Announcements:
General Music:
I. Pre-K to Grade 1: are working on their Content Standards & Objectives through the use of the Kodai techniques and concepts while singing, and moving to music.
II. 2nd Grades: will be further reinforcing the above techniques and skills along with developing their musical reading skills in preparation for studying the recorder in the third through fifth grades.
III. 3rd Grades are in the process of obtaining their recorders which will help us develop and reinforce their Content Standards and Objectives through playing. We will be using the Recorder Karate books.
IV. 4th through 5th Grades are continuing deveoping their Content Standards and Objectives and their music reading skills and recorder skills through studying the recorder through the book, Recorder Karate. Once we finish this book, we will continue with other songs building and developing our playing skills.
Norwood Elementary String Ensemble:
I. Fourth Grade String Ensemble:
This year we have a great beginning class of all Violins! We will be using the book: Essential Elements for Strings Book 1. We already know how to read music from playing our recorders so all we need to develop is our playing skills! Welcome Beginners! I am really looking forward to sharing the wonderful world of violin/fiddle playing with all of you!
II. Fifth Grade String Ensemble:
Since this is our second year of study, we will be further developing our playing and music reading skills through the Essential Elements for Strings book. This is in preparation for joining the middle school string ensembles next year. Welcome back to strings! I am looking forward to playing harder music with all of you this year!
Norwood Elementary Fourth and Fifth Grade Choir
I. We are just beginning rehearsals for the Fall 2011 season. We are working on a "mini musical" titled: Jingle Bell Jukebox, A Presentation of Holiday Hits, by Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse, Any Beck, Jeff Funk, Jill Gallina, and Greg Gilpin. We rehearse once a week for one hour and will be putting on our annual Holiday Concert in December.
|
