Oakhurst Elementary Music

Mr. Noori, teacher

FWISD Choral and Elementary Music Vision:

To provide each child with opportunities to explore and strengthen their musical abilities, their language and reasoning skills, their cognition and coordination; as well as give them a sense of achievement, personal confidence, self-expression, and creativity through an artistic lens. These experiences prepare 21st-century students for a more far-reaching workforce.

BHE Music Class Overview

Elementary Music is the foundation of your child's music education. The focus of this class is to provide your child with many enjoyable experiences in music and opportunities to learn and develop a variety of music-related skills. Each child will have the opportunity to learn about vocal and instrumental music through songs, dances, and games from diverse cultures, as well as be engaged in concepts leading to music understanding and literacy.

In class we will:

• Sing, play, dance to, and evaluate music

• Listen to music from various musical eras, genres, and cultures

• Play the recorder and other instruments

• Perform singing activities that will help your student to grow in sight reading and pitch-matching

• Learn to sing solfege and sign pitches