5th graders

I'm getting to that point in the year where I realize how much I am going to miss my 5th graders!!

Here they are finalizing their Garage Band projects.  Such a great group of kids!

5th Grade GarageBand Project

Fifth graders are busy at work composing their OWN song using Garage Band software....more exciting updates to come!

5th Grade Orff Arrangement

Fifth Graders were working on an Orff Arrangement of "Listen to the Mustn'ts," a poem by Shel Silverstein.  They really enjoyed it and even helped me tweek the arrangement a bit.  Big props to Mrs. Truong's class for help with the recorder part.  I will be posting the audio file (recorded by Mrs. Vansprange's class) and the finale file when I can, but in the meantime, he are some great pictures of them making beautiful music!

Thoughtful notes

Here are some very sweet notes from some fifth graders of mine....

 
  

Sometimes we just need a little "pick me up."  What we do as educators DOES matter in the lives of the children we teach!






  

Many "thank yous" to Ms. Pegarella's class for knowing how to make this music teacher smile!  I received a letter from every student in the class...I wish I could post them all.  All of them were incredible thoughtful and touched my heart so much!