October 3, 2012

MIDDLE SCHOOL

OCTOBER
music in our culture (commercials and TV)
Broadway unit
Broadway unit
Broadway unit

NOVEMBER
Broadway unit
Broadway producers unit
Broadway project

DECEMBER
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life

JANUARY
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life

FEBRUARY
create the soundtrack
create the soundtrack
create the soundtrack

TBA

2012 PRE-K AND K MUSIC APPRECIATION

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OCTOBER
CF: Bumblebee 
CE: William Tell (Rossini)
CE: Eine Kleine (Mozart)
CE: Beethoven's Fifth

NOVEMBER
CE: Surprise (Hadyn)
Little Old Lady who was not afraid of anything – book and instruments

DECEMBER
Pete the Cat and his school shoes – book
My Dolly - book and instruments

JANUARY
(Carnival of the Animals)

FEBRUARY
(Carnival of the Animals)

MARCH
CF: Tarantella (Rossini)
CE: Peer Gynt (Grieg)
CE: Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
CF: Radetsky March

APRIL
CF: Hoffman (Offenbach)
CF: Dance no. 8 (Dvorak(
CE: Adagio (Brahms)

MAY
CE: Fire Bird (Stravnisky)
CE: Little Minuet (Bach)
CF: Bird
South  America

See our Singing List

October 2, 2012

2012 ELEMENTARY MUSIC APPRECIATION

OCTOBER
Music & Movies: soundtracks, commercials, religious
Orchestra: Strings
Orchestra: Woodwinds
Orchestra: Brass

NOVEMBER
Orchestra: Percussion
Orchestra: Keyboard
Harmonica

DECEMBER
 Handel (Hallelujah Chorus) tonal notation
Vivaldi (Four Seasons) tempo terms

JANUARY
Interpreting rhythms of familiar songs
Offenbach (Can-Can) tempo terms
Verdi (Rigoletto)
FEBRUARY
Grieg (Peer Gynt)
Mendelssohn (Concerto in E Minor) concerto terms

MARCH
Bizet (Toreador Song) 4/4 meters
Music & Literature: verses and poems
Pachelbel (Cannon)  chord progression
Berloiz (Symphonie-Fantastique) articulation terms

APRIL
Sousa (Stars and Strips Forever) Key Signatures
Rimsky-Korsakov (Scheherazade) key signatures
Strauss (Till Eulenspiegel) key signatures

MAY
Berloiz (Symphonie-Fantastique) articulation terms
South America
South America
South America
South America

PREK/K SINGING TIME 2012

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Activity Songs in orange
Songs to Learn and Sing in green
Quiet down songs in blue

OCTOBER
Hinges
Autumn Time
Owlet
My Hands

NOVEMBER
Love to Stand
4 fat turkeys
Roll Your Hands

DECEMBER
Wiggle My Hands
All the Raindrops


JANUARY
Snowman
Smile is like Sunshine p 267
Falling Snow
Rain is Falling
2 Feet p270

FEBRUARY
Eyes Were Made For
Mulberry Bush (am, noon, pm)
If it’s snowing and you know it: (happy and you know it)
2 Little Hands

MARCH
Wiggle My Torso
Elephant
Happy Song
I Will Stand Up p278

APRIL
I Have 10 Toes
Because it’s Spring
In the Leafy Treetops
I Wiggle

MAY
2 Little Eyes
Summertime
Quiet Song