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Welcome to the IUSD Vocal Music Classes 2021-20212 Ms. Lee had created this page for better parent/teacher communication. Parents will find all important information regarding Ms. Lee's vocal music classes on this page and through out the entire kafm.net website. All the future concert announcements, test announcements, audition application deadlines, and other important information can be found here. Please feel free to browse through all the other pages.
Date |
Parents Notifications |
6/4/2022 |
Happy Summer! Ms. Lee received the Honors Concert videos late yesterday. Click here to that Google file. Students can open the Google file with their IUSD login. Enjoy! |
6/3/2022 |
This is the last day for Ms. Lee being a vocal music teacher at IUSD! She is retiring at the end of today! If you wish to keep in contact with her, come back to this website from time to time, or send her an email at kaii@kafm.net anytime. She is NOT retiring from the music education for any reason. Please check back often for updates of Ms. Lee's music experience in her retirement. |
5/29/2022 |
For the last week of school, all music students will meet together for a final fun music game. See you in the MPR from Tuesday through Thursday! |
5/27/2022 |
Today is the last day to make any changes for your music grades. Both Flipgrid and Soundtrap will be frozen after midnight. It has been a fun year listening to the music that we have made! |
5/24/2022 |
Culverdale singers, you have done a superb job at the concert! Extra thank-you to those students who came from a different school to sing here. Ms. Lee's concerts are done and participating students have received concert credits. If you could not sing at any of the five concerts but wish to receive concert credits, please record your singing on "Soundtrap" and invite Ms. Lee to your project. A concert survey can be found on this page. It is considered as an in-class activity for extra credits. If you were absent on the day that we took this survey in class, please use this link to take the survey. If you have not turned in the following projects, time is running out, but it is better late than never: |
5/23/2022 |
Brywood singers, thank you for singing beautifully in school concert! What a terrific concert! Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the last concert schedule: |
5/22/2022 |
Brywood singers, you are next to have a school concert on Monday, 5/23/2022. If you have not turned in the following projects, time is running out, but it is better late than never: |
5/20/2022 |
Canyon View singers, thank you for singing fantastically during school concert, knowing many students are under the weather! Excellent work! Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the final two schools: |
5/18/2022 |
College Park singers, you did a fabulous job at the school concert! Sing on! Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the remaining three schools: |
5/17/2022 |
Eastwood Singers, beautiful work at the school concert! Congratulations! College Park is next, tomorrow at College Park school MPR. See you! If your child has not turned in the following projects, he/she is now one month late, but it is better late than never: We are about two weeks away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the four more schools: |
5/16/2022 |
Eastwood Vocal Music families, we will have our Vocal Music Concert tomorrow, Tuesday, 5/17/22. The school-wide announcement was sent out this morning for the Instrumental Concerts. Are you ready to sing? Check the digital versions of the songs here. If your child has not turned in the following projects, he/she is about one month late, but it is better late than never: We are about two weeks away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
5/14/2022 |
Eastwood, College Park, and Canyon View will have their Vocal Music Concerts in this coming week. Is your child ready? Check the digital versions of the songs here. If your child has not turned in the following projects, he/she is about three weeks late, but it is better late than never: We are about two weeks away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
5/13/2022 |
We are about one week away from all the school concerts. Does your child know his/her songs? Click here to check the music sheets. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
5/9/2022 |
It is really close to our school concert dates now! Are you ready? Check the digital versions of the songs here. If your child has not turned in the following projects, he/she is almost three weeks late, but it is better late than never: We are about two weeks away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
5/8/2022 |
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5/2/2022 |
It is time to get down to the final singing and piano music for our school concerts! If your child has not turned in the following projects, you are more than two weeks late, but it is better late than never: We are less than one month or so away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
5/1/2022 |
Happy May Day! If your child has not turned in the following projects, you are two weeks late, but it is better late than never: We are less than one month or so away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
4/25/2022 |
We have lots of singing activities going on in our class; therefore, no Chromebook is needed for the next two or three weeks. If you like to bring your music binder for the sake of easy music reading, just do it! If your child has not turned in the following projects, you are five days late: We are less than one month or so away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
