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Last year, our 7th and 8th graders had the opportunity to make instruments for music class. We studied how musicians classify world instruments, and each student chose a classification to tackle. 8th grade truly blew me away with their amazing creations! We had a blast jamming together in class, and showed off a few instruments at our family STEAM night event in May.
Here are some of my favorite moments from class:
Students singing “Call Me Maybe” and playing on their rhythm instruments:
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Rachel showing off her guitar:
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Alex with his truly impressive trombone:
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Nicholas with what he dubbed his “Styrophone”
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What fun it was for me to see my kids embrace this project!