Sept 25-Oct 1

Kdg: National Anthem review; Head and Shoulders, tempo, drum and maraca performance

1st: Chicka Hanka, trains, 'sidetrack,' repeated patterns, egg shakers performance

2nd: Shake Hands, Mary, steady beat with body movements, create new body movements in small groups, perform new patterns with song, non-sense syllables

3rd: Stodola Pumpa, tempo, non-sense syllables, wood block performance

4th: Joe Turner Blues, Blues vs Jazz style describe vocal technique, perform rhythm game to blues song

5th: Come and Go With Me to that Land, gospel style, tambourine, performance on beats 2 & 4

6th: Continue working on rap writing, research, brainstorm

Sept 18-24

KDG: National Anthem, history, vocabulary, egg shakers

First: Beat vs No Beat practice quiz, rhythm review/woodblock performance

Second: Springtime Has Come, Japanese music, gong

Third: Supermarket Shuffle, rap, write and perform rap sentence to rap track

Fourth: Steady Silent beat, jazz style, non-sense syllables, percussion performance

Fifth: Tzena, 4/4, conduct, chord, tonechime/boomstick performance

Sixth: Pick groups, charities, research to create new rap lyrics to the 2010 version of We Are the World

September Week 2

Kindergarten: Fingerplay activities, rhythm reading, writing, performance activities on drums

First Grade: Walk Right In, steady beat in feet, beat vs. no beat, rhythm reading, writing, performance activities on drums

Second Grade: Down, Down Baby, hand clapping games, create hand clapping game in small groups with performance

Third Grade: Rockin' Robin, review verse/chorus, sing, perform tambourine patterns as accompaniment, watch Jackson 5 version on YouTube

Fourth Grade: Rock Around the Clock, chorus/verse/introduction/interlude/chord vocab words, discuss Elvis, perform boomstick chords

Fifth Grade: Roll On Columbia, melody, harmony, descant, meter in 3/4, conduct, Woodie Guthrie, boomstick chord performance

Sixth Grade: We Are the World, compare/contrast old vs. new, watch both YouTube videos, worth 10 pts


CHORUS SLIPS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED!!!! Our first rehearsal will be September 18th during recess time.

Welcome Back 2018-19

Chorus will begin on September 18th! I will collect permission slips until then.

4th Grade Show The Great Big Holiday Bake-Off

5th Grade Show Karaoke Christmas

6th Grade Show Santa's Holiday Playlist

Chorus will meet every day 1 & 6 during recess.

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.