Core Memory Songs are the vehicle that are used to teach the music concepts in our curriculum.
Quarter 1: Funga Alafia
Quarter 2: Birch Tree
Quarter 3: I Love the Mountains
Quarter 4: Row Row Row Your Boat
In addition to all the concepts taught in K-4, students in 5th grade will learn:
The Star Spangled Banner
Solfege: Low & High Ti
Major/Minor Tonality
Major Scale - Half & Whole Steps
Dotted eighth note/sixteenth note combo
Music Careers/Vocations
Minor Scale (Scale on La)
The goal for our fifth grade students is to have a culminating year of knowledge and enjoyment equalling a total appreciation of music. History, theory, art, expression, and all the things that music encompasses.
The desire is that students exiting the Zwink Music program will desire to continue with music in secondary grades, either through band, orchestra, choir or dance programs that are offered in middle school or to let it be a part of their personal lives at home.
Our smart and expressive musicians can go and continue adding to the world of music for the rest of their lives.