
Please be sure to submit your Soundtrap Composition Form right away.
Please be sure to submit your Soundtrap Composition Form right away.
Grades 3-5 will be working with the program Soundtrap to create their own songs throughout the year. This way, all future music classes will help students get new ideas for their songs. The program only allows for a number of “seats” in the class at a time. I have paid for enough seats for two classes at a time. Every student will be able to access Soundtrap during all of their recorded and live music lessons. Third and fourth grade students will continue to have access after their scheduled class until the following day. Both fifth grade classes will have access all weekend. The schedule for long-term access is as follows:
Monday – Hoslclaw and Robbins
Tuesday – Trinchero and Langton
Wednesday – Bannon and Hoslclaw
Thursday – Robbins and Trinchero
Friday – Langton and Bannon
Saturday – Herkert and Keefer
Sunday – Herkert and Keefer
Thank you for all of your song suggestions! These are the songs I have matched with the Superpowers of the Month:
Month | Superpower of the Month |
September | Community (Safe, Respectful, Responsible) – Mumble Grumble, De Colores |
October | Patience – What About Us? – Pink |
November | Flexibility – Let It Be – The Beatles |
December | Curiosity – Into the Unknown – Frozen II |
January | Growth Mindset – Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson |
February | Upstander – Lonely – Alan Walker, Steve Aoki |
March | Gratitude – The Best Day – Taylor Swift |
April | Kindness – True Colors – Trolls – Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick |
May | Mindful – End of the World – Billie Eilish |
June | No new word. Recap on our superpowers for the year |
WELCOME BACK, FOREST PARK FOXES!!
Let’s begin this year right by you giving me input about your favorite songs by filling out the survey, linked to this page. Your choices may be matched with the Words of the Month and will get sung A LOT over the school year. Information about the music your family likes could help us choose great music for the school’s International Festival. The link is below and below that is a list of this year’s Words of the Month, so you can use this survey to tell me about songs that address the ideas behind these words:
2020-2021 Super Powers (Words of the Month)
This year instead of having a “Word of the Month,” we will have a “Super Power” of the month.
Month | Superpower of the Month |
September | Community (Safe, Respectful, Responsible) |
October | Patience |
November | Flexibility |
December | Curiosity |
January | Growth Mindset |
February | Upstander |
March | Gratitude |
April | Kindness |
May | Mindful |
June | No new word. Recap on our super powers for the year |
Hello Forest Park Community,
It was so strange to be working together and then suddenly having to stay home and change all of our plans. The third and fourth grade field trip to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall has been cancelled this year, but we will have the option to do the very same program, The Orchestra Sings, next year. The materials we were using to prepare for this program are available at forestparkmusic.blog.
Meanwhile, I will be making music activities available for all grades through Seesaw (K-2nd Grades) and Google Classroom (3rd-5th Grades). You will see me leading the activities videoed in my favorite room in the house, the Music/Yoga Studio. Third and fourth graders will mostly be working in Sountrap while the K-3rd graders will be doing other activities and sharing what they do with their computers’ cameras and microphones. These activities will be lots of fun and you won’t want to miss any of them.
We are experimenting with these ways of sharing music and sound and I’m looking forward to seeing how you all respond to what I will be putting out there on the Internet for you. Our goal is to have fun playing with sound and movement. I’m looking forward to the pure joy of seeing and hearing your recordings.
Yours Truly,
Dr. Bob
Third and Fourth Grade students will be working on the basics of note reading while we do an intensive review of the recorder fingerings.
Here is the link to the songs we are working on: Recorder Karate
Permission and Expectations for Participating in the Music Performances of the International Festival at Forest Park Elementary – Friday, January 31st at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Dear Parents:
All Forest Park students are invited to participate in the music performances of the International Festival, which will happen in the gymnasium from 6 – 8 PM. I will be running the sound that night and will not be able to manage students like I would in a classroom situation. The children will be managed by parent volunteers who will guide them from the music room to the performance area in the gymnasium. Therefore, both students and parents need to commit to some guidelines in order for the students to participate effectively:
The participating students will come to the music room according to the following schedule and will follow the directions of parent volunteers who will bring them to the gymnasium for their performances. After each performance the students may join their parents in the gymnasium and leave to enjoy other parts of the festival or stay to watch another video or performance.
Performance Schedule:
Music Room | Gymnasium | |
6:00 | Kindergarteners arrive. | Video Showing of Interview about Vietnam with Vinh Tran |
6:10 | Kindergarteners sing and dance Trống Cơm. | |
6:15 | Kindergarteners join parents. | |
6:20 | First Graders arrive. | Video of Iranian Art and Persian Classical Music |
6:30 | First Graders sing Hamoomie | |
6:35 | First Graders return to their parents. | |
6:40 | Second Graders arrive. | Video Showing of Interview about Brasil with Eduardo Queiroz |
6:50 | Second Graders sing Vou Te Contar and Cidade Miravilhosa | |
6:55 | Second Graders join parents. | |
7:00 | Third Graders arrive. | Video Showing of Interview about Mexico with Monse Lozano |
7:10 | Third Graders sing/play (on recorder) Cielito Lindo and La Llorona. | |
7:15 | Third Graders return to their parents. | |
7:20 | Fourth Graders arrive. | Video Showing of Interview about Slovakia with Denisa Warden |
7:30 | Fourth Graders play Theme from Dvorak’s New World Symphony (on recorder) and sing Hej Sokoli. | |
7:35 | Fourth Graders join parents. | |
7:40 | Fifth Graders arrive. | Video Showing of Interview about Kenya with Susan Labeja |
7:50 | Fifth Graders sing/play Jambo Bwana and Ochimbo. | |
7:55 | Fifth Graders help stack chairs and return to their parents. |
Keep the first two pages and return the signatures below to Dr. Bob.
By signing below, I am committing to the expectations as stated above:
Student’s Signature ____________________________________
Parent’s Signature _____________________________________
Trống Cơm (pronunciation)
Trống Cơm (traditional)
Trống Cơm (funky)
Trống Cơm
Tình bằng có cái trống cơm
Khen ai khéo vỗ ố mấy bông mà nên bông
Ố mấy bông mà nên bông.
Một đàn tang tình con nít
Một đàn tang tình con nít
Ố mấy lội, lội, lội sông
Ố mấy đi tìm, em nhớ thương ai.
Đôi con mắt ố mấy lim dim
Đôi con mắt ố mấy lim dim
Một bầy tang tình con nhện. Trống Cơm lyrics on ChiaSeNhac.com
Ố ố ô ô mấy giăng tơ
Giăng tơ ô mấy đi tìm, em nhớ thương ai
Duyên nợ khách tang bồng
Duyên nợ khách tang bồng.
Persian Classical Singing and Art
Hamoomi (pronunciation)
Hamoomi
dell migeh boro boro