IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Today was Drum Day in our room at the Lab School! We were painting drums, making drums, inquirying about drums, and using drums!

Our day began by adding water colors to our painting of our observational drawings of instruments. Then, during morning meeting, we each asked a question about music. Many questions inquired about how to make or build certain instruments, mostly drums.

During studio time today, our Butler Teachers helped us make instruments. We all got to make our own drums out of plastic cups, beans, balloons and rubber bands. They were a big hit!

Martavious counts the beans that go inside of his drum.

At the end of the day, we used our drums to create different rhythmic patterns. It was exciting to see the musical inclinations of our students!

Aaliyah, Chloe, and Jamaria work with Ms. Schrock to make their drums.

I’m excited to see where our music project takes us. I forsee further drum exploration in our future!

Shayla shows us her new balloon drum.

Today we had snack outside. We also got to do the dance where everyone can do a dance move in the middle of the circle. “1, 2, 3, 4…come on Larry, hit the floor!”

Today, in reading and writing, we talked about our sense of smell.

For our music project, we got to paint pictures of instruments and play the rhythm game again.

Today, during free choice time, Daysia, Isabella, Paiton, Chloe, and Zakeyah played a rhythm game. One person would create a rhythm and everyone else would get to repeat it with their instrument.

Today we played the piano on the ipad.

Leah plays the piano on one of our classroom ipads.

We also got to draw pictures of instruments.

During morning choices, Isabella works on an observational drawing of a grand piano.

In the afternoon, Butler teachers came in to do musical art projects with us. We explored high and low pitches. We also made musical instruments out of pipe cleaners.

Today Miss Robison and Mrs. Grotjan helped us make book pockets for our new classroom library. It holds books that we have made.

Miss Robison helped by sewing the pockets for us during studio.

Today we learned how to listen to the words in our books and make pictures with our brains.

During Readers Workshop, friends drew pictures of barns. Then, Miss Estridge read a excerpt from Charlotte's Web about a barn, and students got to redraw their picture with their new brain picture.