KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, SECOND and THIRD GRADE

SUBJECT: GENERAL MUSIC, MIN. TAUGHT/WK: 60 Kindergarten: 30

OBJECTIVES:

The children will be able to:

1. Improve, through review, all previous year’s objectives.

2. Recognize and name all of the notes on the Treble clef staff.

3. Recognize the musical symbols for loud and soft.

4. Perform using different articulation styles: legato, marcato, staccato.

5. Recognize and name all of the orchestral instruments.

6. Recognize and perform whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes and dotted rhythms.

7. Understand the basic form of a composition: AB, ABA, Rondo, Verse/Chorus (Refrain)

8. 3 rd Grade will perform songs on a recorder from written notation.

TEXT: Share the Music, McGraw-Hill 1995, Recorder Karate, Plank Road Publishing 2002, Yamaha Recorder Student, Alfred Publishing Co.

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

1. CDs

2. Videos

3. Various unpitched percussion instruments

4. Teacher resource books

5. Band instruments, piano, and guitar

6. Recorders (3 rd Grade)

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Music Ace Software

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Participation in concerts and other school functions.

2. 3 rd Grade participation in the Spring Concert and final all school mass.

FOURTH GRADE

SUBJECT: BEGINNING BAND MIN. TAUGHT/WK: 90

OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of first year band the student will:

1. Recognize and understand these musical terms: staff, clef signs, bar lines, measures, double bars, repeat marks, first and second endings, D.C.al Fine, whole notes, half notes, dotted half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, whole rests, half rests, quarter rests, eighth rests, pick-up notes, key signature, time signature.

2. Have a basic understanding of melody, harmony, rhythm - rhythmic patterns.

3. Correctly use techniques such as fingerings, slide positions, stickings and mallet usage.

4. Developed an embouchure relevant to their instrument in order to produce a clear, steady tone and be able to tongue and slur correctly.

5. Recognize and play all notes, including sharps and flats that have been taught, through scales, intervals, and songs.

6. Play individually, with a section, with the entire band.

7. Play their part against other parts in the band, producing a full complete sound.

8. Appreciate music and realize that being a part of band will enhance their personal and social development.

9. Perform the Concert Bb scale from memory.

TEXT: Standard of Excellence-Book 1, Enhanced Version, Kjos Music Company 2004

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

1. Band Music - an assortment of composers, arrangers, and publishers

2. CD'S

3. Fingering/Slide Position Charts

5. Metronome, tuner and mirror

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Band Website and Blog. Students post comments about their practice routine, answer questions about music theory and history, and interact with one another about Band related topics.

2. Record and Analyze Podcasts of the Band and Student of the Month.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Evening sit-in rehearsal with parents.

2. Recording the band so they can hear where they need improvement and the progress they are making.

3. Singing parts and clapping rhythms.

4. Christmas Concert and Spring Concert.

COMMENTS:

Setting weekly and monthly goals will help students achieve better musicianship.

FIFTH GRADE

SUBJECT: INTERMEDIATE BAND MIN. TAUGHT/WK: 90

OBJECTIVES:

The student will be able to:

1. Improve through review, all first year objectives.

2. Recognize and understand these additional musical terms, notes, and rhythms: dotted quarters-eighth note patterns, eighth rests, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth-sixteenth note pattern, 3/8 and 6/8 time signatures, alternate fingerings and slide positions, staccato, legato, enharmonic tones, D.S. al Fine, syncopation, dynamics, accent marks, basic drum rudiments.

3. Play numerous scales with full accompanying lines.

4. Change Time Signature within a song.

5. Change Key Signature within a song.

6. Play rhythmically different sections against other sections in the band.

7. Appreciate all types and styles of music, realizing that musical knowledge will enrich their lives.

8. Perform the Concert Bb scale and Chromatic Scale from memory.

9. Perform Grade 1-1.5 music.

10. Extend playing range. Flute-second octave, Clarinet-over the break, Saxophone-second octave, Trumpet-high E, Low Brass-high D.

TEXT: Standard of Excellence-Book 1, Enhanced Version, Kjos Music Company 2004

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

1. Band Music - a variety of composers, arrangers, and publishers

2. CDs

3. Fingering/Slide Position Charts

4. Metronome and Tuner

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Band Website and Blog. Students post comments about their practice routine, answer questions about music theory and history, and interact with one another about Band related topics.

2. Record and Analyze Podcasts of the Band and Student of the Month.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Recording the band so they can hear where they need improvement and the progress they are making

2. Christmas Concert and Spring Concert

COMMENTS:

Setting weekly and monthly goals will help students achieve better musicianship.

