Playa Vista Elementary

Thursdays (2:45PM - 4:45PM)

Practice the following songs for our Spring Concert!

Ms. Hailey's Classes

Violin 2:45

  • Shortnin Bread
  • Hot Cross Buns
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Piano 3:20

  • Spring Theme
  • Railroad Crossing
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Violin 3:55

  • Lightly Row
  • Twinkle Twinkle
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Piano 4:30

  • Lost my Pencil,
  • Lost my eraser,
  • Flat snake charmer
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Mr. Chris' Classes

Piano 2:45

  • Mary had a little lamb 
  • Cabbage/Lettuce song duet
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Winds 3:20

  • Yankee Doodle Cha cha
  • Country hoedown
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Piano 3:55

  • Twinkle Twinkle 
  • Musette
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Ukulele 4:30

  • The Hokey Pokey
  • This Land is your land
  • Super Mario Bros Loop
  • Piano Tango

Helpful Videos:

Previous Weeks:

What we practiced this week- November 30th

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Violin 2:45

  • HW: pg 19 Whistle at the Stars and I See A Star
     
 

Piano 3:20

  • HW: railroad crossing and cha cha cha (pg 30)
 

Violin 3:55

  • HW: lightly row 
    Kennedy and Gemma: Lo Yiso Goy in yellow book 
     
 

Piano 4:30

  • HW: pg 66
    Jingle Bells 
     

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Piano 2:45

  • – Reviewed musical alphabet and finger numbers
    – Practiced counting and clapping basic rhythms
    – Played small excerpts using notes C,D,and E
    – Please practice pages 4-5
 

Winds 3:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
    – Reviewed fingering for notes
    – Practiced pages 7-8
    – Please practice pages 7-9
 

Piano 3:55

  • – Reviewed notes on the Treble and Bass clef
    – Practiced counting and clapping intermediate rhythms
    – Played small excerpts using notes C,D,E,F, and G
    – Please practice pages 6-7
 

Ukulele 4:30

  • – Reviewed open strings on ukulele
  • – Reviewed chords C,F, and G7
  • – Learned how to tune ukuleles 
  • – Please review all chords C,F,G7,C7,Am

What we practiced this week- November 16th

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Violin 2:45

  • Great piano playing class!
  • Always remember to be kind to your friends, teacher, and our pianos!
  • HW- pg 18
 

Piano 3:20

  • Great piano playing class!
  • Always remember to be kind to your friends, teacher, and our pianos!
  • HW- pg 30
 

Violin 3:55

  • HW- pg 11
  • (for Gemma and Kennedy pg 10 in their yellow books) 
 

Piano 4:30

  • HW- pg 40 “Go tell aunt Rhody”

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Piano 2:45

  • – Reviewed finger numbers
    – Reviewed whole, half, and quarter notes
    – Played through pages 4-5
    – Please practice pages 4-5
 

Winds 3:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
    – Learned new note concert F (G on clarinet/trumpet, D on sax)
    – Played through pages 3-5
    – Please practice 4-5
 

Piano 3:55

  • – Identified notes on the staff
    – Practiced counting basic rhythms
    – Played through pages 4-5 in book
    – Please practice pages 4-5
 

Ukulele 4:30

  • – Tuned instruments
    – Played through pages 10-12 in book
    – Worked on new strumming patterns
    – Please practice page 11
 

What we practiced this week- November 2nd

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Violin 2:45

  • Great piano playing class!
  • Always remember to be kind to your friends, teacher, and our pianos!
  • HW- pg 17 
 

Piano 3:20

  • Great piano playing class!
  • Always remember to be kind to your friends, teacher, and our pianos!
  • HW- pg 38
 

Violin 3:55

  • HW- pg 11
  • (for Gemma and Kennedy pg 10 in their yellow books) 
 

Piano 4:30

  • HW- pg 39 “Leap Frog”

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Piano 2:45

  • – Reviewed the musical alphabet and finger numbers
  • – Reviewed notes C,D, and E and rests
  • – Practiced page 4 in the book
  • – Please practice pages 4-5
 

Winds 3:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Learned concert notes D,C,Bb
  • – Leared Mary had a little lamb
  • – Please practice page 7
 

Piano 3:55

  • – Identified notes on the treble and bass clef
  • – Played through page 4 in the book
  • – Worked on counting rhythms
  • – Please practice pages 4-5
 

Ukulele 4:30

  • – Tuned instruments 
  • – Learned the G7 chord
  • – Played through pages 6-8 in book
  • – Please practice pages 8-9

What we practiced this week- October 26th

Ms. Hailey’s Classes

 

Violin 2:45

  • HW – pg 14 and 17 in blue books 
 

Piano 3:20

  • HW – pg 38 “Soccer Champ” right hand only 
     
 

