CHOIR starts TODAY!!!!

I am so excited! We are having our first after school choir practice today.  The kids will get two new Christmas songs, and we are going to have a great time!  If you noticed, we are not "Rhythm Jeans" anymore...we are now the Tatum Primary School Choir.  I am sending home a choir information sheet, and attached on the back is a Choir t-shirt order form.  EVERYONE needs a t-shirt, because we will be wearing it to perform in.  Parents and siblings are invited to order a choir t-shirt, also, if you would like to!  They are going to be Kelly green, and there is a sample of the wording on the order form. They are $10 each, regardless of size!
We are going to have so much fun singing together this year.  We always do!  I hope that Choir provides a positive, inviting, exciting, and joyful experience for your children as we learn and sing together!!!

Recorders

The 3rd graders here at Tatum Primary will be playing recorders for the next 9 weeks.  We will also use them off and on during the year to enhance instruction.  The order has come in, and they will be recieving their recorders this week during their music class.  We will also learn to play 3 notes, B, A, and G. 
If your 3rd grader has not brought $3 to pay for their recorder, please have them bring it ASAP so we can all be together as we begin our unit.
The method we are using is called Recorder Karate, and the students will be earning "belts" as they play off the music in their folder.  We will track their progress on a bulletin board in my room.  (I will put up a picture soon!) 
Please encourage your child to practice at home, and remind them to bring their recorders on their music day!
I added some pictures of our Recorder Karate bulletin boards.  The students will get to move their names to the color belt that they have tested off on, and get that color of string on their recorder. 
Good Luck kids!!
Thank you!