PK Mc- We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. We will be continue working with the John Fierabend Curriculum which assists kids in learning to hear pitches, use their voices and steady beat in early voice development. The activities we will will do are "Ice Cream", "A man went up in an airplane", "Freeze Dance", "I am a pizza", "Itsey Bitsy Spider, ABC Rock, Drumming the beat, and learning a few Nursery Rhymes. Students also will be visiting our musical bird puppet beaker, he makes silly sounds to help them explore their voices! We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
K-The book and song, We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians."This little light of Mine", clapping game "Sailor", review "Ruma Tum Tum", Hello Song, Goodbye songs, Warming up dance, Students will have a fall program on Oct 29th, at 7:00pm, they will be singing "Be Nice Today, Who Built the Ark, Animals Loaded two by two, and "We all celebrate". We will begin practicing this week and continue until the program. We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
1-We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. "Miss Mary Mack" clapping song, Students will have a fall program on Oct 29th, at 7:00pm. We will be working motions, songs and lines the next few weeks. The songs we will be working on are, "A Bunch of Animals", "Wings of a Dove", "The Rainbow" and "We all celebrate" We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
2- We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. "Frog in the bucket", "Human Chain game", Students will have a fall program on Oct 29th, at 7:00pm. We will be working motions, songs and lines the next few weeks. The songs we will be working on are, "Candle on the Water", "Wonderful World", "Old Ark" and "We all celebrate" We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
3-We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. "Supermarket Shuffle", The Christmas Program will be on Dec. 3rd at 7:00, We will begin working songs in October. Some skills we will focus on this quarter, Sight Reading rhythmically, Melodically with Solfege, Steps and Skips identification, Musical terms with word wall, Interpret notated music through visual, aural, and kinesthetic means,We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
4-We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. "Austrian Went Yodeling", The Christmas Program is on Dec. 3rd at 7:00. Sight Reading rhythmically, Melodically with Solfege, Sharps, Flats, Naturals in the Keys of C,G, F, Musical terms found within the music. We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
5- We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. Band and Choir split within the curriculum- Please mark your calendars!!! There will be a meeting for all 5th grade parents to discuss instruments on September 1st, at 7:00. On Tuesday of this week students will be trying instruments with the music professionals at Musicians Repair during our class period. Students will engaging in participating with instruments and singing in the same class. Students will still participate in the Christmas Program, Dec. 3rd at 7:00. Students will not only sing, but will also perform an instrumental piece! We will work on our theme Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
Guitars- They are working with Mrs. Newhart, her email is sandranewhart@yahoo.com Students will work on music reading, Mass music, chords, and program pieces.
Bands- Mrs. Michele Epple is the band instructor this year, mepple@holyspirit-indy.org. Any band questions, please send her an email.
Class Choir- We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians.Yonder Come Day, Roadkill Stew, Rhythm Reading, Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree.
Performance Choir- We are starting Class with a prayer for musicians. Fruits of the spirit commitment and Fruits of the Spirit Tree, Solfege Round, This Flag we fly, Mass Practice, Keys to good singing and Warm ups.
Performance Important dates!!!
September 1st 7:00- 5th grade band meeting for parents
Oct. 29th- K-2 Fall program -Noah's Journey
Dec. 3rd-3-5 Christmas program-The Unfriendly Beasts
Performance Choir field trip-TBD
December 9th- Band, Guitar and Performance Choir Concert
Breakfast with Santa- Dec. 12th (Performance Choir requirement)
Annual Fund Dinner Auditions-TBD
Graduation Mass- June 1st(Performance Choir Requirement, excluding 8th grade)
