6th Grade ChorusMon, October 7, 2013

Day B Band students to Chorus

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so

• Papers to hand back

• Pumpkin song to learn

• Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

We are pumpkins big and round, big and round, big and round;We are pumpkins big and round, sitting on the ground.See our great big shiny eyes, shiny eyes, shiny eyes;See our great big shiny eyes, looking right at you.See our great big laughing mouth, laughing mouth, laughing mouth,See our great big laughing mouth, smiling right at you.

Goals today

• Kookabura

• Warm up on Diction notes for Ring out Wild Bells

• Ring Out Wild Bells• Diction of Wild, Die, Night, Sky,

• Sing Child of Song- • Fix Ending• Review Harmony• Check our beat accuracy

• Unwirtten

7th Grade ChorusMon, October 7, 2013

Day B Band students to Chorus

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so

• Papers to hand back

• District Chorus- Tuesday and Wednesday after school

8th Grade ChorusMon, October 7, 2013

Day B Band students to Chorus

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so of band students

• Papers to hand back

• District Chorus- Tuesday and Wednesday after school

• Mr. Kersten is coming to class Wednesday

• Solo and Ensemble people Wednesday during Advisory!!!

• The alto part to God Bless America is up online

Music Theory

• God Bless America• Notation figure- difference between dotted

rhythmic figure and straight notes on the beat

Goals Today

• Sing through Bonse Aba

• Work end of America the Beautiful

• Split pianos and work entire song

• Come together and sing America the Beautiful

• Work God Bless America

• Work Beleive

6th Grade ChorusTues, October 8, 2013

Day A Band students to Band

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so

• Megan Ford- what shirt size? (Kate Sara, Dean, Jennifer M, Josie, Marta, Mark)

• Papers to hand back

• Pumpkin song to learn

• Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (sydney b is hoop holder and Riley is student helper)We are pumpkins big and round, big and round, big and round;We are pumpkins big and round, sitting on the ground.See our great big shiny eyes, shiny eyes, shiny eyes;See our great big shiny eyes, looking right at you.See our great big laughing mouth, laughing mouth, laughing mouth,See our great big laughing mouth, smiling right at you.

Goals today

• Kookabura

• Warm up on Diction notes for Ring out Wild Bells

• Ring Out Wild Bells• Diction of Wild, Die, Night, Sky,

• Sing Child of Song- • Fix Ending• Review Harmony• Check our beat accuracy

• Unwirtten

District Chorus Rehearsal

After SChoolTues, October 8, 2013

Today

• Letters Home

• Don’t forget fee

• Nine Hundred Miles

• The Bee

6th Grade ChorusWed, October 9, 2013

Day B Band students to Band

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so

• Megan Ford- what shirt size? (Kate Sara, Dean, Jennifer M, Josie, Marta, Mark)

• Papers to hand back

• Pumpkin song to learn

• Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Day A sydney b is hoop holder and Riley is student helper)(Day B

• We are pumpkins big and round, big and round, big and round;We are pumpkins big and round, sitting on the ground.See our great big shiny eyes, shiny eyes, shiny eyes;See our great big shiny eyes, looking right at you.See our great big laughing mouth, laughing mouth, laughing mouth,See our great big laughing mouth, smiling right at you.

Goals today

• Kookabura

• Warm up on Diction notes for Ring out Wild Bells

• Ring Out Wild Bells• Diction of Wild, Die, Night, Sky,

• Sing Child of Song- • Fix Ending• Review Harmony• Check our beat accuracy

• Unwirtten

7th Grade ChorusWed, October 9, 2013

Day B Band students to Band

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so

• Megan Ford- what shirt size? (Kate Sara, Dean, Jennifer M, Josie, Marta, Mark)

• District Chorus People to Meet after school- who can be there?

• At the end of class – give your music to the person collecting it.

Today’s Goal

Good King Wenceslas

Everlasting Melody• 65-end

8th Grade ChorusWed, October 9, 2013

Day B Band students to Band

Housekeeping

• Attendance Do mi so

• Solo and Ensemble during advisory- (passes needed)

• After School today- District Chorus (who can come?)

• P.S. Please bring back white polos you borrowed for the concert.

Music Theory

• America the Beautiful and God Bless America

• Dotted 8th + 16th = 1 quarter note• Visual• Notice at the end of the song it is just 8th notes

Today’s Goals

• Warm up- High and low range

• America the Beautiful- work ending- split groups- sing full song

• God Bless America- • Work ending- rhythmic differences• Sing through

• Unwritten- • Remember what part you sing• Review harmony

6th Grade ChorusThurs, October 10,

2013Day B Band students to Chorus

Today’s Goals

• Do Irish warm up

• Choose more volunteers for pre-school concert

• Run through Kookabura and Pumpkin

• Run Child of Song- go back for harmony

• Discuss Ring out Wild Bells Diction

• Run Ring out wild bells

• Unwritten