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Welcome to Music!. Gretchen Teel Gretchen_Teel@aspva.us. Students at Nottingham…. Attend music once per week for a 50 minute class Will learn to read, write, play, create, and move to music Receive grades in music
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Welcome to Music! Gretchen Teel Gretchen_Teel@aspva.us
Students at Nottingham… • Attend music once per week for a 50 minute class • Will learn to read, write, play, create, and move to music • Receive grades in music • Can keep track of their musical studies through the use of Blackboard (Ms. Teel’s Music Notes)
About Ms. Teel… • I hold a masters in Music Education and certification in the Orff Schulwerk music education methodology • My philosophy of teaching is to provide every student with the skills to understand, describe, and perform music. • Through various singing, playing, and movement activities I want every student to discover their own individual musical potential while having fun! • I follow the Arlington County music curriculum along with the Silver Burdett Making Music textbook series, Orff Schulwerk materials, and various other resources.
Kindergarten students will: • Sing in groups and alone, exploring a variety of songs about various topics and cultures • Develop a strong sense of steady beat • Perform on classroom unpitched percussion instruments • Move to the beat and melody in a variety of ways • Develop a beginning musical vocabulary
First Grade students will: • Sing alone and in groups, about various topics and cultures • Read, understand, create, and perform rhythm patterns that include quarter note, quarter rest, and eighth notes • Perform accompaniment patterns on both pitched and unpitched instruments • Move to music in a variety of ways • Develop a strong sense of steady beat as well as dividing the beat
Second Grade students will: • Sing alone and in groups using various forms (verse/refrain, call/response, etc.) • Read and notate melodic patterns using solfege syllables • Recognize and identify melodic motion • Sing songs from various cultures • Add half note, dotted half note, and whole note to rhythmic vocabulary • Perform pitched accompaniments • Identify and recognize various orchestral instruments
Third Grade students will: • Sing in tune with clear tone quality in unison and 2-part ensembles • Play melodies on pitched instruments using the pentatonic scale and the first five pitches of the major scale • Play melodies on the soprano recorder • Improve and create short melodies • Move to music in various meters and forms • Add half rest, dotted half rest, whole rest, and sixteenth notes to rhythmic vocabulary • Understand musical values such as rehearsals and appropriate listening and audience habits
Fourth Grade students will: • Sing a varied repertoire of music • Play melodies on instruments using major and pentatonic scales • Understand musical phrasing in singing, movement, and playing instruments • Read and notate melodies on the treble staff • Begin studying various composers and their time in music history • Add eighth rest, sixteenth rest, and various rhythmic combinations to rhythmic vocabulary • Understand meter and time signature, chord symbols, and some categories of musical style • Expand expressive vocabulary • Describe and evaluate musical performances
Fifth Grade students will: • Sing a varied repertoire of music • Play melodies using major, minor, and pentatonic scales • Understand musical phrasing, various voice types/registers, the subdivision of the beat, and various musical forms • Continue studying various composers and their time periods • Expand rhythmic and expressive vocabulary • Perform various rhythmic values in various meters • Begin studying basic music theory
More Musical Opportunities… • 3rd grade students will learn recorder as part of their studies • 4th and 5th grade students have the opportunity to participate in the Nottingham Chorus • All Nottingham Chorus members are eligible to audition for the Arlington Honors Chorus
Technology in the Music Classroom • Thanks to our Nottingham PTA, the music classroom has an interactive SmartBoard. Lessons for all grade levels integrate use of the SmartBoard technology and software. • Ms. Teel makes use of Notebook software, Quicktime/MediaPlayer, Roxio recording software, Sibelius, and various websites that add to our musical resources.
Classroom Rules and Expectations • All students are expected to know and follow the Nottingham Student Oath • Behavior Referrals may be issued in music class • Positive Referrals may also be given! • Individual classes also work toward filling in the music notes on their ‘Staff Charts’ to earn a Music Choice Day
How do Music Grades Work? • Kindergarten students receive grades after the 2nd and 4th grading quarters • 1st and 2nd grade students receive one grade (P/N) each quarter • 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students receive two grades (one for achievement and one for effort) each quarter • Please see the syllabus for more detailed grading information
Looking for more information? • All students are enrolled in Ms. Teel’s Blackboard course (Ms. Teel’s Music Notes). Information about individual grade level classes and chorus will be posted and updated on a regular basis. • You can also find a copy of Ms. Teel’s class syllabus on Blackboard as well as the Nottingham Website.
