Happy 2022!

Here in the Northeast of the States, the holiday started with an outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid. This caused schools to pivot their current plans and weigh the options of remote learning, concurrent learning, or live learning with more restrictions. This week, to bring us into 2022, I am going to blog and share daily activities that can be used in your adapted #elmused classroom when returning from the holiday break.

January Rhythm Play-Along: This Mashup is inspired by Spider-Man No Way Home and Schoolhouse Rock

This Rhythm Play-Along involves quarter, half, whole, eighth, and sixteenth notes, 2 and 4 meters, crescendo and decrescendo, and whole and half rests. Inspired by Spider-Man No Way Home, it is a mashup that leads with A Magic Number. It is followed by various Schoolhouse Rock songs and finishes with A Magic Number again.

Resources:

• De La Soul (1989), The Magic Number [Recorded by De La Soul]. On 3 Feet High and Rising. Retrieved from shorturl.at/eotR7. Sampled from Three is a Magic Number by Bob Durough (1971).

• Frishberg, D (1976). I'm Just a Bill. [Recorded by Jack Sheldon]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgVKvqTItto.

• Newall, G (1974). Unpack Your Adjectives. [Recorded by Blossom Dearie feat. Bob Dorough]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpPEQZl6_d4. Dorough, B (1973).

• Conjunction Junction. [Recorded by Jack Sheldon, Terry Morel, and Mary Sue Berry. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyjKgz9tKg. Blog Post: amymburns.com/elmusedtech

  
  

  Check back for a body percussion play-along to accompany this mashup, and eventually teaching materials.

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BONUS!

January Body Percussion Play-Along inspired by Spiderman No Way Home and Schoolhouse Rock! https://youtu.be/poUacmDdS2M via @YouTube. This body percussion play-along video complements the rhythm play-along (found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vliy0-mV6Fw). #elmused #mused #edtech #music #elementary #elementarymusicteacher #elementarymusicteacherlife #musiceducation