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Elementary Music Appreciation
Elementary Music Appreciation
Mini Musicians for 1st-2nd Graders
Upper Elementary for 3rd-5th Graders
Hal Leonard’s Essential Elements Music Class: “Hal Leonard's Essential Elements Music Class Interactive is an online subscription service that comes with a wealth of digital resources! There are hundreds of songs, videos, digital books, and interactive resources available to subscribers.”
The daily lessons will be projected on a screen and students will learn to read, move to, and enjoy music together. Students will be exposed to music of different time periods and cultures as well as have the opportunity to sing and play rhythm instruments. This curriculum addresses Social Emotional Learning and meets National Core Art Standards.
Schedule & Supplies
Schedule & Supplies
Classes run August to May on Tuesdays for 50 minutes. Approximately 33 class meetings.
Location: Grace Presbyterian Church, 49 Varden Dr, Aiken
Cost: $30 one-time non-refundable registration/material fee
$200 a year (or $25 over 8 months - payments begins in September)
Supplies needed: 1 inch binder, pencil pouch, 2 pencils, crayons or color pencils
Included in materials fee:
Use of classroom rhythm instruments
2026-27 Mini Musicians Curriculum - Essential Elements Music Class Year 1
2026-27 Upper Elementary Curriculum - Essential Elements Music Class Year 5
Reviews:
"I highly recommend Mrs. Threlkeld for music classes. My timid daughter has blossomed in her class, and her confidence and love for music have grown. This past year, she looked forward to class every week and couldn't wait to tell me what they did in class that day." - Amy H.
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Class Notes and Assignments
(this information will be updated by the end of the day on Wednesdays)
April 14 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 25 - "Is It the Same or Different?"
Music
Students will identify same and different by looking at notated music, answering questions, playing instruments, moving, and creating new lyrics for a given melody.
Students will accurately demonstrate echo by singing the same pitches after the teacher in a vocal exercise, becoming a leader with classmates following, and singing a song that features an echo.
Students will identify and play patterns in written music.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will use skills in the responsible decision-making process to play two games in which they will have to make quick decisions to advance in the game.
Story -None
April payment Due
April 21 - Anything But a Backpack Day - No backpacks allowed - carry your gear in something more creative!
Register for next year
April 14 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 25 - "Variations of Patriotic Music"
Music
Students will identify the verse and chorus of a song by answering a question and singing the chorus.
Students will identify long and short phrases by showing phrase motions and singing.
Students will identify and classify movements from two symphonies by listening and answering questions.
Students will identify the variations of a theme by listening and answering questions.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will build social awareness by demonstrating an awareness of similarities and differences among Americans.
Assignments due April 14
Assignment - Complete Lesson 25 worksheets
April payment Due
April 21 - Anything But a Backpack Day - No backpacks allowed - carry your gear in something more creative!
Register for next year
March 24 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 24 - "Repeat After Me"
Music
Students will identify repetition by playing a repetitive chord, singing, marching, moving, and experiencing repetition in a story.
Students will demonstrate repetition and the building of a motif through singing, moving, and creating a rhythm that will be performed in a learned song.
Students will identify and participate in a call and response by singing a song in call-and-response form.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will build relationship skills by working together as an ensemble to perform “Fanga Alafia” on Boomwhackers and drums.
Story -I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
March Payment Due
March 31 - National Crayon Day - Wear your favorite color from head to toe
March 24 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 24 - "Rounds, Suites, and Movements, Oh My!"
Music
Students will develop rounds and canons by reviewing and comparing their definitions.
Students will describe and compare movements of a suite after listening to the suite.
Students will define attributes of the movements of a symphony after listening to an excerpt of each movement.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will build self-management skills by recognizing skills needed to achieve goals.
Assignments due March 31
Assignment - Complete Lesson 24 worksheets
March payment Due
March 31 - National Crayon Day - Wear your favorite color from head to toe
March 17 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 23 - "Patterns All Around Us"
Music
Students will experience identifying a motif by raising their hands as they hear the motif in a piece of music.
