More Than Just Music
September Verona Music Newsletter
Don't Forget
- Instrument Rental Night September 8th 6-8 pm in the band room!
- Band working concessions October 10th 5-8:30pm
Musical Twister in Elementary Band
King of the Mountain - A new favorite game!
Musical Twister in Purple Band
What are we Learning?!?
- Kindergarteners will be working on steady beat, fast and slow songs, and learning each others voices! - Ask your Kindergartener to keep a steady beat while in the car listening to the radio!
- 1st Graders will be working on steady beat, fast and slow songs, and using our heartbeat chart to keep the class together! - Ask your 1st Grader if the song of the day is fast or slow!
- 2nd Graders will be working on 2 beat meter, and singing melodies with sol, la, and mi. - Ask your second grader to sing you one of our songs from music this month!
- 3rd Graders will be working on reviewing half notes (Ta-a) and singing melodies with do, re, mi, sol, and la! - Ask your 3rd grader to sing one of our songs from music this month!
- 4th Graders will be working on 16th notes and singing melodies with ti in them. - Ask your fourth grader to clap and say a 16th note pattern for you!
- 5th/6th Gold - The gold class will be exploring Jazz music this month!
- 5th/6th Purple - The purple class will be learning about instrument maintenance, putting our instruments together and making our very first sound!
- Gold Band - We will continue learning warm ups, working on pep band music, and we will begin private lessons this month!
- Purple Band - We will be working on instrument maintenance, putting our instruments together, and beginning to learn the first few notes!
- Stomp - We will be learning notes on the staff and how to play keyboard instruments!
- American Popular Music - We will cover Chapter 2:"After the Ball" Popular Music of the 19th and Early 20th C, and Chapter 3:"Catching as the Small-pox" Social Dance and Jazz 1917-1935.