Week of Oct. 22 -26, 2012

  SONGFEST is coming and we will start talking about it this week. Students and music 

teachers will decide what to do and how to put in scene 

framed in Disney movie themes.



Fifth Grade:

During the week the students will:

1. Practice the song “Old McDonald” to obtain the purple
    belt of the Recorder Karate method. 

Audio Recordings of Recorder Karate Songs for Practice: 
http://www.musick8.com/rkdojo/rksounds.php
(user name: karate, password: rubric) 

Click here to see the Karate Recorder SCORES


2. Practice the songs “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “We
    are off to Visit the Wizard of Oz” from the movie 
    “The Wizard of Oz” to rehearse for the songfest. 
  







Sixth Grade:

1. Practice the TITANIC song with the recorder to take the
    second part of the quiz.
   
  Click on the following link to see the scores and also
   listen to the track. 

2. Practice the songs “Hakuna Matata” and “The Circle of Life”
    from the movie “The Lion King” to rehearse for the songfest.   



Seventh Grade:

1. Practice harmonic circles with major chords using the guitar. 
2. Learn the main theme of the movie “Star Wars”, with the guitar

       


 Eighth Grade:


1. Continue working with the keyboard. Every student will play
     a short song with both hands.
2. Practice the song “We go together” from the movie “Grease”
    for the songfest.




Ninth Grade:


1. Work on their instrument as part of a musical group.  Every
    group will select a popular song to practice and play in class.
2. Practice “Stop Rhythms” for the songfest presentation.  

UN DAY CELEBRATION
Oct. 25

Early dismissal



         Friday Oct. 26