4/22/2022 |
Happy Earth Day! Would you like to take a fun quiz about the Earth? Let's enjoy what we have and preserve the best for the future! If your child has not turned in the following projects, you are five days late: We are less than one month or so away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
4/18/2022 |
We have about four weeks to work on our little and big songs for the school concerts. Are you ready to learn all about the concert songs? our five school concert dates are as followed: If your child wished to re-do the two new individual projects that were posted last week, go ahead, try again! Ms. Lee will stay in town to follow up on your re-dos. Here they are: |
4/17/2022 |
Happy Ramadan, Passover, and Easter! Today is the due date for the following projects: We are one month or so away from all the school concerts. Ms. Lee teaches at five schools and here is the concert schedule for the five schools: |
4/15/2022 |
Happy Friday! If your child wished to re-do the two new individual projects that were posted last week, go ahead, try again! Ms. Lee will stay in town to follow up on your re-dos. Here they are: |
4/11/2022 |
Welcome back to school for more fun music learning! Sixth graders only... If you are going to Sierra Vista Middle School next school year, click here to get information about the performing arts department's program first before you select an elective for next year. If you wished to re-do the two new individual projects that were posted at the end of March, just try again! The key is to learn from mistakes, whether the mistake was made by you or others. Here are the individual projects: |
4/4/2022 |
Happy Spring Break! When Ms. Lee was growing up, today was "Children's Day" in her country and no school for a day for all kids! If you wished to re-do the two new individual projects that were posted last week, go ahead, try again! Ms. Lee will stay in town to follow up on your re-dos. Here they are: |
4/1/2022 |
Happy Friday! Are you ready for the Spring Break week? If you have time and want to try our two new individual projects, they are as followed: They are both due on Sunday, 4/17/2022. Sing on! |
3/28/2022 |
We continue with "Music In Our Schools Months" and learn about the music classes in IUSD this week. Many students have been working on the two new individual projects that were posted last week: Be sure that you understand the projects before making recordings of them. The preparation of these works are extremely important! |
3/21/2022 |
The easiest way to receive higher points and scores in vocal music is to FINISH the "Music Sudoku" and "Music Word Search 2022" and turn it in to Ms. Lee for a re-check! Two new individual projects have been posted and are both due on Sunday, 4/17/2022: |
3/20/2022 |
Today is the last day for the Lyrics Writing for "Twinkle, Twinkle" on Google Form and the Sing a Scale on Flipgrid project. Is your child ready? |
3/18/2022 |
Happy Friday! Is your child ready to turn inhis/her Lyrics Writing for "Twinkle, Twinkle" on Google Form? Check out these student work samples! Did your child sing the diatonic or pentatonic scale on Flipgrid? Does he/she wants to do it again for a higher score? |
3/14/2022 |
Today is the Honors Concert day! Do you have tickets? Come join the excellent musicians in a great celebration at the Segerstrom Concert Hall! Concert starts at 7:00 pm. Is your child working on his/her Lyrics Writing for "Twinkle, Twinkle" on Google Form? Check out these student work samples! |
3/12/2022 |
Our Honor Chorus singers have finished all their ten rehearsals, including this afternoon. Let's sing in the Segerstrom Concert Hall on Monday, 3/14/22! |
3/10/2022 |
Honor Chorus singers, how are your songs coming? They all need to be memorized by this evening. Click here for the practice tracks files. |
3/7/2022 |
We are starting to learn all new BIG songs. Where are your sheet music? You know there will be a BIG song on Soundtrap project coming soon. During this week's music lessons, we will take a fun quiz to see how much do you know about the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner." |
3/4/2022 |
Happy Friday! Looking for something to do over the weekend? Try to finish the Lyrics Writing project and/or the Sing a Scale on Flipgrid project. |
3/3/2022 |
Today is the 91st anniversary that "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted by the U.S. Congress to be the U.S. National Anthem. Do you know how to sing it with all the correct words? |
3/2/2022 |
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! In honor of Dr. Seuss, we are learning the song lyrics writing process in class this week and will create our own versions of lyrics to match the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle" on a Google form in class. Click here for Lyrics Writing. Happy Birthday, Ms. Lee's sister, Kitty! |
2/28/2022 |
Welcome to the third trimester! We have lots of music to learn and songs to sing. Get ready! The second trimester has ended. Where are your individual activities and projects? We should have five activities: If you have not taken the Music Share Survey for classroom activity credit, click here. Find this week's lessons here. |
2/25/2022 |
Today is the last day of the second trimester, did your child finish all his/her individual activities? Find this week's lessons here. |
2/21/2022 |
