Week 5

Kindergarten: Jump that Jody, identify percussion instruments by sound and perform with song, steady beat

First Grade: Chicka Hanka, discuss 'sidetracking a train,' train sounds, call and response, singing and performing on egg shakers to the repeated patterns

Second Grade: Exploring non musical sounds in the environment and using opposite words to describe them- high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow, and long/short

Third Grade: Vocab study guide was sent home for a short 5 question quiz we will take at the beginning of class. Ragtime Rhythms, Scott Joplin, stomping/clapping patterns, discuss history of ragtime music

Fourth Grade: Breathe Easy Blues, the purpose of rests in music compared to phrasing in the English language. Diagramming sentences in order to sing correctly using punctuation

Fifth Grade: Begin writing a sound story using words that make sound and instruments to make them. Perform sound stories using percussion instruments next week

Sixth Grade: continue rap writing assignment in small groups

Chorus: keep listening to those CDs. We will begin working on harmonies