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CHC first-graders learn through song
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-graders were under the direction of Janet Williams, C.H. Campbell Elementary School music teacher, while performing their first grade concert, which focused on learning through song, May 24.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-graders played instruments while singing “Everybody Ought to Know” during the school’s annual first-grade concert May 24.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-grade students sang “Brush Your Teeth,” complete with visual props for the audience, during the school’s annual first-grade concert May 24.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-grade students held up visual props which related to “Bingo/The World Has Seven Continents,” which they sang during the school’s annual first-grade concert May 24.
By ABBY SLANKER
C.H. Campbell Elementary School first-grade students wowed family and friends during their concert performance May 24, which included songs that demonstrated lessons for life beginning in first grade.
“Get ready for a real treat. If you blink, you might miss something. All the songs are related to subjects the students need to know for the rest of their lives,” said Janet Williams, C.H. Campbell Elementary School music teacher.
Selections were broken down into the subjects of social studies, language arts, math, science and music. Lyrics to many songs were changed to apply that song to the subject at hand.
Several selections were categorized in the social studies portion including, “This Land is Your Land,” during which the lyrics were changed to highlight Canfield and Ohio, which related to geography and map skills; “America, the Beautiful,” which related to our country and brotherhood and “At the Firehouse,” during which a small group of students donned firemen hats and pretended to spray water hoses, and related to government and authority figures providing protection.
The language arts portion included such selections as, “Apples and Bananas,” which focused on phonemic awareness with long and short vowels; “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” which focused on initial consonant sounds and “The Farmer in the Dell/All About Books,” which focused on author, illustrator, title and reader.
The math selections included such songs as, “Skip to my Lou,” during which the students counted by twos, fives, and 10s and which related to number systems and counting in groups; “The Addams Family/Days of the Week,” which related to history chronology and days of the week and “Brush Your Teeth,” which related to measurement, telling time and health.
The science portion of the concert included selections such as, “On Top of Spaghetti/Animal Homes,” which taught the children about animal habitats; “Solar System in Motion,” which taught the children about Earth and Space sciences and the universe and “Yellow Submarine/Lend a Hand,” which taught the children about recycling.
The music subject segment of the program included a steel pan solo of “Too Many Sweets” from David Sullivan; “Dance Calypso,” which related to world music and musical solfege and “Do-Re-Mi,” which taught the children about scales and sequence.
The first-graders were accompanied by several fourth-grade students on guitars and recorders. A number of fourth-graders had siblings performing in the concert.
“I am thrilled with these fourth-graders wanting to be a part of this program,” said Williams.
The students used several props and instruments throughout the program to punctuate the song selections, as the purpose of the selections was to learn through song.