We will be playing recorders in January this year. Please use the following form to learn more about them and to order one from school.
You will see me at a Civil War day station. We will learn what three things music was used for during the Civil War and how young musicians were able to get around the enlistment age rule.
Right now, we are learning about how music played a big part of the Underground Railroad. We read the book, Follow the Drinking Gourd and now are add instrumentation to the song from the book. Next we will create our own secret passage song.
Hello! I am excited to get this year started. We will be starting the year learning about the importance of music in everyday life. We will learn about how music has been used in different social and political ways throughout history. Keep checking for more updates and information.
For the first 9 weeks, students will be assessed on the following standards- Applies knowledge of music concepts through singing and playing instruments M5GM.1d M5GM.2d; Performs music; matching dynamics, tempo, phrasing, and interpretation to the cues of a conductor Reads and notates music M5GM.3a,b; Reads AND notates melodic AND rhythmic patterns at grade level Creation and Communication M5GM.5a; Creates rhythmic AND melodic motives to enhance literature Our first project this year will be STOMP inspired group compositions. What can you make a percussion instrument out of? We are in full recorder swing here in the Music Room. The following list is the songs for 5th grade Recorder Karate-
White Belt- No. 20, Bumper Cars Yellow Belt- No. 23, Mary's Little Cha Cha Orange Belt- No. 25 Country Hoedown Green Belt- No. 38, London Bridge Purple Belt- No. 40, Snake Charmer Blue Belt- No. 54, America Red Belt- No. Blues Dude Brown Belt- No. 74, Kookaburra Black Belt- No. 77, Can Can Good Luck! We will be playing recorders in class starting on Jan. 29. Please make sure you bring your recorder and book from home.
5th grade will be notating simple melodies, improvising and learning about Jazz this 9 weeks. We will be doing most of this with our recorders. We will begin our Recorder Karate program where students can advance at their own pace and only the sky is the limit. As needed, I will post tutorial videos to help students at home. Once we start recorder, students should bring them to music every day. If any student does not have, or forgets a personal recorder, I will have the classroom set available and each child will be responsible for cleaning and using the classroom recorder. The classroom books and recorders are for classroom use only and cannot be take home.
If your child does not have a recorder and forgot to purchase one from school, I purchased extras. Send in $7.00 in a student envelope labeled recorder to purchase one of the extras I have. |
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