September 2013
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Welcome back to another musical school year. I hope you’ve had a relaxing and enjoyable summer. During
the first marking period students will become acquainted with the music class routines, standards for
appropriate behavior, and grading policies. Students will be taking part in a variety of activities that show
their understanding of music concepts being taught.
Pre-K student will be
demonstrating different types of
voices and moving to show
repeated sections in music.
Kindergarten students will
identify and move to music that
illustrates fast/slow and
loud/soft. Students will also
respond to steady beat through
movement.
First graders will respond to
beat through movement as well
as following musical cues. Also,
they will be listening, creating
moves, identifying, and
performing different sections
heard in music.
Second grade students will
begin to identify the four
families of the orchestra by sight
and sound. Students will
continue to sing familiar songs
and tonal patterns in tune with
attention to proper vocal
techniques.
Third graders will continue to
sing songs in tune with attention
to proper vocal techniques. They
will be working on identifying
verse/refrain and cumulative
form as well as performing
arranging, and creating an
ostinato.
Fourth grade students will be
singing three part rounds in tune
with attention to proper vocal
techniques. They also are
learning to identify contrasting
and repeating phrases within a
given section of music. Students
will begin to discuss and
identify music representing
diverse styles.
Students in fifth grade will
identify specific instruments by
sight and sound. Students will
also perform simple chord
accompaniments.
Assessments: Students will be
assessed on music objectives taught
at the end of each marking period.
Grading: T he following levels of
proficiencies will be used to report
music grades.
P = Meets the grade - level
standard by demonstrating
proficiency of content or
process for the
measurement topic.
I = In progress toward the
content or process for the
measurement topic.
N = Not yet making progress or
making minimal
progress toward meeting the
grade – level standard.
1st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th and 5 th Only
ES = Exceptional at the grade
– level standard.
Dates to Remember
Chorus Begins
Friday, September 6
2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fifth Grade Honors Chorus
Audition information will be
distributed in October
Winter Concert
Monday, December 16, 2013
Student Concert - 2:10 p.m.
Parent Concert - 7:00 p.m.
Spring Concert
Monday, May12, 2014
Student Concert - 2:10 p.m.
Parent Concert - 7:00 p.m.
Chorus Party and Awards
Friday, May 16, 2014
Your child’s musical education is
important to me. Music education
helps children understand the world
around them better and can provide
joy for a lifetime. You can help your
child’s musical education at home
by discussing the concepts and
activities worked on in music,
naming instruments you hear when
listening to the radio, attending
concerts(check the local high
schools for concerts), listening to
your child sing songs from school or
elsewhere, and by letting your child
know that music is important to
you. I look forward to a wonderful
year.