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of patterns by creating and performing a body percussion pattern as a class and as an individual, identifying patterns after listening to a book and a piece of music, and creating artistic patterns.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will demonstrate their understanding of social awareness by identifying social cues (verbal and physical) to determine how others feel in music class and everyday life, and by answering questions after performing in front of their peers.
Story -I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover; Brown Bear, Brown Bear
March Payment Due
March 31 - National Crayon Day - Wear your favorite color from head to toe
March 17 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 23 - "Is it a Bridge or an Interlude?"
Music
Students will identify verse and chorus in multiple songs by moving to the different sections, listening, and answering questions.
Students will identify and define D.S. al Coda by following music notation in a song.
Students will identify musical similarities in movements of a suite by listening and answering questions.
Students will identify AABA form in a song by listening to the song and discussing its form with classmates.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will build responsible decision-making skills by discussing the choices they make.
Story - How to Catch a Leprechaun
Assignments due March 17
Assignment - Complete Lesson 23 worksheets
March payment Due
March 31 - National Crayon Day - Wear your favorite color from head to toe
March 10 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 22 - "Rhythm Patterns"
Music
Students will demonstrate their understanding of patterns by identifying and creating rhythmic patterns.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of call and response by identifying, creating, and singing call and response excerpts.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will demonstrate self-management skills by controlling their bodies and managing emotions, stress, and impulsivity while participating in a Garage Band call and response pattern.
Story -none
March Payment Due
March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day - Wear Green or Dress like a Leprechaun
March 10 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 22 - "Is it a Bridge or an Interlude?"
Music
Students will identify the bridge of a song by listening and following the music notation.
Students will identify repeats and 1st and 2nd endings by reading the music notation.
Students will define the difference between a bridge and an interlude by comparing two songs.
Students will identify D.S. al Fine by performing a song using music notation.
Social Emotional Learning
Students will build relationship skills by discussing what it means to be a friend.
Assignments due March 17
Assignment - Complete Lesson 22 worksheets
March payment Due
March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day - Wear Green or Dress like a Leprechaun
March 3 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 21 - "Same and Different"
Music
Students will demonstrate understanding of same and different by dancing, interpreting visual representations, creating body percussion, finding the differences between two pictures, and dissecting word families.
Students will demonstrate their ability to echo by repeating classmates’ patterns, singing, playing a game, and identifying the vocabulary word to describe the song
Social Emotional Learning
Students will display their self-awareness by creating same and different examples using an arts application of their choice.
Story - Junior's Book of Colors (listened for rhyming words)
March Payment Due
March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day - Wear Green or Dress like a Leprechaun
March 3 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 21 - "All Signs Point to Form"
Music
identify the introduction, Coda, and D.S. al Coda of a song by following the music notation.
identify and define repeats with 1st and 2nd endings by following the music notation.
Social Emotional Learning
build self-awareness by recognizing how music can allow them to express different feelings.
Assignments due March 10
Assignment - Complete Lesson 21 worksheets
March payment Due
March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day - Wear Green or Dress like a Leprechaun
February 24 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 20 - "I Know This!"
Music
perform body percussion by moving alone, moving with a partner, and with the class to a song, using multiple actions while keeping the steady beat to music, and mimicking the playing of a barred percussion instrument.
identify tone color by demonstrating body levels and describing instrument sounds.
perform on barred percussion instruments by playing a three-note pattern.
Social Emotional Learning
practice responsible decision-making by self-evaluating the work they have done in class throughout the lesson.
Story - n/a
March Payment Due
March 03 - Music in our Schools Month - Wear a musical outfit or represent your favorite musical group
February 24 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 20 - "Instruments and Texture Around the World"
Music
learn about instruments from around the world through songs from West Africa.
identify the texture of a song by performing and listening.
Social Emotional Learning
build social awareness by showing respect to other cultures around the world.
