Monday, September 21, 2026

Thursday, September 3, 2026

September 5-8 Music Lesson

 

MUSIC VOCABULARY
HARMONY
CRESCENDO
DECRESCENDO























CALL RESPONSE

























WHACKY DO RE MI




DON'T FORGET TO CHOOSE A
ROCK STAR for class


KT TUNSTAL





BROTHERS AUDITION TO 
AN ORIGINAL SONG THEY WROTE
CALLED HEARTBEAT
TELL ME IF THEY SING IN HARMONY
WHEN YOU LISTEN







14 YEAR OLD SINGS QUEEN


EXAMPLE OF THE SONG
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?



AIRBORNE 



AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADETS 22 MINUTES LONG
A CAPELLA



AIRBORNE CADENCE


HOW MANY LEADERSHIP PRINCIPALS ARE THERE?

WHY IS SET THE EXAMPLE IMPORTANT?



 WHAT ARE THE MARINE CORE VALUES?

WHAT DOES COMMITTMENT MEAN?





HARD WORK CADENCE




GUESS WHO'S SINGING THE DISNEY SONG



STAMP, SLAP, SLIDE


LET'S ALL PLAY OUR DRUM


WATCH THE CONDUCTER USING A DRUM CIRCLE



Monday, August 24, 2026

August 5th-8th Grade Choir Class Outline

August













WHAT IS A CADENCE?
WHAT IS OUR PIRATE CADENCE?


A DIFFERENT VERSION OF LOW RIDER



















Leader:

🏴‍☠️ I don't know but I've been told — 8 (hold)

Students:

🎵 Pi- rate sing- ers brave and bold — 8 (hold)

Leader:

🏴‍☠️ Keep the rhy- thm in your feet — 8

Students:

🎵 March to- ge- ther, feel the beat— 8

Leader:

🏴‍☠️SOUND OFF!

Students:

🎵ONE-TWO!

Leader:

🏴‍☠️SOUND OFF!

Students:

🎵THREE-FOUR!

Leader:

🏴‍☠️BRING IT ON DOWN!

Everybody:

🏴‍☠️🎵ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR!

ONE-TWO!

THREE-FOUR!

ARRRRRRRR! 🏴‍☠️



CALL RESPONSE
































DON'T FORGET TO CHOOSE A
ROCK STAR














Thursday, August 20, 2026

Boomwhackers for Music Class

  HOW TO MAKE A 

BOOMWHACKER VIDEO






Digital Audio Workspace Cubase https://www.steinberg.net/cubase/ $100 - $580 Logic https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ $200 Garage Band https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garageb... Free Soundtrap https://www.soundtrap.com/ Free - $12/month Screen Recording OBS https://obsproject.com/ Free Filmora https://filmora.wondershare.com/ $50 - $80 QuickTime Player https://support.apple.com/downloads/q... Free Loom https://www.loom.com/ Free - $8/month Video Editing Filmora https://filmora.wondershare.com/ $50 - $80 iMovie https://www.apple.com/imovie/ Free DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod... $295 Final Cut https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/ $300


https://www.youtube.com/@SwicksClassroom/videos
Boomwhacker songs

BOOM WHACKER MEDLEY












WHO KNOWS WHO THE
MARIO BROTHERS ARE?


MARIO BROTHERS THEME SONG


MARIO BROTHERS BOOMWHACKERS



WORK ON
I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS
WITH BOOM WHACKERS














BOOMWHACKERS WITH DRUMS


BOOMWHACKERS WITH DRUMS
G and B need access to a drum.
E will clap.






















Middle School Classroom Games and Icebreakers

 




Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Kid Music ROCK Stars

 






12 minutes of KID Cover Songs



ROCK STAR



A CAPPELLA BY ACAPOP KIDS
WHAT DOES A CAPPELLA MEAN?










