More Than Just Music
October Verona Music Newsletter
Don't Forget
- October 10th Purple/Gold Band Working Concessions
- October 27th Purple/Gold Band Trunk or Treat 5:30 pm
- No Elementary Band on the 31st!
What are we Learning?!?
- Kindergarteners will be working on steady beat, Loud/soft, Voice recognition, and Responsorial singing. Ask your kindergartener to pat the steady beat to songs in the car!
- 1st Graders will be working on the Rhythm of the words, Ta, Titi, Rest, and the Heartbeat of music. Ask your 1st grader to clap the rhythm of household items.
- 2nd Graders will be working on Half notes, and singing mi, sol, and la. Ask your second grader to show you the hand motions for mi, sol, and la.
- 3rd Graders will be working on 16th notes, and reading pitches on the staff. Ask your 3rd grader what the lines or spaces of treble clef are.
- 4th Graders will be working on Singing the full scale and 16th note patterns. Ask your 4th grader to sing and do the hand signs for the entire scale!
- 5th/6th Gold - The gold class will be exploring music in video games this month!
- 5th/6th Purple - The Elementary band will be working on learning the first 5 notes.
- Gold Band - We will be working on the Armed Forces Medley as well as Ozark 7 Conference music.
- Purple Band - We will continue working through our method books and learning new notes. Encourage your students to play at home!
- Stomp - This month we will be discussing Marching band and Marching Percussion.
- American Popular Music - We will cover Chapter 3 Social Dance and Jazz 1917-1935 and Chapter 4 The Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley Song
All 4th Graders need $3 for Recorders!
All 4th graders will need to bring $3 for recorders before Thanksgiving break! The money can be turned into Mrs. Ogden