October is a fun month full of fall themes! All of the classes will also be working hard, practicing their songs for the Veterans Day performance! (Save the date: November 10, 9:15)

Kindergarten will continue experiencing beat, rhythm, and singing with fun fall themed songs and games. 

1st Grade will learn about rhythms for quarter notes, eighth notes, and rest through seasonal songs and games.

2nd Grade will learn the music terms for loud and quiet as forte and piano. They will also learn about the half note. 

3rd Grade will discuss major and minor and will learn the dotted half note and whole rest.

4th Grade will learn about the eighth rest and continue practicing  pitches B, A, and G on the recorder. They will also begin discussing musicals.

5th Grade will continue to review the pitches on recorder that they learned last year with fun songs and games. They will also learn about new rhythms that combine eighth notes and sixteenth notes. 

Dear San Antonito Families, 

My name is Rebecca Schaub. I am the Music Teacher at San Antonito. This is my 8th year teaching music with APS and 5th year at San Antonito. In the music classroom, the students explore music through singing, movement, playing instruments, listening, creating, and responding to music. They will learn concepts through playing games, dancing, improvising, and composing. 

In these first months, I am focusing on establishing routines and reviewing musical concepts learned last school year. Then we will begin to build on this knowledge. To start, we are reviewing beat and rhythm, solfege and singing voices, and instrument technique. Younger grades will begin with small percussion instruments (triangle, woodblock, egg shakers, etc.) and barred instruments (xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels). At the end of August, 4th and 5th grades will be reviewing or beginning recorders.  

I am very excited to see these amazing students continue to grow musically!