Happy Presidents' Day! The second trimester is coming to an end soon. Where are your child's individual activities and projects? We should have five activities: If your child has not taken the Music Share Survey for classroom activity credit, click here. Find this week's lessons here. |
2/14/2022 |
Happy Valentine's Day! Have you finished all your individual activities? Find this week's lessons here. |
2/7/2022 |
Let's celebrate Black History month with music! Find this week's lessons here. |
2/4/2022 |
Hooray! The Music Share at each school truned out great! Thank you for singing! Now is the time to reflect and think about what we did. The second trimester is coming to an end soon. Where are your individual activities and projects? We should have five activities: |
2/1/2022 |
Happy Chinese (Lunar) New Year, the year of Tiger! |
1/31/2022 |
Today is Chinese New Year's Eve. We will celebrate with Chinese folk music this week to welcome the Year of Tiger! The second half of this week will be filled with Vocal and Instrumental Music in class by our students performing in grade level Music Shares! |
1/27/2022 |
Happy Birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1/27/1756)! |
1/26/2022 |
The latest vocal music project is called "Sing a BIG Song" and is to be done on Soundtrap. Please do the following: |
1/25/2022 |
Our "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid is all done! The next Flipgrid project is about clapping and counting rhythms. Please do the following: |
1/24/2022 |
Happy Monday! Hope that you have turned in your "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid. It is done! What's next? A future Flipgrid project will be announced this week. |
1/21/2022 |
Happy Friday! While enjoying an upcoming weekend, please think about the unfinished music work: Have fun! |
1/17/2022 |
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! While celebrating a holiday, please think about the unfinished music work: Have fun! |
1/10/2022 |
Our two individual activities in the second trimester, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid (See a sample here) and "Sing & Record on Soundtrap" project, have been graded. Your child's progress has been reported onto Parent Portal. If he/she is still working on both or either one of them, hurry! The next Soundtrap project, "Hip Hop on Soundtrap" is due on Sunday, 1/23/22. Have fun! Starting today, each class will have the opportunity to create rhythmic patterns with pencil and paper! Let our imagination fly! |
1/3/2022 |
Welcome back to school for more fun-filled learning! We are about to start on the "Classical Music" lessons. Your child will be amazed how much of that music is related to our everyday life in the 21st century! How is your child's individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It was due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. While he/she is on it, the "Sing & Record on Soundtrap" project is on going. Sing the grade level song by numbers or solfege well before adding the microphone track on Soundtrap. Your child will find the project file on his/her Soundtrap home page. This project is due on Sunday, 1/9/22. Sing on! |
12/31/2021 |
Happy New Year to all! |
12/24/2021 |
To all who celebrate, Merry Christmas! |
12/17/2021 |
Today is the last school day of 2021! We have made it! How is your child's individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It was due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. In the meantime, the "Sing & Record on Soundtrap" project is on going. Students should sing their grade level song by numbers or solfege well before adding the microphone track on Soundtrap. Your child will find the project file on his/her Soundtrap home page. This project is due on Sunday, 1/9/22. Sing on! We have learned the origin, history, and trend of Hip Hop. We will have an opportunity in January to make our own version of Hip Hop by using Children's Books as lyrics. Click here to see the Hip Hop Project. Enjoy Winter Break! Be healthy and safe! |
12/13/2021 |
It is the last calendar week of 2021. We have a Hip Hop week ahead of us. We will learn the origin, history, and trend of Hip Hop. Our students will have an opportunity to make their own version of Hip Hop by using Children's Books as lyrics. Click here to see the "Hip Hop Project." How is your individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It was due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/10/2021 |
Congratulations to all students who were selected to be members of the IUSD Honor Chorus 2022! See you in January! How is your individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It was due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/9/2021 |
Today is the Honor Chorus Audition make-up day. If you missed your audition on last Saturday, you have one last chance this afternoon. Good luck! How is your individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It was due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/8/2021 |
Ms. Lee has introduced a new project on Soundtrap. Be sure to have the correct Soundtrap link for your grade level. We will learn how to add a "Microphone" track onto Soundtrap and how to time everything perfectly with the piano track. If you have any questions, always ask! How is your individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It was due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/6/2021 |
