1-14-08 Elementary Music Scope and Sequence

School Program: All School Program Thursday, February 15^th 1:45

Cothern Memorial Gym

I hope you will be able to attend the music programs. It will represent part of what we do in the classroom. The students are excited about showing you what they can do. Please have your children wear nice clothes the day of the program—collared shirts for boys and skirts or dresses for girls

Goals: A. To teach love of music

B. To encourage children to sing on pitch

C. To differentiate between beat and rhythm.

D. To incorporate rhythm in body movements

E. To teach listening skills

January 15-18 K & 1^st “Let Me Call You Sweetheart

”Mail Myself to You”

2^nd New Musical-“Mighty Minds’ or “Fine Day”

3^rd 4^th Boomwhackers—Scale Tones

January 21-25 K & 1^st Drums and Orff Instrument to Illustrate Beat & Rhythm

“Wouldja Be My Valentine”

“Let Me Call You Sweetheart”

“Bicycle Built for Two”

2^nd Musical

3^rd & 4^th “Five Foot Two”

“Apple Tree”

Use of Rhythm Sticks—Rt & Lft learning

5^th Recorders Workbooks---Music Theory

“Shboom Na Na”

Written and Performance Quiz

Jan.28-Feb.1 Valentine Songs & Dances

2^nd Prepare Musical

3^rd & 4^th Songs and Actions for program Songs from Past

5^th Recorders –Notes and fingering A,b,c,d,e,f-g

Songs—“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”

“Bicycle Built for Two”

February 4-8 All grades to continue preparing for rehearsal and program.

February 11-14 1-3^rd Program Rehearsal

Performance

February 17-21 K & 1^st Drums and Orff Instruments

Easy Dances Kick Knees, 7 Jumps, Down the

River, Kindergarten Reel

2^nd & 3^rd Boomwackers and Tuned Orff Instruments

Beat and Rhythm

Elementary Theory on Small Whiteboard

Rewards and Dancing

4^th Begin to acquaint 4^th Play Lewis and Clark

Behavior Expectations

5^th Emphasis on Music Theory and Reading

Continue Recorder Note Reading & CD

Written & Perf quiz

Trip to Boise for Fourth Grade

Feb 25-29 K-3^rd Spring and Easter Songs K-8 Vol 13

“Tippy Toes”

Orff Instruments –Drums

3^rd Boomwackers

4^th Parts and Songs for “Lewis and Clark”

5^th Trade SS, Alto and Tenor Recorders

Performance quiz on new instruments

March 3-7 K-2^nd Continuation of spring songs

Plus use of Orff instruments

3^rd Boomwackers to understand pitch

4^th Preparation of “Lewis & Clark”

5^th Continue through recorder book

Special songs accompanied by CD from K-8

March 10-14 K-3^rd Reinforce Beat through drums

Teach Early American songs for program

4^th Choreograph songs for “Lewis & Clark”

Check costumes

5^th Ensemble with Orff Instruments

Perform all notes on recorders

Written & performance quiz over theory

Combine boomwackers and recorders

March 17-21 K-3 Folk Songs and Dances

4^th Costumes and Props

Rehearse Musical

5^th Folk Songs and Dances