May: Week 1

Kdg: Farewell ceremony rehearsals

1st: Each of Us is a Flower, discussion, choreography, weather poem/percussion experiment

2nd: Lone Star Trail, identifying and performing steps/leaps/repeats on the bells

3rd: BAGE mad minute sheet, Number 10, pentatonic improv.

4/5: Bucket drumming composition, section A final copy due, section B rough draft due

6th: Farewell music rehearsals

**** I will be out on Tuesday and Wednesday for Band rehearsals at the high school. Alternate lessons will be left for classes affected on those days.

End of April

KDG: Farewell Ceremony- lyrics, choreography, stage presence, volume, dynamics

1st: Old House- Call & response, construction equipment, creating choreography, boom stick chords, identify instruments in song

2nd: Sunset- Native American culture/instruments, use symbols as art to represent lyrics

3rd: Play 9 & 10, complete a timed Madminute sheet with notes B, A, G, E. Assign number 11

4/5/6: S. will form small groups to compose their own bucket drumming ostinato to the song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

Chorus: please check your emails/FB page for all upcoming concert info. Hard copy information is also available on my bulletin board for students to take home!

April: Week 1

Kdg: Soap & Water, learning activity, boom sticks, apply

1st Grade: Shortnin' Bread, story and discuss meaning, sing, dance, boom stick chords.

2nd Grade:Old John Braddelum: half note, rhyming words, wood block performance.

3rd Grade: Hot Cross Buns playing test. Prepare the variation with ti-ti for next class.

4/5/6: Begin Come Together by The Beatles. Work on difficult patterns very slowly for the assessment.

Rotation 3 in March

KDG: Lion's Lullaby, soft, chords, broken chord style, boomsticks

1st: Going Over the Sea, rhyming words, dance choreography, create new rhyming words and choreography for a class performance

2nd: Ise Oluwa, Africa, African instruments, music in Africa, ostinato, melody, harmony

3rd: Practice # 6 & 7

4/5/6: Begin Can't Stop the Feeling Bucket Drumming song

Happy Music In Our School Month

Kdg: Ya, Ya, Ya, Africa Lullaby, drum/maraca performance, boomstick chords

1st: Acka, Backa, Soda, Cracka, Tempo, steady beat game, body percussion

2nd: Waddaly Atcha, non-sense words, hand jive, creating new hand jive movements

3rd: G-A-B Mad Minute staff worksheet. Perform song # 5. Song # 6 & 7 assigned for next class.

4/5/6: We will finish Rolling in the Deep during this rotation of bucket drumming.

Rotation 1 in March

K: Circle Round the Zero, following directions in song lyrics, ostnato chords on boomsticks

1st: El Coqui, performing 2 different chords on boomsticks

2nd: How Good and Joyous, 3 different percussion ostinatos at the same time, ensemble

3rd: Song 3 & 4 Due, complete note names at bottom of page, individual lessons with teacher

4/5/6: bucket drumming, Rolling in the Deep, reading percussion notation

Rotation 3 In Feb.

KDG: Allee, Allee O! Discuss boats, play game, boomstick chord accompaniment

1st: Clap Your Hands. Loud vs Soft opposite words, boomstick chord accompaniment

2nd: Old Dan Tucker. Country style, tall tales, chorus/verse, play game with song

3rd: Practice Songs 1, 2, and 3. B & A should be easy for you to read and play on the recorder while practicing at home.

4/5/6: Begin bucket drumming unit. Expectations, procedures, equipment, notation, parts of bucket, stick technique, song practice, clean up procedures.