Purple Magic #15

 

NEED TO KNOW

Purple Magic #15: Thank you for a wonderful Celebration Day! I am so impressed with your students and all they can do. Congratulations! If you missed it (between holiday happenings and illness, we were down a few!), I have a bag with End-of-Semester activities that will help polish your students' music skills. Let me know when you'll be by, and I'll have it on the porch for you to snag any time.

PRINTABLE CHRISTMAS MUSIC: Here is a link to the sheet music I had at the keyboard station. It's a great way to practice what they know and be festive at the same time!

ORANGE ROOTS RECORDED MUSIC: The Orange Roots music should be available on the app now. You can also access it here in a Google File with all the tracks included. If you'd like a CD, I'll have them available when classes start in January.

SCHEDULE: Our next class will be Orange Roots #1, on Tuesday/Wednesday, January 13/14, same time, same place! The first day IS a Parent Day, so I'll see you and your student then. Class calendars will be taped into your Orange Roots workbooks. If you'd like it earlier, you can access it now or at anytime in the Calendar section of the website. The first tuition payment of the new semester will be due that day. I'll send an invoice during the week before.

PARENT EVALUATION: At the end of each semester, I like to give you the opportunity to give me feedback. I also have a spot on the form for you to add anybody to the email/text list to get Parent Note notifications if you'd like to include dad or grandma or anybody else. Let me know how you're doing at this link! This is the same link as the QR code on your Celebration Day outline.

GOOD TO KNOW

ESCAPE ROOM: For a fun extension, see if your Purple Magician can solve the puzzles in this Let's Play Music Purple Magic Escape Room! It works better for me on a computer rather than a phone, but whatever works for you is great!

FUN TO KNOW

This is my favorite Christmas commercial of all time! Merry Christmas!

Purple Magic #14

 

NEED TO KNOW

Purple Magic #14: Your Purple Magicians are amazing! This week we did a written quiz in class to show the kids how much they've learned this year. I'm excited to show you those, along with some other things, next week at Celebration Day.

CELEBRATION DAY: Lesson #15 next week is Celebration Day! It's not a normal lesson, and is a whole bunch of fun! It IS a parent day, so come with your kids and celebrate everything you've done this semester! It will be an open-house style setup, and you can of course come during your normal class time, or any time next Tuesday between 3:50-6 when I have 3rd Year classes. 

Bring your books and bags. Some of the activities will come out of there. Some of the games we do that day will stay in my classroom, but each student will get a bag with a few activities in it to take home. If your student can't be there, you can have a mini Celebration Day at your house! Let me know and I'll have an activity bag ready for you to pick up.

ORANGE ROOTS: Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 13. The first day IS a parent day. You will get all of the class materials that first day, including the class calendar taped to the inside cover of the workbook. As a reminder, the calendar is available anytime in the Calendar section of the website.

GOOD TO KNOW

SKATERS: Like our first Purple Magic puppet show (Royal Problem, Symphony #40 in g minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), our Skaters puppet show (Banditen Galopp by Johann Strauss) has two distinct sections and follows the classic ABA form. We had a lot of fun this week "skating" to the song!

FUN TO KNOW

We focused on playing as an ensemble when we played Song of Joy all together. It was awesome! Check out this NBA commercial that combines ensemble music play with some pretty sweet dribbling skills. As a heads up, I love this so much you'll get it every year!