Four, three, two, one

Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, calling, calling home

Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, calling home

Earth below us, drifting, falling
Floating weightless, calling, calling home

Here is the karaoke track to practice along with:

 

Divisions 3 and 4 are playing The Final Countdown  on instruments and singing for our concert. Here are the lyrics to practice at home:

We’re leavin’ together
But still it’s farewell
And maybe we’ll come back
To Earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We’re leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again? 

It’s the final countdown
The final countdown 

Oh
We’re headin’ for Venus (Venus)
And still we stand tall
‘Cause maybe they’ve seen us
And welcome us all, yeah
With so many light years to go
And things to be found (to be found)
I’m sure that we all miss her so 

It’s the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown (final countdown)
(Oh)
Oh 

And here is the video. (We are just doing the first part of the song, up until the guitar solo)

February

Here are some more moves to learn for our hip hop dance for the concert

The Flintstone Flop

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GjUu_lkYxPY

January

Students in Divisions 5 and 6 will be learning a hip hop dance number for our concert this year.

The dance they will do will be to the song Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys.

Here are some videos of dance moves and inspiration for the choreography to our dance:

We will also perform a short number to Major Tom by Peter Schilling.

Divisions 3 and 4 will be learning to play The Final Countdown on xylophones this term, and playing this song in our concert. Here is a video for The Final Countdown.

December

We are still working on Recorder Heroes in the music room for December. We children have learned the basics on the recorder, and now we are getting to a little trickier songs. The “key quest” or song everyone must play before the end of December is Beethoven’s Ode To Joy. I will post a video on Monday that will help the children.

Here is a video to help you learn our first real song, Hot Cross Buns.

And here is a video to learn a “side quest” if you want to take the initiative. This song is called Morning by Edvard Grieg.

November

We will begin recorders this month in the music room.

If you need a recorder, please pay on SchoolCashOnline and then have your child let Ms. Karlson know so she can give them a recorder.

Here are the songs we will be covering for the rest of the term, and the point system so your child can earn points for their completed “Quests”.

October

We are playing djembe drums this October in the music room and learning some hand drum technique, reading and playing rhythms, improvising and playing harmoniously in an ensemble.