9-19-11 Agenda

Here is the agenda, no weekly updates for next week, please just check your class on the agenda!
PK:
Slide Whistle
No More Pie
Frog in the Meadow
"I speak Like This, I sing like this"
Warmin Up
Chop Chop Chippety Chop
Sports Dance
Listen Listen
Keeping the beat #20
Had a Little Rooster

Kindergarten:
Quarter notes and rests
Johnny Works with One Hammer
Stars and Stripes Forever
Miss Polly
The Body Rock
A Walking We Will Go
Rum Tum Tum
Rhythm Sticks, Zum Gali Gali
Hickory
Washing Machine Surprise!

1st grade:
Old Brass Wagon
Number Game
I Like potatoes
Black Snake
Learning about notes- names and syllables quarter, half, and two eighths
Farmer in the Dell

2nd and 2/3 grade: (All students in grade 3 will have third grade level work)
Hokey pokey notes
Note Flash Cards- 3rd grade has the addition of the whole note
Go Fish Notes!quarter, dotted quarter, eighth notes, half, sixteenth notes and rests
Kids in classes 2 and 2/3 will be "country kids" or cowboys or girls for the Christmas Program, if you could start thinking about some costume ideas, I would appreciate it!

3rd grade Mrs. Ray's:
Program Work:
Vampire Cowboy-
Halloween T Rex
Thriller
Purple People Eater- assessment on memorization

4th grade Eastman
Program Work:
GhostBusters- - assessment on memorization
Halloween Rap
The Sounds of the Night-
Thriller

4/5 Glenn
Monster Mash
The Spooky boogie-- assessment on memorization
Mwa Ha ha -
Thriller

5 McMahon
Thriller
Guesome
Do the Igor Groaner assessment on memorization

6 General Music:
"The Rose"- breath control, posture, pitch, diction, tone quality
Note cards complete and game, looking at meters
Musical Terms individual and group work



7 General Music:
"Yonder Come day" breath control, posture, pitch, diction, tone quality
Musical Terms individual and group work
Note cards complete and game, looking at meters


8 General Music:
"God Bless the USA" breath control, posture, pitch, diction, tone quality
Musical Terms individual and group work
Note cards complete and game, looking at meters


Jubilance:
Mass Practice
Dona Nobis Pacem
Count your Blessings
Goals
Sight Reading
Conferences
Poem

Important Updates!!!
Sunday Masses have been changed, The first Mass is October 9th at 12:00, please be here at 11:30 in the music room!

Choir Polo's need to be in tomorrow, if there is an issue...please let me know I need the order form and the money.

Please check grades weekly through the grade book link on the front of the page, I will always keep you up to date of any concerns I am seeing with you child also!

In all classes all students now have jobs in the music room. Ask them about their job and how they are doing. Some are doing a great job....Very Responsible....Our lifeline focus at school this month!

Agenda 9-12-11

Here is the agenda, no weekly updates for next week, please just check your class on the agenda!
PK:
Slide Whistle
No More Pie
Frog in the Meadow
"I speak Like This, I sing like this"
Warmin Up
Chop Chop Chippety Chop
Sports Dance
Listen Listen
Keeping the beat #20
Had a Little Rooster

Kindergarten:
Quarter notes and rests
Johnny Works with One Hammer
Stars and Stripes Forever
Miss Polly
The Body Rock
A Walking We Will Go
Rum Tum Tum
Rhythm Sticks, Zum Gali Gali

1st grade:
Old Brass Wagon
Number Game
I Like potatos
Black Snake
Learning about notes- names and syllables
Farmer in the Dell

2nd and 2/3 grade: (All students in grade 3 will have third grade level work)
Hokey pokey notes
Note Flash Cards
Go Fish Notes!
Kids in classes 2 and 2/3 will be "country kids" or cowboys or girls for the Christmas Program, if you could start thinking about some costume ideas, I would appreciate it!

3rd grade Mrs. Ray's:
Program Work:
Vampire Cowboy- assessment on memorization
Halloween T Rex
Thriller
Purple People Eater

4th grade Eastman
Program Work:
GhostBusters
Halloween Rap
The Sounds of the Night- assessment on memorization
Thriller

4/5 Glenn
Monster Mash
The Spooky boogie
Mwa Ha ha -assessment on memorization
Thriller

5 McMahon
Thriller
Guesome Groaner assessment on memorization
Do the Igor

6 General Music:
"The Rose"
Preassessment of music knowledge
Learning about notes...the game


7 General Music:
"Yonder Come day"
preassessment of music knowledge
Learning about notes...the game


8 General Music:
"God Bless the USA"
Preassessment of music knowledge
Learning about notes...the game

Jubilance:
Mass Practice
Dona Nobis Pacem
Preassessment of basic knowledge
Count your Blessings
Goals
Sight Reading
Conferences

Important Updates!!!
Sunday Masses have been changed, the calendar will reflect this change.  Sunday Masses will be the second sunday in October, Novemember, February, March, and May.  These Masses are 12:00, students should be in uniform and in the music room by 11:30.  Students who attend all the Jubilance Sunday Masses will be rewarded, more details to come.

Agenda 9-5-11

Hello!  Things are really moving in music this week.  We have spent the last few weeks having fun together and getting to know one another, now it is music time!  In grades K-2 and 6-8 and choir. We are beginning to work on standard 5, one of the most important standards becasue it involves reading and decoding music.  Students in Mrs. Ray's class and grades 4 and 5 are working on program music for the October 20th, Halloween Program. PK is always a little different academically because they have integrated curriculum which focused on many musical tasks at one in progression.  Below is a more detailed agenda of what students are doing, please as them about it! As always if you have questions, please let me know!