Assignments due March 3
Assignment - Complete Lesson 20 worksheets
March payment Due
March 03 - Music in our Schools Month - Wear a musical outfit or represent your favorite musical group
February 17 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 19 - "Body Percussion or Barred Percussion"
Music
identify and perform with unpitched percussion by playing with recorded music, reading, saying, and playing rhythmic patterns, sorting instruments into groups, and by keeping a steady beat during a song.
identify speaking and singing voices by listening to a song and by discussing what is heard in the music.
identify same or different rhythmic patterns through visual and aural observation and by moving their bodies in response to changes in the music.
Social Emotional Learning
practice relationship skills by discussing and showing ways to say goodbye.
Story - n/a
February Payment Due
March 03 - Music in our Schools Month - Wear a musical outfit or represent your favorite musical group
February 17 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 19 - "Let's Travel with Instruments"
Music
identify a variety of world instruments used in various songs.
perform an accompaniment on pitched and barred percussion instruments.
Social Emotional Learning
build relationship skills by discussing what it means to be a friend.
Assignments due February 24
Assignment - Complete Lesson 19 worksheets
February payment Due
March 03 - Music in our Schools Month - Wear a musical outfit or represent your favorite musical group
February 10 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 19 - "Body Percussion or Barred Percussion"
Music
experience body percussion by keeping a steady beat with recorded music, composing body percussion patterns as a class and/or in small groups, and by moving in time with music.
identify barred percussion sounds by listening to and playing barred percussion instruments.
identify different tone colors by listening to and performing body percussion.
Social Emotional Learning
practice social awareness by listening to others' thoughts and ideas
Story - n/a
February Payment Due
February 03 - February 17 - Stuffy Day - Bring your favorite stuffed friend to learn by your side
February 10 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 18 - ""The Voice Parts are Fugue-ing"
Music
learn characteristics of Rock style by listening to and describing a song.
sing a song in a polyphonic texture by performing a canon.
experience soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices while listening to recordings of each of the voices.
identify soprano, alto, and bass singing voices.
Social Emotional Learning
build self-awareness by recognizing their strengths in music.
Assignments due February 17
Assignment - Complete Lesson 18 worksheets
February payment Due
February 17 - Stuffy Day - Bring your favorite stuffed friend to learn by your side
January 27 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 17 - "Let's Do This!?"
Music
experience and perform with speaking and singing voices by listening and responding to music with movement, recalling the elements of a song, moving to the identified location in the room, and keeping a steady beat pattern with a recording.
experience and perform with unpitched percussion instruments by hearing, playing, and categorizing them into groups, and by playing along with a recording.
Social Emotional Learning
practice self-management by playing a game of Freeze Dance.
Story - n/a
February Payment Due
February 03 - No Music Class
February 03 - Who loves to read? - Represent your favorite book character with a costume or other accessories
January 27- Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 16 - "Voices of Humans and Instruments"
Music
differentiate between head and chest voice by comparing phrases in a song and singing.
identify orchestral instrument families while playing a sorting game.
match instruments with the correct orchestral family while playing a guessing game.
Social Emotional Learning
explore good self-management by discussing different situations and how to respond to them through the context of a song.
Assignments due February 10
Assignment - Complete Lesson 17 worksheets
February payment Due
Februrary 03 - No Music Class
February 03 - Who loves to read? - Represent your favorite book character with a costume or other accessories
January 20 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 16 - "What Do You Hear?"
Music
experience and perform same or different by moving and responding to music.
I will experience tone color by listening to and exploring the sounds of my own voice.
Social Emotional Learning
I will practice self-awareness by identifying my favorite songs and personal feelings.
Story - n/a
January Payment Due
Februrary 03 - No Music Class
February 03 - Who loves to read? - Represent your favorite book character with a costume or other accessories
January 20- Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 15 - "Rocking Triads"
Music
recognize different types of musical ensembles.
discover monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic musical textures.
Social Emotional Learning
examine ways to make responsible decisions both in and out of music class.
