Friends,

I am so happy to be connecting with you at Back-to-School Night for the Jenkintown Elementary School Community. Having this event signifies that our classrooms are filled with children; their creativity and energy abounding.

Although we are still shaped by the pandemic, the 4th-6th grade vocal students are moving forward with grace, determination and focus.

Take a moment and see what we will be learning in our classroom. Information will also posted about the Elementary School Choir, which encompasses both the 4th Grade Youth Chorale and 5th and 6th grade Mini-Singers.

I am looking forward to singing and learning along side your children.

We are a strong and unified group.

Music will be our guide as we continue to navigate through these challenging times.

Lys

Here are just a few moments of what our year in music will encompass

Your Fourth Grader will explore the world of music and understand its connection to other areas of study. They will identify and participate in partner songs. Sing and learn about music from other cultures. Demonstrate how music communicates meaning of text, feelings and moods or images.

Your Fourth Grader will delve in to the lives of various composers. They will study musicians from the past as well as contemporary composers. Identify, listen and respond to music of different composers, genres. They will describe ways that music serves as an expression in regional cultures.

Your Fourth Grader will recognize and use their head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture. Read, write and perform using rhythms in duple meter. They will demonstrate elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary and music activities.

Your Fifth Grader will sing and/or play alone and with others, using good posture and breath control, and a varied repertoire of music representing diverse genres and cultures with appropriate dynamics, expression and tempo. They will differentiate between melody and harmony as well as describe how expressive music elements determine the quality of a composition.

Your Fifth Grader will demonstrate how music communicates meaning through text, feelings, moods or images. They will identify, listen and respond to music of different composers. They will focus on world music and the many unique cultures that cultivate such different and wondrous sounds.

Your Fifth Grader will study the art of Musicology. Musicology (from Greek-μουσική (mousikē), meaning "music", and -λογία (-logia), meaning "study of-") is the study of music and its components, which will include: the history of and cultural significance of repertoire to be studied. The students will become avid listeners to all genres of music, with specific focus on contemporary music, and its role in their lives.