2023-2024 Archway Music Info

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th Grade Music 
2023-2024
Mrs. Carpenter
Email: pcarpenter@archwaychandler.org
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Dear Archway Families,

 

Welcome back to school! I am so excited to start another wonderful year of music with your scholars. The 2023-2024 school year will be my 10^th year at Archway Chandler. I’m thrilled to announce that I will be teaching all scholars again this year: K-5^th grade. This letter is an overview of what you can expect from my class for your child(ren) this year.   2^nd-5^th grade scholars will bring their music theory workbooks to music their first day of music class and will leave them in the music room in a designated location. 

 

Required Student Materials

	Consumables
K-1 Scholars	None
2nd Grade Scholars	"Theory Time for Grade 2" ISBN: 1890348023
3rd Grade Scholars	"Theory Time for Grade 3" ISBN: 1890348031
4th Grade Scholars	"Theory Time Grade 4" ISBN: 189034804X
5th Grade Scholars	"Theory Time Grade 5" ISBN: 1890348058

 

 

Music History/Listening Overview

The 2^nd-5^th grade scholars will be introduced to a variety of genres of music as well as learn the history of composers. Picture glyphs, listening guides, google slides, and class discussions will assist students in understanding the sounds of each piece and its correlation to the time period in which it was composed. Composers the students will listen to this year include J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Saens. Kinder and 1^st grade scholars will be learning traditional folk songs, using their bodies, instruments, and even art to imitate sounds of the music and discuss music terminology.

Music Listening/History	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
K-1 Scholars	Folk Songs, composer highlight- Mozart	Movements from "The Nutrcracker", by Tchaikovsky	Folk Songs, composer highlights- Beethoven and Prokoviev	Folk Songs, composer highlights- Saint-Saens
2nd Grade Scholars	Families of the Orchestra, "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokoviev	Movements from "The Nutrcracker", by Tchaikovsky	Seasonal Listening: composer highlights- Strauss, Haydn, Ravel	Seasonal Listening: composer highlights- Debussy, Schumann, Schubert
3rd-5th Grade Scholars	Baroque Period: composer highlights- Bach, Vivaldi,  Scarlatti	Early Classical Period: composer highlight- Mozart	Late Classical Period: composer highlight- Beethoven	Romantic/Contemporary Period: composer highlights-  Schumann, Chopin, Ravel

 

Music Theory/Sight-Singing Overview

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of basic music theory. Each grade level’s curriculum builds upon knowledge attained from the previous year. If your scholar is new to Archway, do not worry! We will begin the year reviewing all the necessary content. We will utilize classroom instruments throughout the school year to reinforce music theory and sightreading concepts. Theory books will be left in the music room during the school year. I will not be asking students to complete homework as all work will be done in class. 

Sight-reading is a time for students to put their knowledge of the fundamentals of music theory to practice. This is a great way to reinforce good reading habits (left to right; associating symbols with sounds/pitches) as well as practice the hand signs that correspond with the pitches.  

 

Music Theory/ Sight-Reading	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
K-1 Scholars	Sight-Reading: Quarter note/rest, pair of eighth notes, half note, La-Sol-Mi    Theory: High/Low, Fast/Slow, ABA Form	Sight-Reading: Whole note, dotted half note, Do    Theory: Line note/Space note, Staff, Dynamics	Sight-Reading: Half rest/Whole rest, Re      Theory: Treble note names, Tempo	Sight-Reading: 3/4 time signature, Ti and High Do        Theory: Articulation markings, review tempo/dynamics, note names
2nd Grade Scholars	Sight-Reading: Quarter note/rest, pair of eighth notes, half note, La-Sol-Mi-Do  Theory: Music alphabet, types of notes, stem rules, time signature	Sight-Reading: Whole note, dotted half note, Re    Theory: Steps, skips, repeats, drawing the treble clef, treble lines and spaces	Sight-Reading: Half rest/Whole rest, Fa      Theory: Drawing bass clef, bass clef lines and spaces	Sight-Reading: 3/4 time signature, Ti and High Do        Theory: Review treble and bass clef names, rests, bar lines, measures, time signature
3rd-5th Grade Scholars  *will vary in difficulty based on grade level	Sight-Reading: Quarter note/rest, pair of eighth notes, half note, La-Sol-Mi-Do  Theory: Music alphabet, types of notes, staff, rests, stem rules, intro to 16th note/rest (5th only)	Sight-Reading: Whole note, dotted half note, Re-Fa    Theory: Drawing treble and bass clefs, naming notes in treble and bass clef, time signatures	Sight-Reading: Half rest/Whole rest, Ti-High Do   Theory: Rests, bar lines, measures, double bar lines, rhythm drills, ledger lines, melodic and harmonic intervals (5th only)	Sight-Reading: 3/4 time signature, Review major scale      Theory: Intervals, halfsteps/whole-steps, sharps and flats, major scale patterns

 

 

2023-2024 CONCERT DATES!

Archway Chandler scholars perform two times a school year in the CPA gym. These performances are mandatory for all students. SAVE THE DATES! Times for each grade level will be announced as we get closer to the event.

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 – Winter Concert

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 – Spring Concert

 

Archway Strings Club and 

Strings of the Round Table

Club Fee: $150 for semester

The Archway Strings (beginners) and Strings of the Round Table (4th and 5th graders/2nd year students) are extra-curricular music clubs that meet once a week, under the direction of Mrs. Carpenter. Students who participate in strings clubs should plan on participating the entire school year as learning an instrument takes time and dedication.

No new students will be admitted in January. Registration for new students will only be open in August.

If you’d like to learn about more ways to support the music program at Archway Chandler, please consider donating to our Archway Music Class Amazon Wish List at this link:

 

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