5th Grade
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 1)
5th grade band is not offered as a class during the school day.
Students will learn these things prior to 6th grade band in the fall:
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 1)
Students will be able to do and learn these things by being in this class:
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 2)
Students will be able to do and learn these things by being in this class:
BOOK NEEDED: Standard of Excellence: Jazz Ensemble Method
Students will be able to do and learn these things by being in this class:
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 2)
Students will be able to do or learn these things by being in this class:
**Each day the students are given 3 classroom participation points if they follow the classroom rules and expectations. Points are taken off as these are not followed.
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 1)
5th grade band is not offered as a class during the school day.
Students will learn these things prior to 6th grade band in the fall:
- How to put together, hold, clean and take apart their instrument
- Posture and Breath Support/Control
- Creating a good sound
- Having a proper embouchure
- Correct articulation
- Pulse control
- The Fab 5 notes and basic 3 rhythms
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 1)
Students will be able to do and learn these things by being in this class:
- Read basic music notation
- Basic music terminology
- Proper technique to play their instrument
- Basic music history
- How to perform as an individual and in a group
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 2)
Students will be able to do and learn these things by being in this class:
- Review of the basic skills needed to perform on their instrument
To be able to play in an ensemble and as individuals - The student will receive continued instructed on posture, breathing, reading rhythmic notation, reading and understanding musical notation and developing listening skills
- Introduction and development in more complex rhythms, new notes, musical styles, musical development, musical terminology and major scales and arpeggios
- Listening
BOOK NEEDED: Standard of Excellence: Jazz Ensemble Method
Students will be able to do and learn these things by being in this class:
- Being able to perform music in the jazz style
- Proper playing methods, terminology, form and different styles
- Basic jazz theory and history
- Listening to and recognizing several jazz pieces and styles
- Basic improvisation
BOOK NEEDED: Sound Innovations (book 2)
Students will be able to do or learn these things by being in this class:
- A more in-depth understanding of how to play in an ensemble and as individuals
- The ability to perform and rehearse more complex music
- Expanded learning of scales, arpeggios, musical development and styles, notes, musical terminology, and rhythms
- Continued teaching of instrument and musical basics, to solidify understanding and ability
- Listening
- Using learned knowledge to create music
- Instrument
- Binder
- Method Book
- Music
- Pencil
- Assignments, when due
- Practice Slip, when due
- 70% Assessment (includes, but not limited to: playing tests, playing quizzes, concerts/performances, practice assessments, vocabulary quizzes, listening quizzes)
- 30% Assignment (includes, but not limited to: worksheets, participation points, practice slips)
**Each day the students are given 3 classroom participation points if they follow the classroom rules and expectations. Points are taken off as these are not followed.