MRE Music Program
The music department provides an opportunity for all students to emerge themselves in the experiences of the fine arts. Students in Kindergarten receive 30 minutes per week and students in first through fifth receive 45 minutes of musical instruction per week. Fourth and fifth grade students have the opportunity to audition for our chorus. Chorus time will be used to expose advanced students to choral and theater instruction above classroom objectives.
Each student will be taught the South Carolina Fine Arts Standards. When possible I integrate regular-ed classroom standards and themes into my lessons to provide connections between the classroom and the arts.
My main source of information comes from the district approved music series, Quaver. I also will be using numerous other music books from my personal library, old book series, sheet music, etc. Classroom instruments, movement props, and technology equipment will be utilized throughout the year.
The room is equipped with a Promethean Board the allows students to participate with Quaver.
I. SINGING. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
II. PERFORMING ON INSTRUMENTS. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
III. IMPROVISING. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
IV. COMPOSING AND ARRANGING. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
V. READING AND NOTATING. Reading and notating music.
VI. ANALYZING. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
VII. EVALUATING. Evaluating music and music performances.
VIII. MAKING CONNECTIONS. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
IX. RELATING TO HISTORY AND CULTURE. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
Criteria for all assessments will be clearly defined to students. Students will be graded on the following:
Music Standard Skills- achievement in understanding and demonstrating concept
Students are expected to follow school rules.
Students are also expected to exhibit Good Concert Etiquette defined as: active listening in a concert setting, active participation in a concert setting, and/or active performance ability in the classroom/ stage.
Concert participation is counted as an extra credit grade.