It has been a busy two weeks in our music classes! The Holy Family choral festival was last week. Our fifth graders participated very well and represented our school very nicely. It was a very full day which culminated with a wonderful concert that evening!
When we had our monthly reading celebration, there was enough time left, that while all the students were gathered together, we watched the segment of The King and I that featured our song of the month, I Whistle a Happy Tune. It was good for the students to get to see what I had tried to explain to them about the movie. Most classes are finishing learning the final sections of the song.
During our culminating Hispanic Heritage Month activity last week, I was Rita Moreno when the teachers dressed up and were in their character for the day. Rita Moreno is an award winning Hispanic American actress who is the only woman to have won these four awards: the Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy. Ms. Moreno also was in The King and I! I showed a clip from her award winning performance in West Side Story where she is singing and dancing to the song America which extols the great things about living in America compared to Puerto Rico where both her character and Rita Moreno herself are from.
This week we are beginning to sing Halloween songs. The third graders go to the symphony orchestra performance on Friday at 10:40. We are so excited to finally go. We will be getting ready for conferences by filling out music conference sheets too. Please stop by to see me at conferences next week if I am not in another conference!
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Mrs. Koch is an awesome teacher. We are very blessed and grateful that our daughter has her as a choir teacher. Mrs. Koch takes students from a basic level of music knowledge to a true appreciation for the art. Thanks you a million times. the Smith Family
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