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Lower Elementary
This year, our music FYI’s are based on
objectives set forth by the National Association for Music
Education; not all areas are covered at this age. As your child
progresses in music class, you will see how he/she grows in
his/her music education.
For a
weekly update to class activities, see Kim’s Music Blog.
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
Music selections included American folks songs and train songs.
a) Old Brass Wagon
b) She Waded in the Water
c) Sandy Land
d) Train’s A-Coming
e) I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
f) The Train
g) Mr. Knickerbocker
h) The Bats are All Asleep
i) Halloween Sounds
j) Fly, Fly, Fly Little Bats
k) Spooky Loo
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music.
Music selections included American classics, using rhythm
sticks, drums,
triangles, cymbal and wood blocks. Also includes activities
using bean bags and body percussion.
a) Stars and Stripes Forever
b) Blue Suede Shoes
c) Clap Your Hands
d) Pass the Ball
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Students currently improvise rhythmic accompaniments to songs.
Middle
Elementary
This year, our music FYI’s are based on
objectives set forth by the National Association for Music
Education; not all areas are covered at this age. As your child
progresses in music class, you will see how he/she grows in
his/her music education.
For a
weekly update to class activities, see Kim’s Music Blog.
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
With the theme of the American Quilt, this year is a wonderful
time to sing some of the traditional American classics, such as:
a) Bill Grogan’s Goat
b) She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain When She Comes
c) Looby Loo
d) Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
e) Ghost of John
f) My Old Black Cat Hates Halloween
g) songs from Halloween song book
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music.
Music selections included American classics, using rhythm
sticks, drums,
triangles, cymbal and wood blocks. This objective will also
include folk dances and bean bag activities.
a) Stars and Stripes Forever
b) Bingo
c) Pass the Ball
d) Looby Loo
e) Hot Potato
f) theme from “Ghostbusters”
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Students currently improvise rhythmic accompaniments to songs.
Students, as a class, wrote lyrics for a pumpkin carol ( a
Christmas, holiday or folk tune with Halloween words).
Upper Elementary
This year, our music FYI’s are based on
objectives set forth by the National Association for Music
Education; not all areas are covered at this age. As your child
progresses in music class, you will see how he/she grows in
his/her music education.
For a
weekly update to class activities, see Kim’s Music Blog.
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
With the theme of the American Quilt, this year is a wonderful
time to sing some of the traditional American classics,
including “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain” and “Old
Susanna.” We also sang Halloween songs, including pumpkin carols
and “The Ghosts Go Flying.”
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music.
Music selections included American classics, using rhythm
sticks, drums,
triangles, cymbal, hand chimes, resonator bells and wood blocks.
Songs
include “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Big Bad B-A-G” and
Halloween songs.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Students currently improvise rhythmic accompaniments to songs.
Students, as a class, wrote lyrics for a pumpkin carol ( a
Christmas, holiday or folk tune with Halloween words). We also
write lyrics as a musical mad-lib for folk songs.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
Middle School
This year our music FYI’s are based on
objectives set forth by the National Association for Music
Education. As your student progresses in music class, you will
see how he/she grows in their music
education.
For a
weekly update to class activities, see Kim’s Music Blog.
Middle School classes are taking a musical
road trip across America. In each location, we learn a little
about the city and a lot about the style of music for which the
city is known. At this time, we have traveled to New Orleans
(funk/zydeco),
Memphis (rhythm and blues) and Nashville (country).
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
a) Members of the Middle School Choir have opportunity to sing
in a mixed group that meets once a week (Thursdays) for thirty
minutes. We are working on singing songs with harmony and are
working on seasonal rounds to
develop our two-part singing skills.
b) Students sang the simple lyrics of Boozoo Chavis’ song “Lula
Lula, Don’t You Go to Bingo” and the chorus of “Soul Man.”
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied
repertoire of music.
a) The session on New Orleans introduced syncopation and a
syncopated rhythm from zydeco music. Students then performed
rhythms common to
zydeco music on percussion instruments.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
a) Students improvise rhythmic accompaniments to zydeco music.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
a) New Orleans: Students analyzed two songs, “Big Chief” and
“Lula Lula, Don’t You Go to Bingo.” 12 bar blues pattern, chord
symbols and the use of theme and variations were discussed, and
the instrumentation of the pieces were compared.
b) Memphis: Students analyzed the form, instrumentation,
harmonies and meter in “Matchbox” and “Soul Man.”
c) Nashville: Students learned to identify major and minor
thirds, half steps, and to analyze the chord structure of a
song.
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