We are off to a great year so far! 5th Grade Chorus started their rehearsals for the upcoming Winter Choral Concert, which takes place Wednesday, December 16th. Check out some of the things we have been studying so far in music:
Kindergarten: We have been having a blast exploring music so far.
- Fingerplays
- Matching pitch
- Voice Exploration
- Movement/Dance
- Active Listening
- Jingle Bells, Maracas & Bass Bars
1st Grade:
- Singing games
- Active Listening
- Voice Exploration
- Instrument Identification
2nd Grade:
- Yankee Doodle
- There's a Little Wheel a Turning in my Heart with Xylophone Accompaniment & movement
- I Have a Car
- Sight Reading Rhythms using quarter notes (ta), half notes (ta-a), eighth rests (sh), and eighth notes (ti-ti)
- Instrument Families in the Orchestra
- Oh my Aunt Came Back
- Solfege
3rd Grade:
- Frog in the Bucket Folk Song & Dance
- Call & Response, Cumulative & AB Form
- Instrument Identification
- Benjamin Britten's "Children's Guide to the Orchestra"
- Solfege
- Singing posture and technique
4th Grade:
- Voice Identification by listening
- Sight Reading melodies using solfege
- Iroquois song & accompaniment on xylophones
- Singing posture and technique
5th Grade-
- Preparing for our trip to Strathmore
- History of the Blues
- 12 bar blues Form
- Playing the 12 bar blues on xylophones
- Improvisation
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- Everyday I have the Blues
- Good morning Blues
- National Anthem: Star Spangled Banner
- Sight reading melodies using Solfege
- Singing posture andtechnique
Kindergarten: We have been having a blast exploring music so far.
- Fingerplays
- Matching pitch
- Voice Exploration
- Movement/Dance
- Active Listening
- Jingle Bells, Maracas & Bass Bars
1st Grade:
- Singing games
- Active Listening
- Voice Exploration
- Instrument Identification
2nd Grade:
- Yankee Doodle
- There's a Little Wheel a Turning in my Heart with Xylophone Accompaniment & movement
- I Have a Car
- Sight Reading Rhythms using quarter notes (ta), half notes (ta-a), eighth rests (sh), and eighth notes (ti-ti)
- Instrument Families in the Orchestra
- Oh my Aunt Came Back
- Solfege
3rd Grade:
- Frog in the Bucket Folk Song & Dance
- Call & Response, Cumulative & AB Form
- Instrument Identification
- Benjamin Britten's "Children's Guide to the Orchestra"
- Solfege
- Singing posture and technique
4th Grade:
- Voice Identification by listening
- Sight Reading melodies using solfege
- Iroquois song & accompaniment on xylophones
- Singing posture and technique
5th Grade-
- Preparing for our trip to Strathmore
- History of the Blues
- 12 bar blues Form
- Playing the 12 bar blues on xylophones
- Improvisation
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- Everyday I have the Blues
- Good morning Blues
- National Anthem: Star Spangled Banner
- Sight reading melodies using Solfege
- Singing posture andtechnique