Welcome Back! I am so happy to be back in the classroom with your kids! We have had a nice week getting back into the swing of things and are going to dive into the Rock Opera Project today (Thursday/ Friday) I wanted to take a minute to talk about the project and give you some ideas on how to extend the project at home. First, I uploaded the project document onto the “Projects” tab on this website, so if you didn’t get a chance to read it when I sent it out last week, please take a minute to read it now. In a lot of ways, this is going to be a big project. We will be tackling a lot of content around transportation and its effect on the city of Los Angles, along with music and performance content to support the creation of a Rock Opera. I am excited to dive into these rich areas with your kids! There are numerous opportunities for field trips that would be great extensions to this project. One of the room parents is working on organizing a group field trip to the Natural History Museum to see the exhibit “Becoming LA.” I am hoping to get as many families to go as possible, as this looks like a great overview of the history of Los Angeles. I wanted to give you a list of other possible field trip ideas in case you are looking to add some adventures to your home learning this semester! Union Station LAX A metro station/ a ride on the metro Traveltown railroad museum in Griffith Park Maritime Museum Museum of Flying Santa Monica Airport Autry Museum Space X? Grammy Museum Any concert/ performance (would be neat to try and interview the performers!) Open mic night (a lot of coffee shops have these on week nights) Music stores (go in and ask if your student can count the different types of instruments/ graph them when you get home) One parent had the interesting idea of challenging her kid to try as many modes of transportation as possible! There are so many ways to build on this project! You could choose to extend the music and performance aspect of the project, or the LA and transportation aspect, whichever sounds fun and inspiring! This week in class we are going to start discussing “what is a song?” I want to build up their music vocabulary, so we will begin talking about rhythm, harmony, melody, lyrics, and dynamics. We will also start gathering questions that we have about Los Angeles transportation, and start an exploration of all of the different modes of transportation. Please let me know if you go on a particularly awesome field trip, so I can get the info out to other parents! Announcements: Monday, January 18th- Martin Luther King Day, No school, homeschool or enrichement Monday, January 25th- 2nd Semester Enrichement starts Thursday/ Friday January 28th, 29th- Pizza and Spirit Day Comments are closed.
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