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By: Randy B.

5/26/04

Mrs. Depew piano

Mrs. Depew has been at are school for a long time, longer than I can remember at least. She has taught many kids many things about music, from notes, to composers, to just how to sing. Many kids here at IHM feel very close to Mrs. Depew because most of them canter for her, or sometime in the past have cantered for her. When you canter for Mrs. Depew you have to go to her room during recess and practice for the week so that in church you sound good.

Now that 8^th grade has finished music class for the year Mrs. Depew has eight classes. In all of her classes she is teaching many different things. In Mrs. Depew’s kindergarten class they are just doing the basic fundamentals of music. They are learning how to identify sections of music that have different tone colors. They are also learning how to identify music form through the use of movement and they are practicing music for there end of the year program when they go from kindergarten to 1^st grade. 1^st grade is practicing identifying same and different. They are also learning on how to get louder and softer and they are practicing on how to read rhythms and pitches. Mrs. Depew’s 2^nd grade class is learning how to listen and identify rhythm patterns by sight and sound and how to identify rondo as a form of composition that has a recurring section. The 3^rd graders are practicing writing rhythm. They are also tapping and counting rhythm patterns off the overhead. The 3^rd graders are learning about J.S Bach through a story called “Mr. Bach Comes to Call”. Mrs. Depew’s 4^th graders are probably learning the most advanced stuff out of grades k-4. They are learning how to play short simple songs on the recorders using three notes, G, A, and B. They are also learning how to identify notes names on the staff and they are learning how to identify note values and tap and count rhythm patterns. The kids in Mrs. Depew’s music class are going to learn many things so that when they leave IHM they can use what she has taught them to there benefit.

Mrs. Depew teaching her 6^th graders

Mrs. Depew’s work board

Mrs. Depew’s 6^th grade class doing work

Mrs. Depew’s desk