HURLEY MUSIC

Mr. Glenn Sherrill

Welcome to the Harmony Ranch 2008-2009

Hurley Music Rules and Expectations:

Participate

Raise your hand to speak

Only play instruments when instructed

Show respect

Slip System:

Green = Great Behavior

Yellow = Warning

Orange = time out and note home

Black = trip to office

September:  We are learning and reviewing school rules.  The music trailer has moved!  We are waiting for bulletin boards and the projector to be mounted.  Thanks for your patience.     Our focus will be on reviewing basic music skills while incorperating class procedures.

Kindergarten:

Working on keeping steady beat and identifying body parts through music as well as listening skills.  Fast vs. Slow, High vs. Low

Songs Include:

1st Grade:

Steady beat, Soft vs. Loud, Shared Space. Tone Color, Movement, Listening Skills, Tempo

Second Grade:

Steady Beat/pitch-Higher and Lower/Beat vs. Tempo/Rhythm quatrternote vs. eighth note/ pitches-mi sol la/Tone  Color/ Playing pitched and unpitched instruments/ Exploring Sounds and improvising/Exploring different Cultures/ Singing in Groups and individually.

Third grade:

Call and Response Songs/ Melodic Direction/Varied tempos and Dynamics/Sing with pitch syllables/ practice breath control/Play maracas and shakers/Play eight-beat rhythm pattern on unpitched instruments/Play DCBAG descending pattern on pitched instruments, Reading notation, Body percussion performed with a song.

Songs include:

Fourth Grade:
Minor Tonality, Evaluating Singing, Working in groups, Science of Sound

Songs Include:

Fifth Grade:

Texture and singing harmony. Reading Notation, Playing recorder, Symphony handbook, Copeland, Brahms, Beethoven.

Songs Include:

2nd - 5th Grades: URGENT!

The Music Educators Association has challenged us to teach our students the words to the National Anthem. Studies show that 75% of Americans do not know the words to the Star Spangled Banner. The majority of students know a portion of the first verse (there are three), but most of them can not write out the words or even recite them without stumbling or repeating phrases that they already used. Please help with this at home. After all, you want your child to be confident when they sing at that baseball game!

5th Grade Recorders:

THESE STUDENTS ARE BLACK BELTS!

(Coming Soon!)

Bell:

Holbrook:

Phifer:

Piatt:

Sigmon:

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