Sunday, May 3, 2026

May 4th Grade

 


LAST WEEK WE LEARNED ABOUT PETER AND THE WOLF AND THE INSTRUMENTS IN IT

WE ALSO DID OUR SPRING PROGRAM

OUR REWARD IS WATCHING THE ORINAL 

WIZARD OF OZ

HOWEVER, BEFORE WE DO, LET US REVIEW

THE INSRUMENTS IN PETER AND THE WOLF


THE INSTRUMENTS IN
 "PETER AND THE WOLF"
1:37 minute review


LET'S NOW WATCH THE SHOW
15 MINUTES LONG

\
YOU CAN BREAK INTO 5 GROUPS
OR HAVE THEM CHOOSE


TIME TO WATCH THE WIZARD OF OZ

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

April Kindergarten

 

KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IS IN MAY
THEME: SMILE AND SUNSHINE

INSTRUMENTS AND SONGS TO LEARN:
PLAY ME A COWBELL WITH 
TAMBOURINES, RYTHM STICKS, DRUMS, and COWBELLS

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
SMILE TREASURE 
SMILE CADENCE
UP AND DOWN 
HAPPY SMILE
SPECIAL ME
TWINKLE LITTLE STAR


DID YOU KNOW YOU ARE SPECIAL?
THERE IS NO ONE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD JUST LIKE YOU



YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE




INSTRUMENTS TO FOCUS ON WILL BE THE ONES FOR  
PETER AND THE WOLF
WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE BEETLES 




VIOLIN FOR THE
CHARACTER OF THE ???
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?

VIOLIN FOR THE


FRENCH HORN FOR THE
CHARACTER OF THE WOLF.
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?


OBOE FOR THE
CHARACTER OF THE ????
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?

FLUTE AND PICCOLO FOR THE
CHARACTER OF THE BIRD.
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?
HIGH OR LOW?
TREBLE OR BASS?



THE BASOON
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?
WILL IT BE A HIGH OR LOW SOUND?
BASS OR TREBLE CLEF?

THE TIMPANI
WHAT INTRUMENT FAMILY?






BRAIN BREAK REWARD


Monday, April 13, 2026

2nd Reading Intervention

 

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
WE WORKED ON OUR "AR" AND BOSSY "R" SOUNDS

BEFORE WE HAVE MOORE FUN
LET US REVIEW WITH THESE SONGS.




IN 2nd Grade READING INTERVENTION                                                 WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT 

FROGS AND PREPOSITIONS

FIRST, LET'S REVIEW A LITTLE ABOUT FROGS



HERE IS A SONG WE CAN LEARN
TO LEARN MOORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS








Tuesday, April 7, 2026

April 1st Grade

 

NOW THAT THE 1st Grade Program IS OVER,
1st GRADE WILL BE FOCUSING ON:
PLAYING SINGING GAMES WITH MOVEMENT AND RYTHM
LEARNING MOORE INSTRUMENTS
XYLOPHONES
INSTRUMENTS AND SONGS TO LEARN:
PLAY ME A COWBELL WITH 
TAMBOURINES, RYTHM STICKS, DRUMS, and COWBELLS
BOOMWHACKERS
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE 

INSTRUMENTS TO FOCUS ON WILL BE THE ONES FOR  
PETER AND THE WOLF
WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE BEETLES 




VIOLIN FOR THE
CHARACTER OF THE ???
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?


FLUTE AND PICCOLO FOR THE
CHARACTER OF THE BIRD.
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?
HIGH OR LOW?
TREBLE OR BASS?



THE BASOON
WHAT INSTRUMENT FAMILY?
WILL IT BE A HIGH OR LOW SOUND?
BASS OR TREBLE CLEF?

THE TIMPANI
WHAT INTRUMENT FAMILY?

LET'S TRY TO GET GOOD AT SINGING
MISS MARY MACK SONG 
TO CLAP AND PLAY THE XYLOPHONE WITH



BRAIN BREAK REWARD






K-5 (Focus 2nd Grade) Patriotic Yankee Doodle Kidsong with Mrs. Carol Louise Moore and the hand drum

IT'S TIME TO PRACTICE  PLAYING THE DRUMS TO YANKEE DOODLE BUT FIRST, LET'S DO A DRUM LESSON TO HELP US GET GOOD  AT PLAYING DRUMS ...