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Music ~ Ms. Fogarty
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Welcome To Music
Welcome back to SEAS for the 2019-2020 School Year!
I am so excited for this new school year to begin and see you all SHINE! This is going to be an amazing school year filled with many amazing musical opportunities for all students! Every student in the school from Nursery up to 8th Grade all have the chance to make music and perform for an audience. From prayer services, Christmas Concerts, Various Choirs, and class, everyone has their time to shine! This years focus is to let the voice shine!
Scroll down to see what each class is up to!
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Nursery
Music for our nursery students is focused on their first experiences in music. The goal is to get them accustumed to singing, moving, and playing instruments. We reinforce steady beat, and language with many songs and dances.
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Pre-K
Pre-k students begin our year by discussing their voices, and the different ways to use them. They learn about their 4 voices (whisper, speaking, calling, and singing) and when you use each of them.
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Kindergarten
Students in Kindergarten are beginning the school year by practicing steady beat utilizing rhymes. They are furthering to develop their singing voices by "echo singing"
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1st Grade
1st graders will begin the year by reinforcing their understanding of "high" and "low" sounds, as well as steady beat, and basic musical notation skills.
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2nd Grade
In 2nd grade the year begins with furthering developing beat into groups of 2 i.e. 2 beat meter. They also will dig deeper into singing/notation by discussing solfege, the way a singer refrences pitch, starting with La.
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3rd Grade
3rd grade is a very special year in music. Recorder! Students will become profecient in reading music, and putting what they read into action on the recorder. They will also develop their singing voices even more, using the petatonic (5 pitch scale) as well as improvisation.
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4th Grade
Students begin the year by expanding their singing range, and what pitches they recognize in notation. Moreover they will dig deeper into "pick up" notes, specifically when a song begins on an "up" beat or "weak" beat.
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5th Grade
5th graders will begin the year by practicing reading 2 part arrangments of songs they know, improvise rhytmically using all known rhythms, and begin to listen to music following the "score".
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6th Grade
6th graders start off their middle school years by discovering the properties of sound, and put their knowledge to the test by creating their own instruments to demonstrate what they have learned.
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7th Grade
7th graders will get a tatse of what it's like to work in the music field! They will work in groups to create a short skit, and add music to, based upon principals and elements discussed in class.
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8th Grade
8th grade will take a journey through "modern music" beginning with the jazz age, and ending with hiphop. At the beginnig of the year they will do active listening to jazz greats, while looking at the social, and historical climate of the time.
The History of Jazz- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWVOIC_6PvI
Listen to about 6:40. Please hand in the listening sheet by Friday 9/20
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SFogarty9356steas.comMusic Teacher
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