Subject Area/Focus | September | October | November | December | January |
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Logistical Map |
-Rules + Syllabi -Instrument Distribution -Letters Home for: School Instruments Rental Instruments -Lesson Schedule -SLO Testing |
Concert Songs out. Concert Recordings out. Register HMEA
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Letters home for Concert Teacher contact for Concert Chaperones Concert Prep Veteran's Day |
Winter Concerts Dress Rehearsals Chaperone Plan HMEA Bus HMEA confirm students |
HMEA NYSSMA Letters Out NYSSMA Bus NYSSMA pieces Out Start NYSSMA Practice
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Pre K |
Sol-Mi Songs Steady Beat High and Low |
Sol-Mi-La Songs Moving to the beat Soft and Loud |
Sol-Mi-La Do Songs Expressing Smooth and Jagged Slow and Fast |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/9 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Do Pentatonic Songs |
K |
Sol-Mi Songs Steady Beat High and Low |
Sol-Mi-La Songs Moving to the beat Soft and Loud |
Sol-Mi-La Do Songs Expressing Smooth and Jagged Slow and Fast |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/9 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Do Pentatonic Songs |
1 Expression through Music Musical Vocabulary |
Singing Music with Dynamics: Piano and Forte |
Singing Music with Dynamics: Crescendo and Diminuendo |
Singing Music with Tempo: Largo and Allegro |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/9 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Singing Music with Tempo: Rallentando and Accelerando |
2 Performing on Keyboard Instruments |
* SLO Testing Pitch: The Alphabet of Music Introduction to Keyboard Instruments: The Xylophone
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Performing on the Xylophone 5 Note Songs |
Performing on the Xylophone 6 Note Songs |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/9 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Introduction to the Piano. Natural Notes of the Piano: Home base "C" ***Connect with 2nd Grade: Westward Expansion*** |
3 Performing from Rhythmic Notation |
* SLO Testing Rhythmic Notation: Quarter Notes and Quarter Rests [[Connect with ART: Picasso Three Musicians]] |
Rhythmic Notation: Add Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests [[Connect with ART: Jazz]] Swing |
Rhythmic Notation: Add Half Notes and Half Rests. Add Whole Notes and Whole Rests. [[Connect with ART: African Music]] Drums |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/9 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Rhythmic Notation: Add Sixteenth Notes |
4 Performing from Pitch Notation Introduction to Instruments: Recorders |
The Staff. Clefs. Lines and Spaces of the Treble Staff Musical Contour: Higher and Lower * SLO Testing ***ART: NATIVE AMERICANS*** |
Lines and Spaces of the Treble Staff Notes in the Treble Clef Recorders |
Lines and Spaces of the Treble Staff Notes outside the the Treble Clef: Ledger Lines Recorders |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/11 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Lines and Spaces of the Bass Clef The Grand Staff |
5 Band |
Instrument Selection/Distribution Pitch Notation Review First Songs: 5 Note Diatonic Fingerings * SLO Testing |
3 Note Songs: Concert Bb, C, D |
5 Note Scales Concert Bb, C, D, Eb, F |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/11 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Concert Bb Scale Concert G, A, Bb |
6 Band |
Instrument Distribution Pitch Notation Review 8 Note Diatonic Fingerings Review: Bb Scale * SLO Testing |
Begin Concert Songs Playing with Dynamics: p and f
High Concert C |
Low concert Ab Concert Ab Scale |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/11 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal ***SCIENCE: Rhythm*** |
***Science: SPACE**** Basic Harmony Playing Rounds and Canons in harmony |
7/8 Band |
Instrument Distribution Pitch Notation Review 8 Note Diatonic Fingerings Review: Bb Scale Notes of the Ab Scale Notes of the F Scale * SLO Testing |
Begin Concert Songs Rhythmic Notation Review Playing in harmony: Thirds |
Playing in Harmony: Major Chords and Minor Chords |
Winter Concert Pk-3 12/11 Song Rehearsal Concert Ettiquette Dress Rehearsal |
Winter Concert Reflection Spring Concert Songs |
7 General Music Technology |
Pitch Notation * SLO Testing |
Begin Sound Editing Software Importing, Clipping, Exporting Music |
Transposition, Stereo Sound and Recording |
Public Performance with Sound. Amplification, mixing, balance. Types of Microphones. Types of Speakers. |
Composing with computer software. Noteflight. Finale. Sibelius. Basic note entry: Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth notes and rests. |
8 General Music Technology |
* SLO Testing |
Begin Sound Editing Software Importing, Clipping, Exporting Music |
Transposition, Stereo Sound and Recording |
Public Performance with Sound. Amplification, mixing, balance. Types of Microphones. Types of Speakers. |
Composing with computer software. Noteflight. Finale. Sibelius. Basic note entry: Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth notes and rests. |