2nd Grade Lyrics

Joy to the World
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love

First Flakes

First flakes have finally come to town

And I love to see them twirling, ___________

First flakes are floating, _____________ down

And I love to see them curling, whirling…

 

Al Shlosha

Al shlosha, al shlosha

d'varim ha'olam ka yam

Al ha-emet v'al ha deen

V'al ha shalom ha shalom


PRACTICE LINKS

First Flakes (karaoke)

Joy to the World (piano only)

Joy to the World Lyrics

Al Shlosha Devarim (piano only)

Al Shlosha (singing along)

Orchestra Videos used this week

George Meets the Orchestra

Strings Family

Woodwind Family

Brass Family

Percussion Family

Q1W8

Last week, 5th grade was introduced to the instrumental parts of A La Media Noche! Auditions will be at the end of September. The music for practicing is at the bottom of this post.

4th grade has Hashivenu and I Saw Three Ships almost completely memorized (some classes are complete). Galop is almost complete - there is only one section left to learn.

3rd and 2nd grade fixed some worksheets in their binder, finished others, and generally review music theory. 2nd grade has learned all of First Flakes and has memorized the chorus. 3rd grade has learned all of Hanukkah Nagilah (half memorized), and all of O Come O Come Emmanuel.

4th, 5th, and 3rd grade all looked at writing notes on the lines and spaces of the staff, while also naming them.


Listen to the congas part for A La Media Noche here

Q1W7

This week, 2nd and 3rd grade continued repertoire work while 4th and 5th grade was also able to look at music theory.

2nd grade has learned all of "First Flakes," as well as learned the melody for "Joy to the World." 3rd Grade has learned a large chunk of "The Silence and the Song," and they finished "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel."

4th and 5th grade began working with the xylophone instruments, using them to apply their knowledge of reading staff lines and spaces. 4th grade also worked on memorizing "Galop," while 5th grade continued to develop "Wade in the Water."

Q1W6 - Concert Repertoire

Last week, students worked very hard on their concert music. All class time was spent on singing and learning the repertoire.

2nd Grade has almost all of First Flakes learned, and half of Al Shlosha.
3rd Grade is about to put Hanukkah Nagilah together - only a few lines of the Hebrew left to learn. O Come, O Come Emmanuel only needs the ending learned and the words memorized.
4th Grade began memorizing Galop, to great effect. Only two parts are missing still. They know I Saw Three Ships; only memorization of lyrics is needed. Hashivenu is completely learned!
5th Grade knows all of A La Media Noche and Numi, Numi - they just need to memorize them. Wade in the Water is almost learned - I just need to confirm that all three parts are memorized.

Q1W5

This past week, students finished up their unit on Ancient Greek music. There are a few students in 4th and 2nd grade who will be finishing their notes at some point later next week, but otherwise all is finished. Students have been given an optional assignment: to draw a picture of all 9 muses to be put on display after Winter Break.

All classes are still developing songs for Winter Concert; this week we are working on memorization!

Lyrics to songs will be posted soon.