Assignments due January 27
Assignment - Complete Lesson 16 worksheets
January payment Due
Februrary 03 - No Music Class
February 03 - Who loves to read? - Represent your favorite book character with a costume or other accessories
January 13 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 15 - "Musical Masterpieces"
Music
demonstrate their understanding of a musical staff by identifying a staff in written notation, drawing a staff, and comparing a staff to a graphic organizer.
demonstrate their knowledge of solfège, including the major pentatonic scale, by singing patterns, using Kodály hand signs, identifying solfège pitches, and completing a written activity before playing xylophones.
Social Emotional Learning
use the responsible decision-making process to create a short composition where they make decisions related to pitches, rhythms, words, and performance.
Story - "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"
January Payment Due
January 20 - Uniform Day - Wear the uniform of a group that you belong to - Scouts? Sports? Musical? Other?
January 13 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 15 - "Rocking Triads"
Music
identify and sing intervals.
sing in two-part harmony.
Social Emotional Learning
Identify the letter names on the staff in bass clef by singing and playing a game.
Assignments due January 20
Assignment - Complete Lesson 15 worksheets
January payment Due
January 20 - Uniform Day - Wear the uniform of a group that you belong to - Scouts? Sports? Musical? Other?
January 6 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 14 - "Rocking Triads"
Music
be able to distinguish between the different voices by demonstrating a variety of voices while performing in class.
demonstrate their understanding of solfège by singing, using Kodály hand signs, creating patterns and presenting the patterns to their peers.
sing the major pentatonic scale by echo-singing small solfège patterns and then the full scale.
Social Emotional Learning
in order to foster relationship skills, students will use their communication skills to learn something new about a classmate and to answer questions about friendship.
Story: "Down By the Bay"
January Payment Due
January 20 - Uniform Day - Wear the uniform of a group that you belong to - Scouts? Sports? Musical? Other?
January 6 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 14 - "Rocking Triads"
Music
identify and perform a diatonic scale from do to high do by singing, moving, and playing instruments.
identify and sing accidentals (sharp, flat, natural).
identify and sing triads.
Social Emotional Learning
identify and demonstrate self-management by applying skills to achieve goals and overcoming barriers.
Assignments due January 13
Assignment - Complete Lesson 14 worksheets
January payment Due
January 20 - Uniform Day - Wear the uniform of a group that you belong to - Scouts? Sports? Musical? Other?
November 18 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 13 - "I Am a Great Conductor"
Music
distinguish between low or high by singing, creating movements, moving their hands and bodies, classifying animal sounds, and playing a game.
demonstrate their knowledge of solfège by echo singing, participating in a fill-in-the-blank solfège activity, and using solfège to move on a musical staff.
be introduced to the musical staff by moving their bodies on a musical staff while using solfège and the words to a song.
Social Emotional Learning
develop their social awareness skills by verbally sharing their family’s holidays and discussing what makes them grateful.
November 25 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
December Payment Due
December 9 - Wear your favorite Christmas clothes and accessories
November 18 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 13 - "Thankful for the Harmony!"
Music
identify and sing in minor pentatonic.
perform two-part harmony using a round, partner songs, and melodic ostinatos.
identify, sing, and play instruments using repeated tones, steps, skips, and leaps
Social Emotional Learning:
demonstrate social awareness by reviewing expectations for making music together and expressing gratitude to others.
Assignments due November 18
Assignment - Complete Lesson 13 worksheets
November 25 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
December payment Due
December 9 - Wear your favorite Christmas clothes and accessories
November 11 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 12 - "I Am a Great Conductor"
Music
experiment with whisper, speak, sing, call, and inner voice by using them in a song, labeling emojis, drawing pictures to represent them, and connecting the different voices with activities in their daily lives.
determine the melodic contour of excerpts by singing, moving their bodies, creating short melodic and vocal examples, and participating in a thumbs up/thumbs down activity.
become familiar with the musical staff while participating in class activities surrounding melodic contour.
Social Emotional Learning
demonstrate their self-management skills by playing a game in which they have to follow the melodic contour of the leader and imitate what the leader does..
