Music Agenda 1/26-1/30

Kindergarten- We are reviewing Steady Beat, soft and loud, fast and slow we will begin to work on rests in music.  We will be moving, singing, and playing instruments with the song.  We will be learning about and singing question and answer songs such as "Doggie Doggie", "Here is the Bee Hive", "All the Little Ducklings", "The Wild Horseman". 

First Grade-  Students will review notes and reading rhythms.  Students will continue practice writing notes and rhythms for identification practice.  We will also begin to look at sofege(Do, Re, Mi).  We will begin to start reading with Solfege. We will write notes that we have already learned. We will expand our solfege knowledge by using John Feierabend Curriulum.  We are working on the 2nd year lessons, There's a hole in my bucket to enhance the singing voice.

Second Grade-  We will finish with identifying instruments in a family with the listening cards.   We will listen and respond to the story, "Peter and the Wolf", the book tells the story using instruments that depict the different animals in the story.

Third Grade-   We will be learning some new terms in music to add to our word wall. Tempo, dynamics, articulation, rhythmic and melodic through movements, writing and illustration and movement stations. We will identify the musical instruments by sight and sound. 

Fourth Grade- We will continue to learn new terms; dynamics,  articulation, Tempo, rhythm, melody in music and applying them to our music and seeing how they are used with different pieces and songs. We will begin writing a portfolio with illustrations of music experiences in our lives following the prompts in class.  Writing prompts will be graded using the ISTEP rubric.

Fifth Grade-  We will continue to practice the states and capital song.  We will work on patriotic songs, and read an article about the National Anthem and do some questions to work towards ISTEP- https://newsela.com/articles/anthem-manuscript/id/4376/.  We will studying the piece, Johnny has gone for a soldier.  Students will listen to the songs and research what the song is really about.

Annual Fund Dinner(AFD) Little Mermaid Jr.-  We are working on songs during the school day.  Students will be bringing home a list of their personal props to start gathering.  We will be blocking the scenes after school.  Practices after school will take place in the music room until practices are over for basketball.  I will update you as I get more information.  

Band- Band is a busy place to be!  We have students that are learning choir chimes through the direction of Mrs. Epple.  Some students new to band are learning recorder fingerings and music.  The students who have been in band all year are continue to fine tune their skills.  Please make sure your child is bringing their instruments Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri.  The instruments need to be here for them to play, we want them progressing.  Students are learning about how to read music, practice and how they can improve themselves musically.

Any questions please contact me, I am here to advance your child musically!

Angela Simms
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org
317-352-1243