Fifth Grade Music
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First Quarter
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Organization of classroom routines; introduction to 5th grade music text; review of music instruments to prepare for beginning band; study of Ludwig van Beethoven; singing as an ensemble; study of American Folk music; music score reading; review of music notation and staff reading; continuation of Music Ace program based on individual student’s progress; auditions for young student roles in hs production of the Music Man |
Music Textbook with study of music indicative of the railroads, shipping industry, the old west and the gold rush; The Music Composer Series and other listening and written materials for the study of Beethoven; Music Instrument Jingo and A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten for review of instruments; worksheets for the review of music notation; study of music in our everyday lives; Music Express for score reading and listening examples; pick up Music Ace where the student stopped in 4th grade; auditions for Amaryllis and Winthrop in the hs production of the Music Man, plus other townsperson roles |
Worksheets Test on Beethoven Classroom participation Progress charts in Music Ace Test on Instrument families |
25A 25B 26A 26B |
Second Quarter
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Preparation of the holiday musical for 5th grade concert; continuation of Music Ace |
Auditions, casting, rehearsal and production of “It’s Christmas, Carol” by John Jacobsen---the holiday musical presented only by the 5th grade; study of other holiday music as time permits; individual continuation of Music Ace notation and ear training program |
Participation in the musical and learning the team concepts of drama and musical productions; classroom participation; progress charts for Music Ace |
26A 26B 27A 27B |
Third Quarter
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Study of the historical periods in music; Study of Martin Luther King and other related topics; President’s Day music; continuation of Music Ace; review of notation and score reading; Study of George Bizet; 5th grade piano students enter music contest |
Music Ace continuation on individual basis; Standard of Excellence workbook presentations of the historical periods of music; Young Composer’s Series and other listening and written materials for George Bizet; Music Express for score reading and study of ML King and other related topics; presentation of contest entries for piano and instrumental |
Tests on the historical periods; Music Ace progress charts; written essays on “what freedom means to me” based on discussions of ML King etc; test on George Bizet; worksheets; classroom participation |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A 27B |
Fourth Quarter
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Preparation of music for junior high spring concert in May; finishing historical periods; singing as a group; finishing Music Ace; final 5th grade group project |
Study of 5 songs for the junior high spring concert utilizing unison and 2part singing; finish Standard of Excellence workbook on historical periods; finish Music Ace; sing from textbooks as well as other scores; Music Express; group projects on music topic of student’s choice |
Final tests on historical periods; participation in spring concert; classroom participation; progress charts for Music Ace; group project |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A 27B |