Music Agenda 4/7-4/11

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   Week of 4/31-4/4 Students will be on Spring Break
   
   
   Kindergarten-  "Johnny Works with one hammer", "Hickory Dickory Dock" "Stars and Stripe Forever", "The Washing Machine Surprise", "Hickety Tickety Bumble Bee", "Old Macdonald", we are working on  creating steady beat with instruments- using these songs.
   
   
   1st Grade: We will be watching the K-2 Program from last year.  Students will be evaluating their performance and the other groups in the program
   
   
   2nd Grade: Boomwhackers in music, let's play.  We will also learn about other instruments in the classroom and world cultures. 
   
   
   3rd Grade:  We will be reading music and playing barred instruments.  We will focus on different standards for each class period.  Here are the standards we will be covering 3.2.1 Echo melodic and rhythmic patterns.,3.2.2  Play given pitch patterns on a mallet instrument, keyboard, or recorder., 3.2.3  Play instruments in a group with a steady beat, appropriate dynamics, and correct technique., 3.2.4  Use correct names for classroom instruments including those from world cultures.3.2.5  Play four-measure melodies on pitched percussion instruments.3.2.6  Play ostinato accompaniments on pitched and non-pitched classroom instruments, independently and with others. 3.2.7  Follow the cues of a conductor. 
   

   
   
   4th Grade: Recorders!!! Students will need to bring them to every class period.  Students will need to practice at home!  Students will be "Hot Cross Buns" due after break.  We worked in class on it.  They are welcome to start the 2nd song "Gently Sleep" and beyond they will play for grades.
   
   
   5th-  We will begin looking at piano playing.  Students will learn some basic piano skills using the IPADs, books and print offs as keyboards. 
   
   
   Annual Fund Dinner Class(AFD) students need to keep practicing lines, we are forgetting them.  Students are improving daily with singing!  The music in the show is very difficult, and they kids are really giving it their all! We have added at Friday Night show May 9th to the public, so please make sure students are available that night! 
   
   6th- RESPONDING TO MUSIC: Presentations of instruments with sound clips.  We will be learning about different voicing types and which vocal ranges we fall into.  Also working on expanding our vocal range with warm ups.
   
   
   7th-  7.8.2  Define the physical properties of sound including frequency, amplitude, and wavelength.  How does sound connect to Science?  They will watch "Bill Nye" and learn about the science of music and sound.  They will write about what they learn. We will be doing experiments to see how science is music. 

   
   
   
   
   8th- RESPONDING TO MUSIC:  Students will begin using choir chimes in class and playing as an ensemble.