SIXTH, SEVENTH and EIGHTH GRADE

SUBJECT: CONCERT BAND MIN. TAUGHT/WK: 90

OBJECTIVES:

The student will be able to:

1. Improve through review all Beginning and Intermediate Band objectives.

2.Spend more time on technical development: Brass lip slurs, Woodwind arpeggios, Broken chord studies, using alternate fingerings, articulation markings, fast and accurate tonguing, triplets, phrasing, finger dexterity, syncopation, crescendos, decrescendos, dynamic markings, more difficult drum rudiments.

3. Change Time Signature within a song.

4. Change Key Signature within a song.

5. Play rhythmically different sections against other sections in the band.

6. Appreciate all types and styles of music, realizing that musical knowledge will enrich their lives.

7. Have a true understanding and appreciation of music, and the self-discipline it requires to excel.

8. Perform the Concert Bb, Eb and Chromatic Scale from memory.

9. Perform Grade 2-2.5 music.

10. Extend playing range. Flute-second octave, Clarinet-over the break, Saxophone-second octave, Trumpet-high G, Low Brass-high F.

TEXT: Standard of Excellence-Book 1, Enhanced Version, Neil A. Kjos Music Company

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

1. Advanced warm-up techniques

2. Band music - a variety of composers, arrangers, and publishers

3. CDs

4. Metronome and Tuner

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Band Website and Blog. Students post comments about their practice routine, answer questions about music theory and history, and interact with one another about Band related topics.

2. Record and Analyze Podcasts of the Band and Student of the Month.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Perform for school, community and church functions.

2. Participation in Bishop DuBourg Elementary Band Festival and Honor Band.

3. Participation in Illinois Grade School Music Association Organizational Contests.

4. Christmas and Spring Concerts.

COMMENTS:

Setting weekly and monthly goals will help students achieve better musicianship.

SIXTH, SEVENTH and EIGHTH GRADE

SUBJECT: PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE MIN. TAUGHT/WK: 30

OBJECTIVES:

The student will be able to:

1. Spend more time on technical development: syncopation, crescendos, decrescendos, dynamic markings, more difficult drum rudiments.

2. Play several Percussive Arts Society Rudiments.

3. Perform a snare drum solo in drum line format.

4. Perform a multi percussion piece as an ensemble.

5. Learn proper performance techniques of a variety of percussion instruments.

6. Discover how percussion can be used melodically, harmonically and rhythmically.

7. Appreciate all types and styles of music, realizing that musical knowledge will enrich their lives.

8. Have a true understanding and appreciation of music, and the self-discipline it requires to excel.

TEXT: N/A

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

1. Percussion Ensemble music - a variety of composers, arrangers, and publishers

2. PAS Drum Rudiments

3. Educational Videos

4. CDs

5. Metronome and Tuner

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Band Website and Blog. Students post comments about their practice routine, answer questions about music theory and history, and interact with one another about Band related topics.

2. Record and Analyze Podcasts of the Ensemble.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Perform for school and church functions.

2. Christmas and Spring Concerts.

COMMENTS:

Setting weekly and monthly goals will help students achieve better musicianship

SIXTH, SEVENTH and EIGHTH GRADE

SUBJECT: JAZZ BAND MIN. TAUGHT/WK: 60

OBJECTIVES:

The student will be able to:

1. Improve through review all Beginning, Intermediate Band, and Concert Band objectives

2.Spend more time on technical development: Brass lip slurs, Woodwind arpeggios, Broken chord studies, using alternate fingerings, articulation markings, fast and accurate tonguing, triplets, phrasing, finger dexterity, syncopation, crescendos, decrescendos, dynamic markings, more difficult drum rudiments.

3. Change style within a song. i.e. Latin, Swing, Latin.

4. Play rhythmically different sections against other sections in the band.

5. Appreciate all types and styles of music, realizing that musical knowledge will enrich their lives.

6. Have a true understanding and appreciation of music, and the self-discipline it requires to excel.

7. Learn Jazz phrasing and articulation.

8. Understand different Jazz styles, i.e. Swing, Latin and Rock

TEXT: Standard of Excellence-Book 1, Enhanced Version, Kjos Music Company 2004

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

2. Jazz Band music - a variety of composers, arrangers, and publishers

3. CDs

4. Metronome and Tuner

TECHNOLOGY:

1. Band Website and Blog. Students post comments about their practice routine, answer questions about music theory and history, and interact with one another about Band related topics.

2. Record and Analyze Podcasts of the Band and Student of the Month.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Perform for school, community and church functions.

2. Christmas and Spring Concerts.

COMMENTS:

Setting weekly and monthly goals will help students achieve better musicianship.

Revised Nov. 2007