Thanksgiving Music Performances

By Jonathan Andert
Music
November 20, 2018

Mrs. Bender's and Ms. Matthews' Kindergarten Classes each learned the poem "5 Little Turkeys." They added movements to the words and selected Non-pitched percussion instruments to be played on each number. Finally, we chose five students to be our "turkeys" and to waddle (or run!) away. We hope you enjoy!

Ms. Solana's and Mrs. Maly's First Grade classes each learned the song "Don't Forget to be Thankful!" A fun song to remind us all to be grateful for everything we have during this season. Please enjoy!

Our Terraset 2nd Graders in Mrs. Gregston's Class, Mrs. Rice's Class and Ms. Edwards' Class learned the piece "A Turkey Named Bert" about an inventive turkey who came up with a way to avoid being eaten this Thanksgiving...making up a DANCE! Each class created their OWN movements to go along with the poem. Enjoy!

All our third grade classes (Ms. Damon, Ms. McKinney and Ms. Carling) learned "The Gobble Song," about a group of turkeys trying to convince us to eat something different this Thanksgiving. Enjoy this silly holiday song!

The 4th Graders in specials groups 4B and 4C perform two pieces. "A Thanksgiving Day Canon" where you will hear the groups split into two parts, and "Who Has Seen the Wind?" for recorder, xylophone and voice. We hope you enjoy!

Terraset's 5th grade specials groups 5A, 5C and 5D learned an Israeli Folk Song entitled "Zum Gali Gali." After learning the song, movements and tambourine parts, each class wrote their own xylophone part to accompany the song. We hope you enjoy!

The 6th Grade specials groups 6A and 6B each learned a canon entitled "Fullmoon Light Dance." They learned to sing the song, then play the drum, xylophone and finger cymbal part. Each group then learned to improvise a melody on record to go along with the other instruments. Two or three students were chosen to perform their improvisations for the video. 6B took it one step further and created movements to accompany the song. All these 6th graders did a great job learning this mysterious song. We hope you enjoy!