Transcript Welcome to Music!

Welcome to Music!
Gretchen Teel
[email protected]
Students at Nottingham…
• Attend music once per week for a 50
minute class
• Will learn to read, write, play, create, and
move to music
• Receive grades in music
• Can keep track of their musical studies
through the use of Blackboard (Ms. Teel’s
Music Notes)
Creating…
Moving…
Playing…
About Ms. Teel…
• I hold a masters in Music Education and
certification in the Orff Schulwerk music
education methodology
• My philosophy of teaching is to provide every
student with the skills to understand,
describe, and perform music.
• Through various singing, playing, and
movement activities I want every student to
discover their own individual musical potential
while having fun!
• I follow the Arlington County music curriculum
along with the Silver Burdett Making Music
textbook series, Orff Schulwerk materials,
and various other resources.
Kindergarten students will:
• Sing in groups and alone, exploring a variety
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of songs about various topics and cultures
Develop a strong sense of steady beat
Perform on classroom unpitched percussion
instruments
Move to the beat and melody in a variety of
ways
Develop a beginning musical vocabulary
First Grade students will:
• Sing alone and in groups, about various topics
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and cultures
Read, understand, create, and perform rhythm
patterns that include quarter note, quarter rest,
and eighth notes
Perform accompaniment patterns on both
pitched and unpitched instruments
Move to music in a variety of ways
Develop a strong sense of steady beat as well as
dividing the beat
Second Grade students will:
• Sing alone and in groups using various forms
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(verse/refrain, call/response, etc.)
Read and notate melodic patterns using solfege
syllables
Recognize and identify melodic motion
Sing songs from various cultures
Add half note, dotted half note, and whole note to
rhythmic vocabulary
Perform pitched accompaniments
Identify and recognize various orchestral
instruments
Third Grade students will:
• Sing in tune with clear tone quality in unison and
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2-part ensembles
Play melodies on pitched instruments using the
pentatonic scale and the first five pitches of the
major scale
Play melodies on the soprano recorder
Improve and create short melodies
Move to music in various meters and forms
Add half rest, dotted half rest, whole rest, and
sixteenth notes to rhythmic vocabulary
Understand musical values such as rehearsals
and appropriate listening and audience habits
Fourth Grade students will:
• Sing a varied repertoire of music
• Play melodies on instruments using major and pentatonic
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scales
Understand musical phrasing in singing, movement, and
playing instruments
Read and notate melodies on the treble staff
Begin studying various composers and their time in
music history
Add eighth rest, sixteenth rest, and various rhythmic
combinations to rhythmic vocabulary
Understand meter and time signature, chord symbols,
and some categories of musical style
Expand expressive vocabulary
Describe and evaluate musical performances
Fifth Grade students will:
• Sing a varied repertoire of music
• Play melodies using major, minor, and pentatonic
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Understand musical phrasing, various voice
types/registers, the subdivision of the beat, and
various musical forms
Continue studying various composers and their
time periods
Expand rhythmic and expressive vocabulary
Perform various rhythmic values in various
meters
Begin studying basic music theory
More Musical Opportunities…
3rd grade students will learn recorder as
part of their studies
4th and 5th grade students have the
opportunity to participate in the
Nottingham Chorus
All Nottingham Chorus members are
eligible to audition for the Arlington Honors
Chorus
Technology in the Music Classroom
Thanks to our Nottingham PTA, the music
classroom has an interactive SmartBoard.
Lessons for all grade levels integrate use
of the SmartBoard technology and
software.
Ms. Teel makes use of Notebook software,
Quicktime/MediaPlayer, Roxio recording
software, Sibelius, and various websites
that add to our musical resources.
Classroom Rules and Expectations
All students are expected to know and
follow the Nottingham Student Oath
Behavior Referrals may be issued in music
class
Positive Referrals may also be given!
Individual classes also work toward filling
in the music notes on their ‘Staff Charts’ to
earn a Music Choice Day
How do Music Grades Work?
 Kindergarten students receive grades after the
2nd and 4th grading quarters
 1st and 2nd grade students receive one grade
(P/N) each quarter
 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students receive two
grades (one for achievement and one for effort)
each quarter
 Please see the syllabus for more detailed
grading information
Looking for more information?
All students are enrolled in Ms. Teel’s
Blackboard course (Ms. Teel’s Music
Notes). Information about individual grade
level classes and chorus will be posted
and updated on a regular basis.
You can also find a copy of Ms. Teel’s
class syllabus on Blackboard as well as
the Nottingham Website.