First Grade - Keyboards and Computers: Students learned the notes C, D, E, and F on the treble staff and practiced songs on the keyboards that use these notes. They were: My Three Friends, Our Own Names, Let's Move Along, and Bells Are Ringing. A few students went beyond this. On computers, students used Jump Start Music and Music Ace which works on keyboard recognition as well as staff understanding. Songs We Sang: Welcome Back to School, If You Want To Be A Badger, Muffin Man, Engine Engine Number Nine, The Days of the Week, My Three Friends, Our Own Names, Let's Move Along, Bells Are Ringing, March, Gobble Gobble Gobble, Dr. King, plus the ALL SCHOOL songs!! Chants: Say Your Name, Allegiance Rap, I Think Music's Neat, Five Little Monkeys, and Hickory Dickory Dock; Playing: woodblock, glockenspiels, xylophones and handbells: Down Down Yellow and Brown and an accompaniment to Hickory Dickory Dock; Listening: Syncopated Clock and The Nutcracker in it's entirety!; Books: Thump, Thump Rat-A-Tat-Tat and Bantam of the Opera.

Second Grade - Songs: Star-Spangled Banner, Share Your Goodwill, Grateful for the Little Things, Jazzy Jinglin' Bells, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, plus the ALL SCHOOL songs!! Body Percussion: Alpha Four and We Like to Party; Playing Classroom Instruments: I Walked Upstairs, Reading Music Notation: half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests plus the notes C, D, E, F, and G on the treble staff; Keyboards and Computers: On computers students practiced naming notes on the piano and learned about octaves, reading notes on the staff, some students also began working in Music Ace 2 in which they practice reading, playing and hearing rhythms and learning about tempo. Students also worked on Doodle Pad which allows them to compose music on the staff and hear their composition! On Keyboards students learned songs at their own pace. Many students learned the songs March, Little Ghost F, and Good Guy. We also watched the video and listened to the CD of our concert and did an evaluation.