November 25 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
December 9 - Wear your favorite Christmas clothes and accessories
November 11 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 12 - "Awesome Teamwork Using Sol, La, Do"
Music
identify, sing, and read octaves (sol, la, do).
identify, write, and perform letter names in treble clef.
Social Emotional Learning:
identify and discuss building relationship skills.
Assignments due November 18
Assignment - Complete Lesson 12 worksheets
November 25 - Happy Thanksgiving - No School
December 9 - Wear your favorite Christmas clothes and accessories
October 28 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 10 - "I Am a Great Conductor"
Music
experience melodic contour by moving their bodies, identifying the movement of the melodic contour using a thumbs up/thumbs down method, and creating a drawing where students will vocalize a melodic contour to match the movement on a mountain.
be introduced to low and high pitches by singing, playing Boomwhackers, and moving their bodies.
Social Emotional Learning
demonstrate their ability to create high and low by using their own perceived strength (self-awareness) to showcase high and low through dance, music, or art.
November 11 - Veterans’ Day - Thank our Veterans by wearing military or patriotic outfit
November payment due
November 4 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 11 - "Fireworks in the Land of Pentatonic"
Music
demonstrate mastery of solfège in major pentatonic by singing and reading with solfège hand signs.
identify and practice letter names and ledger lines on a treble staff by reading and performing music with instruments.
Social Emotional Learning:
identify and demonstrate self-awareness by recognizing my skills and interests.
Assignments due November 11
November 11 - Veterans’ Day - Thank our Veterans by wearing military or patriotic outfit
November payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 11 worksheets
October 28 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 10 - "I Am a Great Conductor"
Music
experience and perform simple duple groupings with body percussion, movement, and conducting.
experience and perform simple triple groupings while conducting.
Social Emotional Learning
compose a short rhythm in simple duple and simple triple time using quarter notes and quarter rests to show responsible decision-making skills.
November 11 - Veterans’ Day - Thank our Veterans by wearing military or patriotic outfit
November payment due
October 28- Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 10 - "Compound and Complex Meters"
Music
identify barlines, measures, and double barlines in a song.
perform a rhythmic ostinato in compound meter.
Social Emotional Learning:
build responsible decision-making skills through being responsible
Assignments due November 4
November 11 - Veterans’ Day - Thank our Veterans by wearing military or patriotic outfit
November payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 10 worksheets
October 21 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 9 - "Triple Duple Fun"
Music
experience and perform simple triple groupings through movement and body percussion.
experience and perform simple duple groupings through movement and steady beat.
Social Emotional Learning
consider the feelings of others and how to help a friend.
Next Spirit Day: October 28 - Who Are You? - Wear a costume and let your friends guess who you represent (no full face coverings please)
October payment due
October 21 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 9 - "Compound and Complex Meters"
Music
demonstrate a complex meter.
identify a compound meter.
perform body percussion to a song in mixed meter.
Social Emotional Learning:
build self-management skills to achieve goals.
Assignments due October 28
Next Spirit Day: October 28 - Who Are You? - Wear a costume and let your friends guess who you represent (no full face coverings please)
October payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 9 worksheets
October 14 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 8 - "Can you move like me?"
Music
experience and perform simple duple groupings through instruments and movement.
Social Emotional Learning
practice social-awareness skills while working with a partner
Next Spirit Day: October 28 - Who Are You? - Wear a costume and let your friends guess who you represent (no full face coverings please)
October payment due
October 14 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 7 - "Practicing Different Time Signatures"
Music
perform a rhythmic ostinato using 6/8 meter.
perform the macro and micro beats in a song.
Social Emotional Learning:
build social awareness by respecting other people’s dreams.
Assignments due October 21
Next Spirit Day: October 28 - Who Are You? - Wear a costume and let your friends guess who you represent (no full face coverings please)
October payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 8 worksheets
October 7 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 7 - "1 2 3 Play with Me"
Music
experience and perform simple duple groupings through movement and instruments.
experience and perform simple triple groupings through movement, instruments, and body percussion.
