Agenda's for PK-8th

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Music Agenda 2/24-2/28

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 

Kindergarten- RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  Our focus will be on K.8.1  Describe musical concepts of high or low, fast or slow, and loud or soft through moving or drawing. "Hush Little Baby", "If your happy and you know it", "2 Little Sausages", "Surprise Symphony",  Loud and Soft: "Hush Little Baby", "If your happy and you know it", "2 Little Sausages", "Surprise Symphony",  Fast and slow: "Get on Board", "Paige's Train", Train story, "Engine Engine", "the Old Gray Cat", High and Low with Beaker and"Paige's train again", "Seesaw", "Bow Wow Wow", "Cookoo Cookoo", "Up down all through the town", "Andy Pandy"



1st Grade: We will be exploring, RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.  Our focus will be on 1.6.3  Identify phrases of a song as same or different and listen for repetition of phrases. Students will identify same and different by listening to the piano. Class 1: looking at an example of music, finding the repeating phrases, what is the same and what is different on SMARTboard, listening to classical piece and identifying repetition and differences in the phrases, Class 2: practice with 3 songs to identify while looking at the music


2nd Grade:RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding music in relation to history and culture. Our focus will be 2.9.1  Discuss suitable music for various special occasions and the role it plays. - hats in our culture… Students will get to choose if they want to draw a picture and have the class guess the song title or students will draw a picture on a hat, and we will post on  a bulletin board.

3rd Grade: RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  We will focus on 3.8.2  Interpret an aural musical example using dance, drama, art, or writing.  Stations… Students are creating and working in groups on "The Marriage of Figaro", we will be discussing its history and information and performing our interpretations. 

4th Grade:CREATING MUSIC: Fourth grade took note identification quizzes.  We are going to do some further work to make sure all understand the treble musical staff. When students are proficient they will be working on a composing activity. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.  We will focus on 4.4.1  Compose a melody for a verse of a selected poem and notate it using traditional or electronic means.  Students will need a tablet if they have one, and is able to bring to school to use for our class.

5th- Procedures  CREATING MUSIC: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.  We will focus on 5.4.1  We are still working on music terms from two weeks ago.  We should get through that information in our first class next week and dive into our creating lesson. Plan and perform rhythmic speech compositions with text based on themes such as names, states, or famous people. Include performance indicators such as tempo and dynamics.  Students draw to find their theme.  Students use tablets to create fact lists.  

Annual Fund Dinner Class(AFD) Choreography, part singing, prop list, practice time. We are working on putting it all together!  The kids are working hard, and be asked to do a lot of work to get this show ready.  We have had so much leadership step forward.  Special Thanks to Mr. Moran for all his work on the stage thus far, many hours have gone into get our stage ready.  Thank you to Miss Richardson, Mrs. Welty and Mrs. Newhart for their hard work and time thus far…It takes a great team to make a great show.

6th- RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music, focus on 6.6.5  Visually and aurally identify traditional string, wind, and percussion instruments, folk instruments, electronic instruments, and those from world cultures. Homework due: required pictures, required facts, required technology.  All students need notebooks, folders, pencil and planner.  I am still missing some homework from students, please check in to make sure they are getting their work done...

7th-  RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  With a focus on 7.8.3  Identify and label the basic anatomy of the ear and discuss healthy listening habits. Deaf Demonstration:  and video. We will be reading this article...Healthy Listening, http://www.howtolearn.com/2011/12/harmful-listening-habits-may-result-in-early-hearing-loss/   

Homework:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Oy4lodZU4, answer question with secretive.com  Classtime: Diagram of ear- Color and label in class, make model out of clay- who will win?

8th- RESPONDING TO MUSIC:  We are still finishing our Jackson Pollock instrumental creations, when they are complete we will be focusing on Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  We will focus on 8.8.2  Interpret an example of absolute music, such as a movement from a Mozart concerto, through drawing and poetry or descriptive writing.  Students in groups of 3, provide with a piece for them to find on youtube.com; will be compete for best created trio at the end of class. 

Friday, February 14, 2014

Music Agenda 2/17-2/21

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 

Kindergarten- 
RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  Our focus will be on K.8.1  Describe musical concepts of high or low, fast or slow, and loud or soft through moving or drawing.


1st Grade: We will be exploring, RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.  Our focus will be on 1.6.3  Identify phrases of a song as same or different and listen for repetition of phrases. Music Note Head bands to show same and different, students playing same and different phrases on the piano, Class 2: looking at an example of music, finding the repeating phrases, what is the same and what is different on SMARTboard, listening to classical piece and identifying repetition and differences in the phrases, Class 3: practice with 3 songs to identify while looking at the music


2nd Grade:RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding music in relation to history and culture. Our focus will be 2.9.1  Discuss suitable music for various special occasions and the role it plays. - hats in our cultureWhat Holiday would I celebrate in this hat?  Students will draw a hat from a holiday and write the title of an important song with the holiday, and we will post on bulletin board

3rd Grade: RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  We will focus on 3.8.2  Interpret an aural musical example using dance, drama, art, or writing.  Stations...

4th Grade:CREATING MUSIC: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.  We will focus on 4.4.1  Compose a melody for a verse of a selected poem and notate it using traditional or electronic means.  Students will need a tablet if they have one, and is able to bring to school to use for our class.

