Music with Mrs. Karia

2nd Trimester Report Cards This trimester 4th and 5th graders focused on learning pieces for the opera and their study of the recorder. Their performance grade is based on singing a song from the opera and playing a phrase of a piece on the recorder. Opera assessment: M- student matched pitch consistently P- student matched pitch but not consistently NY- student did not match pitch 50% of the time or less (no E possible for this assessment) Recorder assessment: E- student spent the time to learn the whole piece and recorded it for me at school or at home M- student played the chosen phrase of the piece with correct fingering and only 1-2 squeaks maximum P- student played the phrase but had some incorrect fingering 1-2 times and squeaked (or had an unclear tone) more than 2 times NY- students had incorrect fingering more than 1-2 times and were not creating a clear tone consistently. Their listening grade  was based on a quiz on form in pieces of music I played i...

What a February! Here are just a few of the highlights from last month During the day on February 27th, we had our Black History Month assembly (featuring Cynthia Maddox as Harriet Tubman). 2nd-5th grade students who volunteered to come to a few lunchtime rehearsal learned the song "Harriet Tubman" to sing at the conclusion of the assembly. That evening, Whittier held it's first Black History Month Literacy Night. At the beginning of the evening, students and adults joined in singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Everyone in the school learned the song. Some (like this first grader) even tried learning to play it at home!