As we cycle through music in the history and the world, we are visiting Argentina this week. Be prepared for a new project on Soundtrap too! How is your individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It is due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/4/2021 |
Good luck to all who are trying out for the IUSD Honor Chorus 2022 today. Sing out! How is your individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It is due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/2/2021 |
If your child is registered to audition for the IUSD Honor Chorus, be sure to practice with the audition preparation sheet and sing out on Saturday! Good luck! How is your child's individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It is due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
12/1/2021 |
Happy December! How is your child's individual activity, "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid coming? It is due on Sunday, 12/5/21. See a sample here. |
11/30/2021 |
Calling all 5th and 6th grade singers... |
11/29/2021 |
Get ready for the beautiful Baroque celebration week! Individual activity rerminder: "American Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid is due on Sunday, 12/5/21. Calling all 5th and 6th grade singers: the IUSD Honor Chorus audition online request form is due this Wednesday, 12/1/21. Good luck! |
11/26/2021 |
Happy National Native American Heritage Day! Click here to revisit our "Native American Heritage Month Celebration" lesson, including the Google Doodle on the Zuni Tribe in New MExico. The
"Pop Song Selection" on Flipgrid is reopened. Be sure to submit your fun-filled "Pop Song Selection" video, with supporting ideas, by Sunday, 12/5/21. Extra credits for your added performance! |
11/25/2021 |
Happy Thankgiving, everyone! |
11/24/2021 |
Happy Wednesday before Thankgiving! Our lesson for this week was based on the technology use in our class. We checked out Flipgrid, Soundtrap, and Nearpod during class time. If your child missed school this week, please check on the Vocal Music Weekly Lessons link. |
11/21/2021 |
In this short school week, we will revisit Flipgrid (for exploration purposes--no grades) and Soundtrap (for practice purposes--no grades) applications. As an Exit Ticket, we will check out Nearpod (for fun!) in class. College Park singers, please check into this week's lesson on your own, since you have no music lessons this week. Happy Thankgiving! |
11/19/2021 |
Calling all 5th and 6th grade singers... |
11/17/2021 |
Our second trimester Individual Activities will start today: "Pop Song Selection" can be found on the Vocal Music Individual Activities page. Be sure to follow directions. |
11/15/2021 |
Welcome to the second trimester! The first trimester music grades are completed by Ms. Lee. There will be no more re-dos or make-ups. Please turn in your work early or on time in the future. Instead of the weighted grades as parent portal stated, Ms. Lee has prorated everyone's grades. Lots of students have earned an "A+" because they had done everything and turned their works in early or on time. Way to go! |
11/14/2021 |
Ms. Lee had finalized all students' first trimester music grades. We have lots of "A+" in each class. Are you one of them? See you in the second trimester! We will continue to have fun and learn new musical ideas. |
11/12/2021 |
Happy Friday! It is the last day of the first trimester, already! Have you turned in all your projects? How is your Soundtrap coming? Do you know your score as of now? Do it, don't wait! |
11/8/2021 |
This is the final week of the first trimester. Be sure to turn in the last works for full credit before the report cards are printed. Thinking about joining the IUSD Honor Chorus? Start here for parent information. What will the audition cover? The audition preparation sheet can help. When you are ready, click on the online audition request form and fill it out and submit by Wednesday, 12/1/21. Here is the Google Doodle for We:Wa. |
11/7/2021 |
Happy Sunday! Havs your child submitted his/her Song Maker link on the Google Form for Song Maker? Has your child linked with Ms. Lee on Soundtrap? There are three ways to connect when he/she has finished his/her four-measure Patterns Beatmaker project: |
11/4/2021 |
The Honors Concert 2022 is coming! Calling all interested 5th and 6th grade singers! Click here to see the information and requirements. How do you prepare for the audition on Saturday, December 4, 2021? Here is a preparation page for practice purposes. Here is the online audition request form. Be sure to submit no later than Wednesday, 12/1/2021. |
11/1/2021 |
Go directly to the Soundtrap project, by using this link at tinyurl.com. When your child's Soundtrap project is NOT connected, submit his/her link on the latest Google form for Soundtrap. How is your child's "Song Maker" Project going? Don't be left out when the submission window closes this week! |
10/31/2021 |
Happy Halloween! Our first trimester is coming to a close soon. The first four individual vocal music activities should be finished by this evening: |
10/24/2021 |
We have a Soundtrap week coming up. Be sure to remind your child to charge up the ChromeBook in school. Lots of fun experience with technology is ahead of us! To make and submit his/her first Soundtrap project, use this link at tinyurl.com. How is his/her "Song Maker" Project going? Don't be left out when the submission window closes this week! |
10/17/2021 |
We are moving onto our next phase of music learning and starting this week, we will begin to use "Soundtrap" as one of our online tools. Last call for the following Individual Projects: 1. A "Welcome and Check-in" Google Form These links will be disabled soon. |