Social Emotional Learning
practice self-management through movement and self-reflection.
Next Spirit Day: October 14 - Farm Day - Wear a costume or shirt that represents your favorite farm person or animal
October payment due
October 7 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 7 - "Practicing Different Time Signatures"
Music
conduct in 4/4 time and cut time.
perform a song with mixed meters.
identify compound triple groupings by listening to a song in 9/4.
Social Emotional Learning:
build relationship skills by discussing qualities of a good friend.
Assignments due October 14
Next Spirit Day: October 14 - Farm Day - Wear a costume or shirt that represents your favorite farm person or animal
October payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 7 worksheets
September 30 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 6 - "Hey, Steady Eddie"
Music
experience and perform simple duple groupings through conducting, instruments, and movement.
experience and perform steady beat with recorded music.
Social Emotional Learning
practice self-awareness through personal reflection.
Next Spirit Day: October 14 - Farm Day - Wear a costume or shirt that represents your favorite farm animal
October payment due
September 30 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 6 - "Organizing Beats in Rhythm"
Music
perform strong and weak beat patterns.
identify the time signature, measures, barlines, and double barlines in a song.
Social Emotional Learning:
develop self-awareness by identifying emotions.
Assignments due October 7
Next Spirit Day: October 14 - Farm Day - Wear a costume or shirt that represents your favorite farm animal
October payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 6 worksheets
September 30 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 6 - "Hey, Steady Eddie"
Music
experience and perform simple duple groupings through conducting, instruments, and movement.
experience and perform steady beat with recorded music.
Social Emotional Learning
practice self-awareness through personal reflection.
Next Spirit Day: October 14 - Farm Day - Wear a costume or shirt that represents your favorite farm animal
October payment due
September 30 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 6 - "Organizing Beats in Rhythm"
Music
perform strong and weak beat patterns.
identify the time signature, measures, barlines, and double barlines in a song.
Social Emotional Learning:
develop self-awareness by identifying emotions.
Assignments due October 7
Next Spirit Day: October 14 - Farm Day - Wear a costume or shirt that represents your favorite farm animal
October payment due
Assignment - Complete Lesson 6 worksheets
September 23 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 5 - "Please Take Note"
Music
using and move with steady beat and no beat in a song.
read, speak, and hear the long and short sounds and silences that make the rhythm of music.
discover quarter note, two eighth notes, and quarter rest (standard notation).
describe the difference between beat and rhythm.
perform a hand-jive rhythm ostinato to a song.
Social Emotional Learning
recognize my strengths and weaknesses
Next Spirit Day: September 30 - Super Hero Day - Represent your favorite super hero with a shirt or costume
September payment due
September 23 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 5 - "I Am the Rhythm Master"
Music
perform rhythmic ostinatos using four sixteenth notes, eighth note-two sixteenth notes, and two sixteenth notes-eighth note.
read and move to rhythms with ties.
compose rhythms using quarter notes, quarter rests, two eighth notes, half notes, half rest, whole notes, and whole rests.
demonstrate mastery of understanding beat and rhythm by moving to music.
Social Emotional Learning:
identify and demonstrate responsible decision-making
Next Spirit Day: September 30 - Super Hero Day - Represent your favorite super hero with a shirt or costume
September payment due
Assignments due September 30
Assignment - Complete Lesson 5 worksheets
September 16 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 4 - "Do You Hear What I See?"
Music
move to the steady beat of music.
perform long and short movements to the long and short sounds in music.
experience and describe the difference between beat and rhythm.
while following a conductor, read music left to right and play on instruments:
quarter note – one sound to the beat
quarter rest – one silence to the beat
two eighth notes – two sounds to the beat
Social Emotional Learning
play and interact appropriately with others.
Next Spirit Day: September 30 - Super Hero Day - Represent your favorite super hero with a shirt or costume
September payment due
September 16 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 4 - "Picking up Anacrusis"
Music
demonstrate mastery of understanding beat and rhythm by moving to music.
discover anacrusis.
read rhythms with dotted quarter note-eighth note.
read and create syncopated rhythms (eighth-quarter-eighth).
