Report Cards- Trimester 1 2023-24

Here are the rubrics for 4th and 5th Grade for 1st trimester. They are based on a singing performance assessment and a trimester test on listening and reading skills for their grade level. The rubric is below gives details on how the grades were determined. Please email me at akaria@op97.org with any questions.

Welcome Back!

We have been having a wonderful year so far. The past 2 weeks students have been acclimating or re-acclimating to the music room procedures and expectations. This week all the students are doing grade-level lessons surrounding steady beat and rhythm. In kindergarten we used play-doh as tortilla dough flour and kept a steady beat to the poem "Tortillitas" See if you children remember the motions and words to the rhyme! "Tortillitas para mama. Tortillitas para papa. Las bonitas para Papa. Las quemaditas para mama" (sorry for the lack of accents in the Spanish lyrics) Students with their play-doh "tortillitas" 1st grade- 5th grade students played "Busted" a game where students pull a stick from a cannister. The stick may have a rhythm on it. If it does, they read the rhythm and keep the stick if it's done correctly. If the stick says "Busted!" the student loses their turn and all their sticks. Next week we will start reviewing melody. ...

Rocking out to Rhythms

All the classes focused on rhythm this week by playing our West African tubano and djembe drums. The 2nd graders-5th graders learned new rhythms which they then played along with pop or rock songs (for example "Take Me Out" for 4th grade shown in this link ). The kindergarteners experienced the drums for the first time and 1st graders reviewed their quarter note and eighth note rhythms. We also started handing out the top banana award to classes who demonstrate excellent behavior as a whole. So far, Ms. Heide's 5th grade and Ms. Park's kindergarten have received the trophy which will travel around the school. SPECIALS SURVEY LINK The specials teachers have put together a survey to find out more about your family's experiences. In music class we teach and sing about holidays and cultures around the world. If their are any types of songs that your child cannot participate in, make sure to fill out the survey so that we are aware. We've had a blast this week...

Hope you all are having a wonderful end to your school year- Remember to look to these pages for updates on music at Whittier! 3rd-5th grade https://sites.google.com/op97.org/whittiermusic3-5/home Kindergarten-2nd grade https://sites.google.com/op97.org/whittiermusick-2/home

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