Terry Fox, Chickens and the Beat!

CLICK HERE to practice singing our Terry Fox song!

Grade One students have begun the year by studying heroes in our community.  One important Canadian hero is Terry Fox, a young man who committed to run across Canada to raise awareness and funds to support medical research.  His heroic efforts have resulted in increased life expectancy and quality of life for countless people who have been touched by cancer.

In response to this inspirational story, the Grade One students have learned their very own Terry Fox Song which they will perform at our Terry Fox assembly next week!  Click on the link to the left to sing along.

Meanwhile, Kindergarten students took their first visit to our imaginary "Musical Farm", dancing and playing instruments with our chicken friends. As well, students in Grade Two and Three have been wresting with the difference between beat (the steady pulse) and the rhythm (sub-divisions of the beat), and enjoyed their first assessment of beat.  

Yes - enjoyed!  It is always exciting to share what we know and find out what the next steps in our learning are!  And to top it off, our assessment was based on the hit song, Me, Oh My from the Angry Birds movie.  Ask your student to teach you the beat pattern, and then HERE to test your skills!