Kindergarten and 1st Grade:

• Big Ideas: 

  • Steady beat

  • High and Low Sounds

• Want to practice these concepts at home? Check out these videos! 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wgA8iIJpM  

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRMrVtGQvGk&t=1s  

2nd Grade:

• Big Ideas: 

  • Rhythm- Quarter notes, eighth notes, half notes, and quarter rests

  • Dynamics- piano and forte (loud and soft)

• Want to practice more at home? Check out these videos!

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMvBIgz3EI&list=RDaHMvBIgz3EI&start_radio=1  

3rd Grade:

• Veterans Day Program!

  • See Veterans Day tab at the top of the page for more information

4th and 5th Grade:

• Big Ideas:

  • Note Identification on the treble clef staff

  • Rhythm

  • Form

• Website to practice note identification: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note/beoyryo1rj1ydyyyyy 

6th Grade:

• Ukuleles!

• Big Ideas:

  • Chord Identification

  • Strumming Patterns with Rhythms

For the month of December, all students have been learning about the Nutcracker! We looked into the history, the storyline, and different musical aspects we could find in the Nutcracker music. Topics included form, dynamics, instrumentation, and articulation. Below are some of the highlights from this Unit!

• Link to the The Nutcracker Storyline slides!

• Information on The Nutcracker: Information Slides

Kindergarten:

• Big Ideas: 

  • High and Low Sounds

  • Vocal Exploration

  • Loud and Soft 

1st Grade:

• Big Ideas: 

  • High and Low Sounds

  • Rhythm- Quarter notes and eighth notes

  • Dynamics- piano and forte (loud and soft) 

2nd and 3rd Grade:

• Xylophone Bootcamp

  • Check out these slides to see the Bootcamp Drills we've been working on in class!

    • Xylophone Bootcamp Day 1 

    • Xylophone Bootcamp Day 2 

4th Grade:

• Big Ideas:

  • Note Identification Review

  • Recorders!

    • SEE THE RECORDER TAB AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Website to practice note identification: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note/beoyryo1rj1ydyyyyy 

5th and 6th Grade:

• Big Ideas

  • Note Identification

    • Website to practice note identification: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note/beoyryo1rj1ydyyyyy 

  • Sixteenth Note Rhythms:

    • Some Videos to clap along with!

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTcGLCgL59s 

      • https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lunar+challenge+mode+rhythm+play+along 

Kindergarten:

• Big Ideas: 

  • Week 1- Rhythm

    • Song: See the Dinosaurs Dance

1st Grade:

• Big Ideas: 

  • Week 1- Rhythm

    • Song: See the Dinosaurs Dance

2nd and 3rd Grade:

• Big Ideas:

  • Dynamics- Piano, Forte, Crescendo, Decrescendo

4th Grade:

• Big Ideas:

  • Recorders!

    • SEE THE RECORDER TAB AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION

5th and 6th Grade:

• Big Ideas

  • Composition

    • Link to Chrome Music Lab Songmaker: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/