Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Week of 9/22-9/28

Kindergarten and 1st grade will continue reading, writing, and playing ta, ti-ti, and rest.

Second grade will try solving staff note worksheets in small groups for practice.

Third grade will define what it means to rap and perform their own short rap composition to a background track!

Fourth grade will complete staff worksheets individually. At the end of class, we will perform a song from the worksheet on the boomsticks.

Fifth grade will learn meter in 4, conduct, and sing. We will discuss what a chord is and perform the chords on boomsticks with our song.

Sixth grade will perform their rhythm compositions on percussion instruments. We will be focusing on sixteenth notes.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

It's Not too Late to Join Chorus!

Mrs. Schwartz will continue to collect permission slips to join chorus. All students will be receiving their CDs and lyrics this week during rehearsal.

General music classes:

Kindergarten classes will be learning the National Anthem with motions! They will also be reading, performing and writing quarter notes and eighth notes.

First grade will spend time writing and performing rhythm compositions on the hand drums.

Second grade is learning to read staff notes and will be competing for prizes!

Third grade will sing and play instruments to the tune, Rockin' Robin. Vocab words will be chorus and verse.

Fourth grade is competing to draw staff notes in the form of words. Winners will receive prizes!

Fifth grade is learning to conduct meter in 3. Vocab discussed will be melody, harmony, and descant. Students will sing 2 part harmony with the teacher.

Sixth grade is learning to factor music math. Sixteenth notes will be emphasized. Students will create short rhythmic compositions that will be performed in the next music class.