10/16/2021 |
Have you finished all four of your individual music activities, including Google Form and Flipgrid projects? New projects are on their way. Enjoy the weekend and see you next week! |
10/12/2021 |
Welcome back to school, students! There are so much fun learning ahead of us. Please always bring your Chromebook to Vocal Music. If you just switched to Vocal Music, you can click on Students
World to catch up on things. When you have any questions, please ask! |
10/11/2021 |
Today is a student-free day. Enjoy! Maybe use the extra time to make up some of your music activities on Flipgrid? To continue with our music study from different time periods and cultures, we will learn about the Gregorian Chants and Japanese Music this week. Click here to see the lessons. Looking for the Japanese folk songs? Here they are. |
10/10/2021 |
Ms. Lee visited her inlaws over the weekend. Click here to see the beautiful California! |
10/4/2021 |
With only one more Kodaly hand sign to go, we will finish the major scale this week and start to learn our method and concert songs. Our students are making great progress on their individual activities. As of now, we have done the following: |
10/2/2021 |
Ms. Lee attended the Pacific Symphony Orchestra's opening concert. Everyone was wearing masks and had to show proof of vaccinations. But it was worth every effort! Emanuel Ax was the piano soloist who played Mozart's piano concerto no.17. He did a fantastic job! The Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5 was stunning! Live music is back in Orange County. Hooray! Click here to see the concert photos. |
9/26/2021 |
We are just one week away from singing the methods songs in "Singing Basics" and future concert songs. Congratulations! In the meantime, be sure to turn in all works on Flipgrid, and get ready for Chrome Music Lab and Soundtrap! |
9/24/2021 |
How are you doing with your individual activities? Always check ahead of time before the due date to see if anything needs to be done. |
9/19/2021 |
Hello everyone, Ms. Lee is looking for everyone's two vocal music activities on the internet: This coming week we have lessons about music genres and styles. Everyone will have a chance to try Chrome Music Lab before we take a piece of paper and use pencil to make a rhythmic composition in class! If you just moved from an instrumental music class to vocal, no worries, we will help you to catch up soon. Welcome to Vocal Music! |
9/13/2021 |
Each Vocal Music student will receive a "Singing Basics" booklet this week. A three ring binder will be able to keep the pages in order perfectly. It is students' personal copy to use at home and school. Students can always find our Vocal Music class songs online, via this website or IUSD Vocal Music Canvas pages. The main difference is that this website does not need any login. We will tour each grade level Canvas page during this week's music lessons. Ms. Lee will teach a lesson on the topic of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and get your own copy of the lyrics here. |
9/11/2021 |
Today is the Patriot Day. As a nation, we lost thousands of lives on 9/11/2001, but united as one people. America was built with all kinds of people that made us strong. Let's keep on doing what we do best and make the USA stronger! |
9/7/2021 |
Welcome back to a shorter week of music. If your school has music lessons on Mondays, Ms. Lee will squeeze in two lessons when she sees your child next. However, you can get all the lesson details by click here. |
9/3/2021 |
Wow! We have finished a whole week of school in person. Congratulations! The OC Department of Health had issued new guidelines for indoor activities. While the Winds class may change a bit, our Vocal Music class will stay the same: sing indoor with a mask for everyone. Ms. Lee recommends that you keep the social distance at all time. Enjoy a fantastic Labor Day weekend! |
8/30/2021 |
Hello, Music Families! It is the first day of Vocal Music! If you have any issues regarding signing up your music class, please let your music teacher know. let's make music! |
8/23/2021 |
It is the first full day of school across IUSD. Welcome to your music class! We will learn about the opportunities of learning music in the Strings, Winds, and Vocal music classes this week. See you in class. |
8/20/2021 |
Looking for something to do with your family for this weekend? The Pacific Symphony Orchestra is offering a free concert to the public this Sunday, 8/22/21, at Aitken Arts Plaza at Musco Center for the Arts, at Chapman University. Due to the limited space, this free concert requires a reservation. Click here for more information. |
8/19/2021 |
Welcome to the first day of the school year 2021-2022! We are so happy to see you in person and to make music together in the days ahead. Get ready for lots of fun music activities and sing with your best voice! See you in class. |
8/16/2021 |
Here comes the first week of school at IUSD. All teachers will start to work today. Students are to report to their school on this Thursday, 8/19/21. If you are interested in Vocal Music this year, check out these early and easy assignments to get to know the class: |
8/10/2021 |
Checking out Ms. Lee's website here? You and your child are probably interested in Vocal Music for this coming school year. Please look around at this website, visit the different links, and come back often! |
7/4/2021 |
Enjoy summer and be safe, everyone! |
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