Congratulations Bell School Second and Third Grade!

Dino-Sauring

Bell School Winter Musical 2014

Francesca Simone, Music Director

Tammy Nohelty, Artistic Director

Amie James, Choreographer

Congratulations to the second and third graders of Bell School on their fantastic performance of the 2014 Winter Musical, Dino-Sauring.  The show incorporated various styles of music, which told the stories and presented educational facts about specific dinosaurs.  The third grade students acted as the narrators for the show.  Students’ “Dino-Party” artwork was showcased via a slide show throughout the performance and the auditorium was decorated with six-foot reproductions of a few selected pieces from this artwork.  Each class had a moment to shine as they performed choreographed dances center stage.  Students wore coordinating t-shirts and headpieces that they created in the art classroom.  Both shows were well attended and enjoyed a great success.  

Thank you to our principal, Mrs. Zaeske, Mrs. Louisos, the 2nd and 3rd Grade General Ed teachers, our Access team, Bell School PTO and all of the friends and family of the Bell School. 

Rip-Roaring Dino-Sauring!

Dino-Sauring

Third Grade Music, Fall 2013

Third Grade Music

This fall, the third grade has continued to explore and stretch their vocal range through various warm-ups and songs.  Students are comfortable with their singing voice and are matching pitch consistently.  Third grade has been exposed to basic notation, to include both the family of “notes” and “rests.”  They have been working on note and rest values and how the family tree of each is related.  Students were able to apply previously learned math skills, specifically fractions when dealing with “value” or “beats of sound or silence” and addition and subtraction when dealing with “musical math.” Students have started to recognize standard notation in sheet music that has been part of the Winter Musical learning process and are able to name and identify their value.  All of this is necessary to make sure they have the appropriate tools for recorder, which will start right after our Winter Musical performance in January.  In addition to standard notation, third graders are now independently reading and singing through simple scores, after a short review of repeat signs.  In the next month, students will review how to get on and off the risers, performance etiquette and will work on memorization of speaking parts (for those who wanted speaking roles).  

Dino-Sauring

Marblehead High School at 7:00 PM (arrival 6:40)

Tuesday, 1/28/14:  Bowen, McMahon, Sheppard, Wahtera

Wednesday, 1/29/14:  Erikson, Turcotte, Blanchard, Duffy

Make sure to note your child’s performance time! 

The Fine Arts Team looks forward to seeing you there!

Sing-A-Longs:

Recorder Songs (Sung; Mi-Re-Do)      Seasonal Songs:                     Winter Musical:

Hot Cross Buns                                       Halloween Night                      Rip Roaring Dinosaurs

Merrily we roll Along                             Once in Transylvania               Diplodicus

Au Clair de la Lune                                 Gather Round                          Velociraptor 

                                                                 A Chant for Autumn                Parasaurolophus
                                                                                                                  Tyrannosaurus
                                                                                                                  Triceratops