Kemp Elementary School
4th & 5th Grade Cougar Chorus All students wanting to join the Cougar Chorus will need to audition this year. Auditions will be held in the morning on the following days: Thursday, September 7 --7:15-7:40 Monday, September 11 --7:15-7:40 Thursday, September 14 -- 7:15-7:40 Students will be expected to sing a simple song, such as, Happy Birthday or Twinkle, Twinkle. Please have your child go directly to the music room when they arrive in the morning. I will do my best to get through as many students as I can each morning. Prior to auditioning, please consider the following information and take a few moments to discuss it with your child. 1. Chorus practices will be on Monday afternoons from 2:15-3:15 2. Dismissal from rehearsals will be in the carpool line OR to ASP. Any students not picked up by 3:20 will need to sign up for ASP. 3. We will have several concerts throughout the year and it is very important that we have full participation. 4. Chorus is a team effort; we need everyone present at ALL rehearsals. If you are absent from school, it is considered an excused absence. All other absences will be considered unexcused unless I receive a written note or email. 5. Our uniform for chorus this year will be black bottoms (pants OR skirt) and Chorus polo (we will be ordering), black socks and shoes. If your child decides to wear a skirt, please have her wear black tights and black dress shoes. NO SNEAKERS, SANDALS, JEANS OR FLIP FLOPS PLEASE! 6. There will be a $20.00 fee to cover the cost of chorus polo shirts that we will be ordering as well as music and celebration costs.
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It has been a great start to our new year! I am excited to share with you what we have been doing.
Kindergarten: We started our year learning these new songs: The Fingerband, Where's Fat Piggy, Jack in the Box. We also read the book Piggies by Don Wood. We are beginning a unit on the farm and learning which sounds they make as well as shapes that go with the each animal stall in the barn. We were also introduced to a xylophone and the beautiful sound that it makes. We will continue with our farm unit and work on singing voices as well as begin a unit on moving slow, medium and fast to match the music of the piano. First Grade: We started our year by reading the book Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth. We had to be detectives while listening to the book to discover some "mysteries" inside our book. The second time we read the book, we added the sign language alphabet and helped sing the chorus of the song. We have also been reviewing our favorite game from Kindergarten, the Red Light, Green Light. This game teaches the kids to move the way the music sounds. Moving slow, medium and fast as well as identifying different styles of music such as marching, tip toe, and sneaking. Second Grade: We started our year reviewing our first grade Rhythm Reading Cards and started learning our new notes and rests found on the second grade Rhythm Reading Cards. We worked on a new song, No One in the House and added body percussion to match the words. The second time we came to music, we reviewed our new song and added different rhythm instruments. We rotated through all of the instrument so we each got a turn to play all of them. Third Grade: We started our year reviewing our second grade Rhythm Reading Cards and started working on our third grade cards. We quickly discovered that they are much harder and longer patterns with several new notes and rests to learn! We learned a new song, Tideo and added body percussion to match the words. The second time we came to music, we reviewed our song and added different rhythm instruments. We rotated through the different instrument groups. Fourth Grade: We started our year reviewing our third grade Rhythm Reading Cards and started working on our third grade cards. Several new notes and rests to learn this year! We learned the song Listen, which talks about different instruments, what they look like as well as characteristic of how they sound. Our next music class we will have an opportunity to play these instruments! Don't forget to order your recorder!! Fifth Grade: We started our year reviewing our fourth grade Rhythm Reading Cards and started working on our fourth grade cards. We listened to the song Pink Panther and tried to figure out how many sections of music were in it. Next we added body percussion to each section making different patterns. We talked about our new vocabulary word: FORM and how composers use FORM to help them create music. |
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