What's Happening In Music?

Happy to be back to school and ready to start making music with the students again!!

Thank you for a successful Veteran’s Day Program! The students performing did a great job and it was a great tribute to our Veterans.

4TH AND 5TH GRADERS DON’T FoRGET THAT CHOIR FORMS AND MONEY ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21ST!!

Here’s what’s happening in music for the next few weeks:

5th Grade: Recorder review- How to hold the recorder, create a good sound, identify parts of a staff, read B A G notes.

4th Grade: Introduction to Recorder- How to hold the recorder, tonguing, what kind of air to use, read B note on staff.

3rd Grade: Program: Students will start work on their program “Crazy Carols.” We will learn notes and lyrics while practicing good singing posture and correct tone (use of head voice.)

2nd Grade: Steady beat Vs. Rhythm: Using the song “In Right Out Right” students will move to the beat and tap rhythm of the words. They will also recognize quarter note, eighth note, half note, and quarter rest.

1st Grade: Steady Beat vs. Rhythm: Students will sing the song “Bounce High” and keep the beat while the ball is bounced to them. I will introduce eighth and quarter notes using this song and the stuents will identify those rhythms in the song.

Kindergarten: 4 Voices/Steady Beat: The students use their 4 voices (whisper, shout, sing, and speak) in a game using the “super special” microphone. Students will also identify/show the steady beat in multiple songs by taping it on their legs, clapping it, and marching to it.

Mrs. Juechter will be back on Monday October 20th!!

TALENT SHOW SUCCESS!!

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the first ever Watt Hardison Elementary Talent/Art Show!! We had a wonderful turn out of almost 250 guests and the Music and Art programs for WHE made a little over $500 for next years activities so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

For those of you who missed the show, we will perform for the WHE student body on Monday, May 19th starting around 12:30. Please feel free to come and see the show!

Here are a few snapshots from that evenings festivities...

MUSIC Week 4-14-14

We are all getting geared up to start auditions for our Talent Show. Auditions start on Thursday April 17th and will go until next Friday, April 25th. Students who are interested in auditioning should see Mrs. Juechter to sign up for a time.

Here is an overview of what we are doing in music class this week:

5th Grade: They will continue with recorder this week. Students will review notes BAG and will learn C and prepare for next playing test over the song "March" in their recorder book.

4th Grade: Students will continue with BAG on recorder. We will prepare for the first playing test over "French Song."

3rd Grade: Students are continuing Mallet Madness on xylophones, metalaphones, glockenspiels, and membrane instruments. They will play quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests on the instruments.

2nd Grade: This group is learning about musical dynamics this week. Dynamics are the markings in music that tell us how loud or soft we should play or sing. The students will demonstrate different dynamics on non-pitched percussion instruments and then play the "Dynamics Dash" board game with a partner.

1st Grade: Students will identify quarter notes, eighth notes, and half notes. They will put those rhythms in their body by walk, jogging, and stretch. Students will play percussion instruments for the poem "Drum's Birthday" and will say and clap the poem "Little Bird."

Kindergarten: Students will move and sing "One Two Tie My Shoe." Then they will put the rhythms to the song on percussion instruments.

Week 2-18-14 and 2-24-14 What we are doing in music!

Here is an overview of what is happening in music for the this week and next week...

4th and 5th Grade

*Introduction to recorder. Learning how to properly hold the recorder and produce a sound.

*Students will recognize musical staff, measures, rhythms, treble clef, time signature, and double bar line.

*Recognize and play notes B A and possibly G.

3rd Grade

*This is the first week of "Mallet Madness!" Students will learn the proper way to hold mallets, play a steady beat hands together and alternate. Students will play xylophone, metallophone, and glockenspiel.

2nd Grade

*The students sing songs for upcoming March 20th program. They are performing a program called "Hats!" which celebrates different jobs as well as different personalities.

1st Grade

*This week is all about FROGS! The students will sing and move to the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs," listen to the book "The Frog that Wanted to be a Singer," and color a frog page to practice writing the word frog.

Kindergarten

*Students will sing and create movement to the book/song "If You're Happy and You Know It." Students will perform the song at different tempos (fast/slow) and dynamics (loud/soft.)

Have a good week!!

1st Grade Program Tomorrow

Just a reminder that the first grade program is TOMORROW NIGHT at 6:30 in the Watt Hardison Gym. 1st graders should be in their classrooms by 6:15 dressed and ready to go. Here is the letter that was sent home last week with the details.

January 29, 2014 Dear 1st Grade Parents,

I am writing to give you the details for the 1st grade program next month. Because the program date is February 13th we decided the theme would be “Love.” The first grade teachers and I have been talking with the students about what love means, why we love, and how we show each other love. They will sing a few songs and dedicate them to you. We hope that you will join us for our celebration of love. Here are the details:

• Date of the program: Thursday, February 13th 2014 • What time? 6:30 p.m. • Where? In the WHE gym • What do the students need to wear? Students should wear red, pink, or white clothing. Girls can wear a red, pink, or white dress or nice pant and a red, pink, or white top. Boys should wear a red, pink, or white shirt with nice pants. Jeans are fine, but no holes please. • Do students have to be there? YES! We have been working on this program for a month in music class and I would like all student to show you their hard work. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thank You

Mrs. Juechter

SMS Music Specialist

Crystal.juechter@sumnerschools.org

First Post of the New Year!

Hello and welcome to the Watt Hardison Elementary music classroom page! I am very excited to be a part of the WHE team and have had a really fun first semester. I am going to try and update this blog each week with pictures and lesson plans. I will also use this page to send reminders about choir rehearsal and performances. FYI CHOIR WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY!! I WILL HAVE PAPERS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE GROUP ON MONDAY JANUARY 2OTH. The WHE PTO were kind enough to purchase some a couple area rugs for my classroom and I LOVE THEM!!

I really love these! Dance clips are for classes that finish their music lesson early and need an extra activity. One student will choose a random clip which will have a fun dance written on the back for the class to do! (Chicken Dance, Cha Cha Slide, etc.)

Here are some pictures from before holiday break of second graders perfoming on non-pitched percussion instruments. So fun!!