Music

My name is Mrs. Featherstone and I am your -music teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. I want to welcome you all to the MVS music room. This page will update regularly to reflect what we are doing in music class. Check here often for extra practice activities.


My Contact Information

Job Title: Music Teacher

Email: heather.featherstone@dysart.org

School Phone: (623) 876-7450, Google Voice: (623) 428-9241


Music Objectives by Grade Level

Kinder (Rotation 1) - Weeks of Aug 1- Sep 9

  • I can sing and move to music.

  • I can echo rhythm and melody patterns.

  • I can echo sounds that are high and low.

  • I can describe speaking, whisper, shouting (calling), singing and thinking voices.

Grade 3 (Rotation 1) - Weeks of Aug 1- Sep 9

  • I can sing, move and play to music.

  • I can move and play to music by Mozart.

  • I can describe ABA form.

  • I can read rhythms and solfa notes.

  • I can perform high/low, loud/quiet, fast/slow in a song.

  • I can play the notes C, E and G on my keyboard.

Grade 1 (Rotation 1) - Weeks of Aug 1- Sep 9

  • I can sing and move to music

  • I can show how sounds go high and low.

  • I can echo rhythm and melody patterns

  • I can tell if the music is fast or slow.

  • I can point to the beat in a song.

Grade 4 (Rotation 1) - Weeks of Aug 1- Sep 9

  • I can sing and create movements to music.

  • I can create a staff and number lines and spaces.

  • I can tell which rhythm was played.

  • I can sing and move to music.

  • I can read notes on the staff.

  • I can perform music at a variety of tempos.

  • I can play the notes B and A on my recorder.

Grade 2 (Rotation 1) - Weeks of Aug 1- Sep 9

  • I can sing and move to music.

  • I can move to the beat.

  • I can describe beat and move to the beat.


Grade 5 Quarter 1

Both A and B Day

(Homeroom classes:

??? & ???)

  • I can listen to and reflect on a song.

  • I can number and name the lines and spaces of the staff.

  • I can compose and perform rhythms.

  • I can sing and move to music.

  • I can read notes and rhythms.

  • I can perform music at a variety of tempos.

  • I can read notes and rhythms in a song.

  • I can explain 1st and 2nd endings in a song.

  • I can create and play an ostinato.

Jr. High (6th-8th) Electives Quarter 1 Objectives

A Day (Tues/Thurs, and Every Other Monday)

Beginning Piano

  • I can play the chords C, Em, G, D and A for various songs

  • I can compose and play a simple song using the chords C, Em, G, D and A.

  • I can interpret a song chart.

  • I can identify the white and black keys of the piano.

  • I can perform simple song riffs

  • I can compose and play a simple 4 note riff solo

B Day (Wed/Fri, and Every Other Monday)

Digital Music

  • I can create a simple ring tone using a digital music website

  • I can evaluate the quality of mixes of my samples and loops.

  • I can create a simple ABA form loop using a digital music website.

  • I can create a complex ABAC loop using a digital music website.

A Day Monday Schedule

Aug 8

Aug 22

Sep 12

Sep 26

Oct 17

Oct 31

Nov 14

Dec 5

Dec 19

B Day Monday Schedule

Aug 15

Aug 29

Sep 19

Oct 3

Oct 24

Nov 7

Nov 28

Dec 12

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