Agenda's for PK-8th

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Music Agenda 4/1-4/5

If you need anything, please give me a call or email me...I am here for your child and you!!
352-1243
Mrs. Angela Simms

asimms@holyspirit-indy.org

It was a great week!   

AFD Parents: We are doing  a Saturday Tech practice to work on scenery and props.  Kids will be painting, drawing, cutting and gluing... so old clothes, please. April 6th from 9:00 AM-2:00P.M. Pizza is provided for lunch, please send them with drinks or pop machine money.  If any parent wants to donate snacks, please let me know!  All are welcome to help, we have plenty to do! Please let me know if you child cannot attend!   If you child is on props crew, it is essential they are here!

Kindergarten: 
Composers in history, we will discuss what a musician is, and why they write music.  We listened to Mussorgsky's "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks". We will listen to Copland, and Vivaldi while moving and then draw pictures to depict what each piece is about.

1st grade :
We will listen and identify instrumental, environmental and vocal sounds we hear.   We will also dicsuss the importance that these sounds play in our lives daily.

 2nd Grade:
Students will be listening as we identify changes in tempo and dynamics in different Instrumental pieces such as "Rite of Spring" by Stavinsky, Shostakovitch's "Symhony No. 9", "Claire De Lune" by Debussy, and "Surprise Symphony" by Haydn. 

3rd Grade:
Students will be given a poem and they will put instruments with it to create a music piece.

4th Grade: 
Recorders!!!  Students will practice; Mrs. Eastman's class is working on "Gently Sleep.  Ms. Glenn's class, it just playing currently, they have not been through the first song due to scheduling. The mouth pieces can be removed if they want to practice the fingerings, in the event that you prefer no sound. :)

5th grade:
Notes and Solfege work continued, Quiz next week for McMahon's class! Mrs. Elliot’s classes quiz will be the following week, due to scheduling.

Annual Fund Dinner Class 
Encourage kids to work on lines, dances, and singing.  We will be a having a day a work for props and scenery.  On SATURDAY, April 6th.  We will get here at 9:00 and work until 2:00.  Pizza will be provided, please send kids with money for pop from the machine or with drinks and other snacks.  If any parent wants to donate for the kids other snacks, please let me know!  It will be fun, any and all help is welcomed!

Jubilance Choir
Participates weekly in the Wednesday Masses and some students canter on Friday Masses, throughout the year.  Since Annual Fund practice has begun, please look for updates under that section. 

6th Grade:
Students were to research a career in the music field, a few students did not get it finished in class and it is now homework.  Please check your child's planner, because it will be in there if you have any homework. We will listen to the pieces of music that the students researched last week, "Blowin in the Wind", "I am Women" and "Yankee Doodle" to see how the songs came about due to society at the time!  We were not able to get through the songs this week.

7th Grade:
Students will be playing instruments in stations.  The instrument stations will include; Piano, Barred Instruments, and rhythm instruments.  Students will have a task to complete at each station which will require them to play the instruments and the music pieces in front of them.

8th Grade:
Students will be improvising music in stations.  In groups, they will pick poems and create an instrumental accompaniment to go with the poems.  Students will act out card they are given by creating sound effects for each card.  Students will use the computers to change or arrange a short song to make it their own.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Music Agenda 3/25-3/29

If you need anything, please give me a call or email me...I am here for your child and you!!
352-1243
Mrs. Angela Simms
 
Have a safe and relaxing Spring Break! 
 
Kindergarten: 
Compoers in history, we will dicuss what a musician is, and why they write music.  We will listen to Copland, Vivaldi, and Mussorgsky while moving and then draw pictures to depict what each piece is about.

1st grade :
 Mood in music, how does it effect our mood?

 2nd Grade:
Listening as we compare and contact changes in tempo and dynamics.  Finding Repetition and Contrast in musical lines and songs


3rd Grade:
Students will performed their improvised dances.  Students will create in small groups new questions they will sing.  Students will create songs with the use of body percussion.

4th Grade: 
Recorders!!!  All students should have their recorders over break.  We will start working on Hot Cross Buns.  The mouth pieces can be removed if they want to practice the fingerings, in the event that you prefer no sound. :)
 
5th grade:
Notes and Solfege work continued!

Annual Fund Dinner Class 
We are cleaning the dances, you will most likely get an email from me with a video clip for the kids to watch and learn a little dancing.  I told the kids not to worry about spending too much time, it will not be difficult.  Please encourage them to fit in wherever they can.

Jubilance Choir
Particpates weekly in the Wednesday Masses and some students canter on Friday Masses, throughout the year.  Since Annual Fund practice has begun, please look for updates under that section. 

6th Grade:
We will listen to the pieces of music that the students researched last week, "Blowin in the Wind", "I am Women" and "Yankee Doodle" to see how the songs came about due to society at the time!  
 
7th Grade:
Cultural Music and part singing!  Utilizing musical terms while singing.  Learning about other cultures!
 
8th Grade:
Choir Chimes, students will read music and play instruments.  Utilizing chords, and other musical terms as they play again, the music is more complex.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Music Agenda 3/11-3/15

If you need anything, please give me a call or email me...I am here for your child and you!!
352-1243
Mrs. Angela Simms
Kindergarten: 
Students improvising with instruments, Found items, and body percussion when given a prompt by the teacher.   Students improvising with their voices by answering questions about themselves.

1st grade :
 Dynamics in music through movement, listening and singing.


 2nd Grade:
Third Quarter review, what we have learned about the last 9 weeks since Christmas. 

3rd Grade:
Students improvising answers to questions in complete sentances and will be creating their own music questions for peers to answer. They will be doing free improvisation with the "Hello Hello Hello" using body percussion.  Students will in be groups, pick a song and create dance moves to accompany song.  


4th Grade: 
Recorders!!!  Students must have recorders at school on Monday for class.  If you ordered a recorder through me, I will send them home with the kids as soon as they come in.   They should arrive by the end of the week.
5th grade:
Notes and Solfege work

Annual Fund Dinner Class 
Students need to keep working on lines and music.

Jubilance Choir
Particpates weekly in the Wednesday Masses and some students canter on Friday Masses, throughout the year.  Since Annual Fund practice has begun, please look for updates under that section. 

6th Grade:
Researcing how music has been effected through historical events.
7th Grade:
Cultural Music and part singing!  Utilizing musical terms while singing.
8th Grade:
Choir Chimes, students will read music and play instruments.  Utilizing chords, and other musical terms as they play.