Violin 3:55

  • HW – pg 10
    Kennedy – pg 10 in yellow book 
 

Piano 4:30

  • HW – pg 38 “Soccer Champ” 

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Piano 2:45

  • – Reviewed notes C,D,E 
  • – Played through pages 2-3 in piano book
  • – Learned finger numbers for piano
  • – Please practice page 3 and your finger numbers
 

Winds 3:20

  • – Assembled instruments and reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Played through pages 1-2 in book
  • – Practiced proper posture 
  • – Please practice pages 1-2 
 

Piano 3:55

  • – Reviewed notes on the staff for treble and bass clef
  • – Learned about finger numbers on piano
  • – Played through pages 2-3 in book
  • – Please practice page 3 and your finger numbers
 

Ukulele 4:30

  • – Tuned instruments and chords C and F
  • – Learned C7 and learned about tension and resolution
  • – Learned about strumming patterns and practiced them
  • – Please practice page 2 using your own strumming pattern

What we practiced this week- October 12th

Violin 2:45

  • Today we learned first finger F# on the E string! 
  • HOMEWORK: Continue to practice open strings EADG alongside first finger B
 

Piano 3:20

  • HOMEWORK: continue to practice C position for both hands, playing CDEFG up and down over and over 
     
 

Violin 3:55

  • Today we learned first finger F#/G#/A on the E string! 
     
    HOMEWORK: Continue to practice open strings EADG alongside first finger B
    *Gemma and Kennedy- Practice the A Major Scale!
 

Piano 4:30

  • We did one on one learning Cha Cha Dance, and getting more comfortable using LH and RH at the same time 🙂 

Piano 2:45

  • – Reviewed musical alphabet 
  • – Reviewed notes C,D,E
  • – Learned notes F,G,A,B
  • – Please practice notes C,D,E,F,G,A,B
 

Winds 3:20

  • – Reviewed notes on the staff
  • – Reviewed whole, half, and quarter notes
  • – Practiced clapping/playing beginning rhythms
  • – Please practice longtones and review whole/half/quarter notes
 

Piano 3:55

  • – Reviewed musical alphabet 
  • – Reviewed notes C,D,E
  • – Learned notes F,G,A,B
  • – Please practice notes C,D,E,F,G,A,B
 

Ukulele 4:30

  • – Tuned instruments and reviewed open strings
  • – Reviewed chords C and A minor and Learned F chord
  • – Worked on identifying major vs minor chords
  • – Please practice chords C, F, and A minor

What we practiced this week- September 28th

Violin 2:45

  • We worked on bow holds and learned Open String Swing and reviewed rhythms 
     
 

Piano 3:20

  • We worked on LH C placements as well as learning to play both hands together, playing CDEFG together with both hands 
 

Violin 3:55

  • We reviewed bow holds, we did some rhythm exercises (reviewed quarter notes and half notes), learned first finger B on the A string, learned Open String Swing 
 

Piano 4:30

  • We reviewed LH/RH C placements, reviewed quarter note and half note rhythms, learned Twinkle
    Goal: play twinkle with both hands at the same time 

Piano 2:45

– Reviewed how to turn on piano
– Reviewed high notes vs low notes
– Learned the music alphabet
– Please review the musical alphabet
 

Winds 3:20

– Reviewed how to assemble instruments
– Reviewed how to make sound
– Worked on identifying notes on the staff
– Please practice making sounds on your instrument
 

Piano 3:55

– Reviewed how to turn on piano
– Reviewed high notes vs low notes
– Learned the music alphabet
– Please review the musical alphabet
 

Ukulele 4:30

– Reviewed open strings G C E A
– Tuned ukuleles and learned the C chord
– Learned what a strumming pattern is
– Please practice your C chord
 

What we practiced this week- September 21st

Violin 2:45

  • We learned our open strings + how to hold the bow 
 

Piano 3:20

  • We learned our finger numbers and CDE
 

Violin 3:55

  • We learned our open string + bow holds 
 

Piano 4:30

  • We learned to use both RH and LH and learned Mary Had a Little Lamb

Piano 2:45

  • – Learned how to operate power on piano
    – Learned high notes from low notes
    – Played simon says
    – Please practice playing low and high
 

Winds 3:20

  • – Learned how to assemble instruments and hold them
    – Played first notes
    – Started learning how to read notes
    – Please practice making sounds on your instrument
 

Intermediate Piano 3:55

  • – Learned how to operate power on piano
    – Learned high notes from low notes
    – Played simon says
    – Please practice playing low and high
     
 

Ukulele 4:30

  • – Learned tuning notes and tuned ukuleles
    – Learned the anatomy of the ukulele
    – Learned the C chord
    – Please practice the C chord