1st Quarter Weekly Objectives Week 1 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 40 points August 22nd – *Go Over Disclosure/Class Expectations (Hand in Disclosure by Friday – 10 points on assignment ) *Teach Six steps to posture for standing and sitting/Steps for Breathing *Figure out Parts Steps to Posture 1. Feet shoulder width apart 2. Knees slightly bent 3. Backbone straight 4. Sternum bone high 5. Arms relaxed and to the side 6. Head Level Steps for Breathing 1. Expand the lungs out and down, pushing the diaphragm muscle down (Think into stomach) 2. Inhale silently without gasping or making any other noise 3. Expand your entire waistline, keeping the shoulders low and relaxed 4. Raise your soft palate as you take in your breath. (Imagine yawning) Keep the palate high as you sing. August 23rd - *Review posture/Breathing *Practice matching pitches and patterns with warm-ups. Teach them to sing to the bell. *Introduce the songs for the 1st concert Aug. 24th- 25th - *Review posture/breathing *Seating Chart *Teach rehearsal expectations *Begin Rehearsing concert songs

Week 2 (10 points participation for each day) Participation – 50 points August 28th - *Review Posture and Breathing during warm-ups *Rehearse *Teach them Time Signature, Barline, Measure, Double Barline *Teach them how to clap quarter notes and half notes in a rhythm pattern *Rehearse songs showing them the rhythms we just talked about in the songs August 29th - *Review Posture and Breathing *Call and Response during warm-ups *Rehearse *Add the whole note to the rhythm pattern *Rehearse August 31st - *Bell quiz Posture and Breathing (Assignments -10 points) *Add eighth notes to the rhythm patterns. *Rehearse *Teach them slur, tie, and breath mark. *Rehearse Sept. 1st - *Review for bell quiz next week

quarter note and quarter rest. They receive 1 count half note and half rest. They receive 2 counts

whole note and whole rest. They receive 4 counts

eighth note and eighth rest. They receive ½ count

Barline - Double Barline - Breath Mark - Time Signature -

Tie - Slur- Measure - *Rehearse

Week 3 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 40 points Sept. 4th - *Labor Day (No School) Sept. 5th - *Review for Quiz *Warm-up with call and response on intervals of a 2nd. *Teach them TIMED *Rehearse *Sight Sing intervals of a 2nd. Clap the rhythms, and then sing the patterns. *Rehearse Sept. 6th - *Bell Quiz (Assignments – 12 points) *TIMED assignment (Assignments – 20 points) Sept. 7th-8th - *Go Over Vocabulary Words 1. A capella – Unaccompanied choral music 2. Accompaniment – Choral music supported by an instrument 3. Alto – Lowest Female voice 4. A tempo – Go back to the original speed 5. Bass – Lowest Male voice 6. Common time – The same as 4/4 time. The most common time in music 7. Down Beat – The first beat in a measure 8. Duet – Two people performing at the same time 9. Dynamics – The louds and softs in music 10. Harmony – The part that supports the melody 11. Melody - The main part of the song. The part you go away humming 12. Palate – The roof of your mouth 13. Pick Up – The beat before the down beat 14. Quartet – Four people performing at the same time 15. Solo – One person performing by themselves 16. Soprano – Highest female voice 17. Tempo – The speed of the song 18. Tenor – The highest Male voice 19. Trio – Three people performing at the same time 20. Unison – All parts singing the same notes *Rehearse

Week 4 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 50 points Sept. 11th–12th - *Warm-up adding notes with-in 5-tone scale (Use sight reading hand out) *Review vocabulary words *Rehearse *Rhythm pattern *Rehearse Sept. 13th - *Vocabulary Test (Assignments – 20 points) Sept. 14th-15th - *Rehearse

Week 5 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 50 points Sept. 18th - *Teach them how to do Rhythm Dictation *Rehearse Sept. 19th - *Review rhythm dictation *Rehearse Sept. 20th - *Rhythm Dictation Test (Assignments -30 points) Sept. 21st -22nd- *Teach them Dynamics - Soft - Very Soft - Medium Soft - Loud - Very Loud - Medium Loud

- Crescendo – Gradually get louder

- Decrescendo or Diminuendo – Gradually get softer *Rehearse and practice songs that are memorized with eyes on me the whole time

Week 6 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 50 points Sept. 25th -26th -*Review Dynamics *Rehearse *Record classes for TIMED *Explain term project. Concert Report due October 18th. Sept. 27th - *Bell quiz on Dynamics (Assignments – 10 points) *Bell Quiz (Keeping eyes on me, using good posture, and expression) Assignments – 10 points *TIMED on themselves (Assignments – 20 points) *Seating Chart for the concert Sept. 28th -29th- *Rehearse *Begin to talk about the concert. Go over date, time and expectations. Remind the students daily. *Teach them the Symbols

- Coda - Sign

- Repeat sign

- First and Second Endings

- Fermata – To hold DC al Coda/DC al Fine DS al Coda/DS al Fine

Week 7 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 50 points Oct. 2nd - *Review Symbols *Rehearse Oct. 3rd - *Review Symbols Oct. 4th - *Bell quiz on Symbols (Assignments – 7) *Rehearse Oct. 5th – 6th - *Teach Concert Etiquette *Rehearse

Week 8 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 50 points Oct. 9th - *Remind them of the term project due on October 18th. Grades will be cut off on October 18th for the first quarter. Any assignments or absences need to be made up by that day. *Review concert etiquette Oct. 10th - *Bell quiz on concert etiquette (Assignments – 10 points) Oct. 11th - *Concert day. Practice in the Gym. *Concert in gym at 7:00 pm (Concert – 25% of grade) Oct. 12th-13th - *Introduce Christmas Songs

Week 9 (10 participation points for each day) Participation – 30 points Oct. 16th–17th - *Rehearse *Term project due on October 19th Oct. 18th - *Term Project Due (Assignments – 50 points) Oct. 19th–20th - * Fall Break