5th Grade

Quarter 3: 

The students in 5th grade have started to learn how to play the VIOLIN! In addition to learning a new instrument, the students continue to sight-read pentatonic melodic patterns in a variety of keys as well as learn choir concert music for the spring performance on Wednesday, May 7. 

Violin:

In quarter 3, the students are learning how to hold the violin and the bow, identify the various parts of the instrument, read rhythms and melodies, listen to each other as an ensemble, and appreciate the value of hard work in learning a new instrument. Learn more about this exciting new opportunity for our 5th graders here.

Sight Reading and Choral Singing:

The students also continue to polish their sight-reading skills by completing daily pentatonic (Do-Re-Mi-So-La) melodic passages in a variety of keys (moveable Do). The 5th graders are also hard at work learning new songs for the spring concert on May 7 at 7:00 PM in the CPA gym.

Quarter 2: 

Every day in music class, the students participate in a daily sight-reading example using notes of the pentatonic scale in the keys of C, D, F, or G. 

Weeks 1 and 2:

Music Theory: Sixteenth Notes and Rests and Dotted Values (the value of the dot is half the value of the note it is next to).

 
Music Listening: Biography of J.S. Bach, Listen to J.S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
 
Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11
 

Weeks 3 and 4:

Music Theory: Ledger Lines and Intervals
 
Music Listening: Listen to Bach's "Air" from Suite in G, "Toccata and Fugue in d minor"

"Monster Mash" with Boomwhackers
 
Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11

Weeks 5 and 6:

Music Theory: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals

 

Music Listening: Antonin Dvorak's Biography, Listen to "Symphony No. 9: From a New World", "Rusalka"

Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11
 

Weeks 7-11:

 
Concert Prep: Rehearse, memorize, and polish concert songs for performance on December 11
 

Reflect on Concert and Play Music Games

Quarter 1

Weeks 1 and 2:

 

• Notation/Melody – 

• Week 1: Review Solfege hand signs, begin with Sol-Mi-La patterns

• Week 2: - Mystery Melody with various Sol-Mi-La patterns

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Week 1: Rhythmic Training using ta, ti-ti, ti-ri-ti-ri, whole note hold it, and sh (quarter note, pairs of eighth notes, groups of 4 sixteenth notes, whole notes, and quarter rests) 

• Week 2: Mystery Rhythm with varying patterns (use percussion instruments to demonstrate understanding)

• Theory – 

• Week 1: “Review types of notes, rhythms, articulations, symbols”, pg. 1

• Week 2: “Review types of notes, rhythms, articulations, symbols”, pgs. 2-3

• Boomwhackers/Science of Sound:

• Week 1: Discuss vibrations and sound waves and how sound is created.

• Week 2: Dive deeper into different types of sounds from instruments and how they are created.

• Music Listening:

• Week 1: Introduction to the Baroque Era

• Week 2: Strings Family Focus and “Four Seasons: Spring” by Antonio Vivaldi

Weeks 3 and 4:

• Notation/Melody – 

• Daily Mystery Melodies include a variety of the following pitches: Sol, Mi, La, and Do.

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Daily Mystery Rhythms include of variety of the following rhythmic symbols: quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, whole rest, half rest

• Theory – 

• Week 1: “Review types of notes, rhythms, articulations, symbols”, pgs. 3-4

• Week 2: “Treble Clef Lines and Spaces”, pg. 5

 

• Boomwhackers/Science of Sound:

• What is sound and volume?

• Play “Minuet in G” by J.S. Bach on Boomwhackers

• Music Listening:

• Week 3: Woodwind Family, Listen to “Little Fugue in G Minor”, by J.S. Bach

• Week 4: Brass Family, Listen to “Prelude and Fugue in C Minor”, by J.S. Bach

Weeks 5 and 6:

• Notation/Melody – 

• Pentatonic Scale: Do, Re, Mi, Sol, and La

• Penta - Five, Tonic - Sound

• Students to sight-read varying patterns of the pentatonic scale.

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Daily Mystery Rhythms include of variety of the following rhythmic symbols: quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, whole rest, half rest

• Theory – 

• Week 5: “Treble Clef Lines and Spaces”, pg. 5

• Trick: Lines - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge / Spaces - F A C E

• Week 6: "Treble Clef Time 'Test'", pg. 6 - *not a real test, but more of a fun activity to practice speed when recognizing notes on the treble clef.

• Music Listening:

• Week 5: Percussion Family, Listen to "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten

• Week 6: Keyboard Family, Listen to "Pathetique" by Ludwig van Beethoven

• Concert Preparation: Continue to work on our holiday and winter songs for our concert on December 11!

Weeks 7 - 10:

• Notation/Melody – 

• Pentatonic Scale: Do, Re, Mi, Sol, and La

• Penta - Five, Tonic - Sound

• Students to sight-read varying patterns of the pentatonic scale.

• Notation/Rhythm – 

• Daily Mystery Rhythms include of variety of the following rhythmic symbols: quarter note, pair of eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, whole rest, half rest, and groups of four sixteenth notes.

• Theory – 

• “Stem Rules”, pgs. 6-9

• Music Listening:
• G.F. Handel: Listen to "Water Music"
• Domenico Scarlatti: Listen to the "Cat's Fugue"
• Review Baroque Composers: Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel
• Play Baroque Jeopardy

• Concert Preparation: Continue to work on our holiday and winter songs for our concert on December 11!