Social Emotional Learning:
identify and demonstrate social awareness by acknowledging and supporting others.
Next Spirit Day: September 30 - Super Hero Day - Represent your favorite super hero with a shirt or costume
September payment due
Assignments due September 23
Assignment - Complete Lesson 4 worksheets
September 9 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 3 - "Fast and Slow and Away We Go!"
Music
move to the steady beat of music.
experience fast and slow by singing and moving to songs.
describe and show fast and slow motions in the world around us.
sing a song that reveals the letters of names with quarter notes and eighth notes.
read music from left to right and perform quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests.
Social Emotional Learning
create steady beat motions for a partner to mirror.
practice responsible decision-making for activities without adult support.
Next Spirit Day: September 16 - Sports Day - Wear your favorite sports team gear
September payment due
September 9 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 3 - "Exploring More Uneven Sounds!"
Music
discover a new rhythm (dotted quarter note-eighth note).
read rhythms with ties.
read and create rhythms with triplets.
Social Emotional Learning:
demonstrate and identify ways to build a positive relationship and show respect to others.
Next Spirit Day: September 16 - Sports Day - Wear your favorite sports team gear
September payment due
Assignments due September 16
Assignment - Complete Lesson 3 worksheets
September 2 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 2 - "Rhythm Just Can't Be Beat"
Music
pat the steady beat of music and play on an instrument.
tap the long and short sounds of music and play on an instrument.
connect long and short motions to long and short sounds in music.
move to a steady beat.
Social Emotional Learning
play a singing game with changing partners to the beat.
identify qualities of being a good friend.
Next Spirit Day: September 16 - Sports Day - Wear your favorite sports team gear
September payment due
September 2 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 2 - "Let's Play the Tri-pl-et"
Music
discover a new rhythm (triplet).
read rhythms using two sixteenths and an eighth note.
perform, read, and create rhythms using syncopation.
Social Emotional Learning:
identify and demonstrate self-management by overcoming challenges.
Next Spirit Day: September 16 - Sports Day - Wear your favorite sports team gear
September payment due
Assignments due September 2
Assignment - Complete Lesson 2 worksheets
August 26 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 1 - "We've Got the Beat"
Music
will experience and perform (move to) a steady beat.
I will experience and understand the difference between a steady beat and no beat.
I will move to and determine fast and slow music.
Social Emotional Learning
create movements with a partner to practice relationship skills.
Next Spirit Day: September 2 - Cartoon Day - Represent your favorite cartoon character with a shirt or costume
September payment due
August 26 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Lesson 1 - "Time for Rhythm!"
Music
demonstrate understanding of beat and rhythm.
sing, read, and perform on instruments using quarter notes, two eighth notes, half notes, whole notes, and four sixteenth notes.
create rhythmic ostinatos using eighth notes and sixteenth notes patterns.
Social Emotional Learning:
identify and demonstrate self-awareness.
Next Spirit Day: September 2 - Cartoon Day - Represent your favorite cartoon character with a shirt or costume
September payment due
Assignments due September 2
Assignment - Complete Lesson 1 worksheet
August 19 - Mini Musicians
FYI Topics discussed this week - Introduction
Music
Classroom Rules - a rhythmic story
Learned about Hawaiian culture & danced the hula
Next Spirit Day: September 2 - Cartoon Day - Represent your favorite cartoon character with a shirt or costume
August 19 - Upper Elementary
FYI Topics discussed this week - Introduction
Music
Classroom Rules - a rhythmic story
Why Music?
Learned about Hawaiian culture & danced the hula
Next Spirit Day: September 2 - Cartoon Day - Represent your favorite cartoon character with a shirt or costume
Assignments due August 26
Assignment - Complete provided worksheet
Assignments due August 19
Next Spirit Day: August 19: Hawaiian Day - Wear a Hawaiian or floral shirt
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