http://jharder.edublogs.org "Notes" from Mrs. Harder Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:33:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en           The high school choir students have been singing a variety of music--everything from early classical to pop.  Of course, the students' favorites are the pop songs!  It is important for the students to sing songs from all genres of music.  I choose selections based on what we can learn ... http://jharder.edublogs.org/2009/10/17/senior-high-vocal-2/      We are preparing for the Prairie Harvest Festival in Britton on October 26th.  We have been working on some challenging music for the last several weeks.  I am very proud of our students because they have worked very hard and have almost all of the music ready to go.  ... http://jharder.edublogs.org/2009/10/17/junior-high-vocal-2/      We are into one of the students' favorite times of the year - Halloween!  The children just love singing Halloween songs and doing activities that go along with the songs.  Halloween songs lend themselves to the teaching of major/minor key signatures.  We also learn about whole steps and half ... http://jharder.edublogs.org/2009/10/17/elementary-music/