5th- Procedures  CREATING MUSIC: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.  We will focus on 5.4.1  Plan and perform rhythmic speech compositions with text based on themes such as names, states, or famous people. Include performance indicators such as tempo and dynamics.  Students draw to find their theme.  Students use tablets to create fact lists.  
Annual Fund Dinner Class(AFD) Choreography, part singing, prop list, practice time.
6th- RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music, focus on 6.6.5  Visually and aurally identify traditional string, wind, and percussion instruments, folk instruments, electronic instruments, and those from world cultures. Homework due: required pictures, required facts, required technology.  All students need notebooks, folders, pencil and planner.  Creating presentation as a class.

7th-  RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  With a focus on 7.8.3  Identify and label the basic anatomy of the ear and discuss healthy listening habits. Deaf Demonstration:  and video. Healthy Listening, http://www.howtolearn.com/2011/12/harmful-listening-habits-may-result-in-early-hearing-loss/   Homework:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Oy4lodZU4, answer question, Classtime: Diagram of ear- Color and label in class http://faculty.alverno.edu/bowneps/BI%20231%20course%20documents/Anatomy%20sheets/Sensory%20Organs_files/ear.JPG, make model out of clay- get judged for winner...

8th- RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.  We will focus on 8.8.2  Interpret an example of absolute music, such as a movement from a Mozart concerto, through drawing and poetry or descriptive writing.  Students in groups of 3, provide with a piece for them to find on youtube.com; will be compete for best created trio at the end of class. 

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Music Agenda 2/10-2/15

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
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org 

Kindergarten-“Hello Song”, “Goodbye Song”, Space Adventure, rhythm Sticks with “Amos Ados”, zum gali and “Holy Spirit School Song”, How does your garden grow, ABC, 5 Green and Speckled Frogs, The days of the week

1st Grade: “Welcome Song”, “Piggy Bank”, Repeating rhythms with instruments, Body percussion with rhythms, Dancin Machine, “Holy Spirit School Song”, 1,2 Buckle my shoe, musicians in our community

2nd Grade: Procedures, “How do you do and shake hands”, “Holy Spirit School Song”, playing instruments, Directions of notes in a song, describe aural example through movement

3rd Grade:  “Hello Hello Hello”, “Holy Spirit School Song” , Forms in music, Sally Goodin, Whole number counting songs

4th Grade:  “Holy Spirit School Song”, Austrian Went Yodeling, Dinah, Whole number counting songs, Notes, values, the staff, whole number counting songs

5th- Procedures  “We’re Gonna Rock” with instruments, “Holy Spirit School Song”, Practicing singing technique, whole number counting songs, Music Vocab from Quizlet.com

Middle School classes were canceled last week, due to snow delays...
Annual Fund Dinner Class(AFD) There have been a few scheduling changes for after school practices.  Due to snow delays, we have missed practice time.  I sent home updated schedules for kids.  We are asking that kids attend all practices from here on out. 

6th- Mass Practice and talent show work, “Holy Spirit School Song”, identifying instruments from various cultures and traditional instruments by listening and seeing, whole number counting songs

7th- Mass practice, “Holy Spirit School Song”, Focus on Vocal Technique, properly using the voice, whole number counting songs

8th- Mass practice “Holy Spirit School Song”Jackson Pollock, identifying an creating music composition Presentations, whole number counting songs

Music Agenda 2/7-2/11

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 

Kindergarten-“Hello Song”, “Goodbye Song”, Space Adventure, rhythm Sticks with “Amos Ados”, zum gali and Golden Flute, “Holy Spirit School Song”, How does your garden grow, ABC, 5 Green and Speckled Frogs, The days of the week, Barnyard Banter, 5 Little muffins, Beaker returns…

1st Grade: “Welcome Song”, “Piggy Bank”, Repeating rhythms with instruments, Body percussion with rhythms, Dancin Machine, “Holy Spirit School Song”, 1,2 Buckle my shoe, musicians in our community, reading note types and assessment.
2nd Grade: Procedures, “How do you do and shake hands”, “Holy Spirit School Song”, playing instruments, Directions of notes in a song, describe aural example through movement.  Students will practice reading note on the musical staff, students will have an assessment at their second class next week for Music.
3rd Grade:  “Hello Hello Hello”, “Holy Spirit School Song” , Forms in music, Sally Goodin, Whole number counting songs, students will practice identification practice, students will create AB, ABA or rondo form songs
4th Grade:  “Holy Spirit School Song”, Whole number counting songs, Notes, values, the staff, whole number counting songs, we are working with identification of note name on the treble staff.  I asked them to their tablets, phones, IPADs or anything they can use to surf the internet.  For student who brought them already, we tried to play some games on the internet, but they were not compatible, so we downloaded some free apps.  If students could bring them again next week, if they have them, that would be great!
5th- Procedures  “Holy Spirit School Song”, Practicing singing technique, whole number counting songs, Music Vocab from Quizlet.com

Middle School classes were canceled last week, due to snow delays...
Annual Fund Dinner Class(AFD) Hello parents, a few things…Off book is on Friday, please have students continue to work.  Although the new schedule has scene numbers, we are asking that all students attend. 

6th- Mass Practice and talent show work, “Holy Spirit School Song”, identifying instruments from various cultures and traditional instruments by listening and seeing, whole number counting songs
7th- Mass practice, “Holy Spirit School Song”, Focus on Vocal Technique, properly using the voice, whole number counting songs
8th- Mass practice “Holy Spirit School Song”Jackson Pollock, identifying an creating music composition Presentations, whole number counting songs,