PK:
No class this week due to the holiday!

Kindergarten:
Johnny Works with One Hammer
Stars and Stripes Forever
Miss Polly
The Body Rock
A Walking We Will Go

1st grade:
Old Brass Wagon
Number Game
I Like potatos
Black Snake
Learning about notes- names and syllables

2nd and 2/3 grade: (All students in grade 3 will have third grade level work)
Brown Bread and Butter
Hokey pokey notes
Note Flash Cards

3rd grade Mrs. Ray's:
Program Work:
Vampire Cowboy
Halloween T Rex
Thriller
Purple People Eater

4th grade Eastman
Program Work:
GhostBusters
Halloween Rap
The Sounds of the Night
Thriller

4/5 Glenn
Monster Mash
The Spooky boogie
Mwa Ha ha
Thriller

5 McMahon
Thriller
Guesome Groaner
Do the Igor

6 General Music:
"The Rose"
Smarts Quiz
Preassessment of music knowledge

7 General Music:
"Yonder Come day"
Smarts Quiz
Preassessment of music knowledge

8 General Music:
"God Bless the USA"
Smarts Quiz
Preassessment of music knowledge

Jubilance:
Mass Practice
Dona Nobis Pacem
Conferences
Preassessment of basic knowledge
Smarts Quiz
Sight Reading
Important Updates!!!
Sunday Masses have been changed, the calendar will reflect this change.  Sunday Masses will be the second sunday in October, Novemember, February, March, and May.  These Masses are 12:00, students should be in uniform and in the music room by 11:30.  Students who attend all the Jubilance Sunday Masses will be rewarded, more details to come.

Agenda 8-29-11

Hello everyone,

For those of you who were followers last year!  I wanted to change the page around for this year!  I will be posting all agendas on this front page instead of the tab so if the agenda is changed for the following week you are still able to view it.  I moved the events for this year under the events tab also.  All homework and classes will be listed on the posted agenda weekly.  For the last two weeks of school I always focus on activities that help reinforce procedures, and relationships with my students.  My goal is for them to be comfortable with me and for them to get to know each other. 

The week of the 29th will be more "getting to know you" activities accept for students in Mrs. Ray's 3rd grade class, Mrs. Eastman's, Ms. Glenn's and Mrs. McMahon's classes who begin their program preparation.  They will be starring in a Halloween Program on October 20th at 7:00 in the gym. Costumes and more details will follow in later agendas.  I hope the kids have come home and talked to you already about what they have been learning, if not....please ask :) Having the communication at home reinforces what they do at school is important!

As always I am here for you for whatever you need, the future agendas will be more detailed, class by class!  Hope the year is starting well for everyone! Any questions!  asimms@holyspirit-indy.org

Mrs. Simms

Can you believe it is the last week!?

What a great year it has been in the music room! The kids have grown so much! The hard work the kids did was apparent in the concerts, programs and the Annual Fund Dinner. Next week we will watching our programs in most classes and evaluating them, what can we fix for next year and what did we excel at! In Choir and Band we will be finishing up projects..the kids are doing tremendous! Sadly no PK and Kindergarten...what a fun group of kids can't wait to see them again next year. Band Sign ups for next year are outside my door, please have students do so during their lunch before Friday. Grades 6-8 Choir sign ups for next year are also outside the music, an audition schedule will be given to teachers for Friday May 4 during the school day in the morning. Students need to come prepared with a song. Please only encourage students to audition if they are very interested and commit to the choir program. Any questions, please let me know! 5th graders interested in choir will be selected at the beginning of the year. Have a great summer!

What Nice weather!

Hello!  Things are going well in the music room at Holy Spirit. A Reminder, Jubilance Members will be cantering for the Mass on June 1st at 7:00 for 8th grade graduation and at the 12:00 Mass on Sunday June 5th.  Band and Choir Students will be doing music projects for the following weeks with Mrs. Simms, students will receive rubrics on Monday.  PK-1 are reviewing songs and learning some new ones, they have beautiful voices!  All other grades are working on standards 8 and 9. Check out the agendas for more detailed information!  Please let me know if you need anything!  Thank you everyone that made Teacher Appreciation Week so special, I felt very loved!  I feel so blessed to be a Holy Spirit.  Thank you for sending your children to learn and grow musically with me!

Mrs. Simms
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org

The Concert and Programs Wonderful!

Wow, where to start!!! The Concert that the Guitar Groups, Band and Choir students were featured at gleamed with brilliance! Every group sounded phenomenal, and overall was an exceptional performance! Choir Parents, please see the Jubilance tab for more about the concert.

Next week is Annual Fund Dinner, we will be having practices after school starting Sunday (Mother's Day) from 7:00-9:00 ad through the week. The Annual Fund Dinner is on thursday, I will give you more updates as Thursday approaches.

Any student in the Annual Fund needs to have their costume at school for the Sunday rehearsal. All choir members that do not have a part in the Annual Fund Dinner please be at the Sunday Practice.

The PK-2 Program was excellent, the kids shined!!! They worked so hard, They always amaze me at all they retain and do to create a successful performance. Thank you for all the help from parents, teachers, and all who have graciously given to make the program a success!

Kids in Eastman and McMahn's classes are working great on recorders, keep encouraging them to practice at home. Ask your child in Mrs. Eastman's class what they have learned about the Mouri Culture. The 6th graders, helped prepare for the concert and program last week and we talked about different music professions. Third grade working hard! Check the agenda for more details!

Let me know of an questions!

Mrs. Simms
asimms@holyspirit-indy.org