Mr. Maraca takes on Mexico

For those of you who don't know who Mr. Maraca is, let me introduce you!

 This is Mr. Maraca! He travels to different countries around the world on vacation and brings back slideshows of his travels to my general music classroom.  In his slideshows the students learn about the similarities and differences between the United States and the places he visits, some different traditions or holidays of those places, and (the best part!) the music of those countries!

Recently Mr. Maraca went on vacation to Mexico for the Day of the Day celebrations. Here's a sneak peak at his adventures...

Generally, the full PowerPoint, which can be purchased at my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I use with 4th-6th grade.  Then I use an adaptation of the PowerPoint for my younger grades.  

To tie into the Day of the Dead celebrations that Mr. Maraca teaches us, and the music of Mexico, primarily Mariachi bands, I have the younger grades reinforce the beginning notation of Ta and Titi with a "color by number" type page while we listen to the Mariachi music.  

  

After we colored our pages we cut them out and used them as masks, and danced and celebrated to some Mariachi music.