{"id":20,"date":"2013-12-23T21:33:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.92.58.138\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-11-05T01:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:20:59","slug":"songs-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/activities\/songs-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs & Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nHold an\u00a0after-school Pi Day reception<\/strong>, where students perform original Pi Day songs, or songs they find on TeachPi.org. Hand out Pi Day carols to the audience, and find a musical teacher or student to lead a sing-along. Go to the music page\u2026<\/h5>\n

\u00bb Use the event to announce the winners and give prizes to the students behind the top Pi Day projects.<\/p>\n

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\nLead your class in the\u00a0singing of Pi Day carols<\/strong>, or have a musically-inclined student lead the way. Find several songs\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/h5>\n

\u00bb Many schools choose 1:59 to begin their singing revelry. This is, of course, Pi Minute (3\/14, 1:59).<\/p>\n

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\nAsk students to compose an original\u00a0song, poem, or piece of art<\/strong>\u00a0about Pi Day or the number pi. Hold presentations\/exhibits, and present any artistic awards, on Pi Day.<\/h5>\n

\u00bb How about a \u201cPi-ku\u201d poetry contest? (Think Haiku.) For example:<\/p>\n

Unending digits\u2026<\/strong>
\nWhy not keep it simple, like<\/strong>
\nTwenty-two sevenths?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPlay pi-themed\u00a0songs over the P.A. system<\/strong>\u00a0between classes, to get people in the Pi Day spirit. We\u2019re talking about classic hits that relate to Pi Day, as opposed to actual Pi Day carols.<\/h5>\n

\u00bb Dutch Fork H.S. in Columbia, SC played \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d and \u201cSugar Pie, Honey Bunch\u201d over the speakers during passing periods on the big day.<\/p>\n

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\nRead your students a Pi story<\/strong>, such as \u201cSir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi,\u201d by Cindy Neuschwander. Or choose a selection from a more heady work, like David Blatner\u2019s \u201cThe Joy of Pi.\u201d<\/h5>\n
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\nSing\u00a0\u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to Albert Einstein<\/strong>, who was born on a blessed Pi Day in 1879.<\/h5>\n

\u00bb Independent Day School in Tampa, FL chooses the Pi Minute, 1:59, to belt out this tribute.<\/p>\n

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\nFor extra credit, encourage small groups of students to\u00a0make a short film<\/strong>\u00a0about pi. Suggest both music videos and live-action skits.<\/h5>\n

\u00bb Two seniors at Downington H.S. West in Philadelphia filmed the story of shopping for pie ingredients at the grocery store, baking the pies, and then, in artful slow-mo, a pie-in-the-face fight, set to a variety of songs that included Chicago\u2019s \u201c25 or 6 to 4.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nCompile a recipe book of pies and desserts, from parents and colleagues, and\u00a0hold an art contest<\/strong>\u00a0for a pi-themed book cover. Encourage the recipe donors to bring in actual examples!<\/h5>\n

\u00bb Arlington M.S. in Poughkeepsie, NY turned this recipe book project into a charitable one: 90 homemade pies, quiches, and pizzas (with accompanying recipes) were donated to a local food shelf.<\/p>\n

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\nAt a school-wide Pi Day assembly, hold a\u00a0school spirit contest<\/strong>\u00a0to see which grade can shout \u201c3 point 1 4 1 5 9!\u201d the very loudest. Or, try a longer chant. (see below)<\/h5>\n

\u00bb The sixth grade beat the older classes to claim the Warrior Spirit Stick at Stephen Mack M.S. in Rockford, IL in 2003.
\n\u00bb Here\u2019s an example of a good, loud school chant. It can be responsive, where each line is yelled by a different grade, and then all grades shout the final line, inserting their own number for maximal school-spirit effect.<\/p>\n

We love Pi Day to the core! March 14th is 3 1 4!<\/strong>
\nHere\u2019s where Math gets really fun! Pi starts 3 point 1 4 1!<\/strong>
\nLet\u2019s make Pi Day come alive! Let\u2019s go, 3 1 4 1 5!<\/strong>
\nPi Day\u2019s (4th) Grade\u2019s chance to shine! 3 point 1 4 1 5 9!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4303,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/4303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}