Numbers 1-50 and song.

Today we practiced our song and continued learning how to "play" the ukelele

We also learned about numbers 1-50 in class.

Please visit Rockalingua, log in and print the worksheet to the video below.

You can also play the included game if you want to.





Rockalingua: Numbers 1-50.




For all of those of you who want to play at the festival my advice would be to practice daily for the next two weeks, even if only 5 minutes each day. You can tune your instruments with a tuner or some free app (ask your parents for help). You will want to tune your ukes before each practice since strings can stretch quite easily when new. Refer to the handout I gave you in class today, and remember the phrase "Good Cats Eat Apples" I find it helpful to remind me of the pitch when I need to tune my strings :)

How to tune a Ukelele using a digital tuner




How to Tune a Ukulele




If you cannot practice, do not worry, we will keep practicing in class and (briefly) during our lunch break for the next few weeks.

Enjoy your break and see you in a couple of weeks!

Day of the Dead: altar

This is our Day of the Dead 'altar' put together by our Jr. Spanish class students. Today in class we learned that normally such an altar, includes a picture, flowers, sugar skulls, food and drink offerings and decorations such as 'papel picado' and candles.

We also learned how to express likes and dislikes. Please watch the video below to reinforced what we learned in class today.

Sesame Street: No me gusta/Me gusta.

We continued practicing our song in class. Please new students, watch the video below to become acquainted with the lyrics. We will be singing the main lyrics three times, instead of four but otherwise it is the same.

Rockalingua: Numbers and colors in Spanish.

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PARENTS: Those of you with children working on the uke, please have them start practicing (I gave them some chord diagrams with the fingerings). You will need to tune your ukes. I suggest you download a free app like DaTuner Lite (Android) or something similar, to your phone or tablet and get your ukes tuned: GCEA. If you do not know how to do this, do not worry, we will go over it in class briefly next Friday :) Other students will be playing other instruments (shakers, bells, etc) and helping with the choreography. We will all be singing.

And that is it for now. I will see you on Friday.  Oh, I almost forgot...PLEASE HAVE YOUR STUDENT BRING A THREE RING BINDER TO CLASS...