Dear San Antonito Families, 

This month we will have the Fine Arts Showcase in conjunction with the STEM night March 24 5:30-6:30. Students will be performing in the gym. The students will perform 2-3 pieces for you that show off many of the wonderful concepts they have learned this year! The students will perform in grade groups:

K/1st-  5:30-5:45

2/3rd- 5:50-6:05

4/5th- 6:10-6:25

This month in music, students will be learning

Kindergarten will be continuing their introduction to rhythm by recognizing that some sounds are shorter or longer. They will begin to clap rhythms from simple notation and using syllables in words. 

1st Grade will continue exploring La and learning to recognize it in songs. They will also learn how to notate it on the music staff. 

2nd Grade will continue exploring Mi-Re-Do, as well as, writing and creating with their solfege pitches. 

3rd Grade will learn the solfege pitch Fa. They will also continue exploring canons and rounds.

4th Grade will learn high C on recorder and they will begin to experience triplet rhythms.

5th Grade will learn F sharp on recorder. They will also be practicing rhythms using eighth and sixteenth note combinations.

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the music program!

Dear San Antonito Families, 

This month in music, students will be learning

Kindergarten will be exploring rhythms and creativity through songs about love and a theme of transportation. 

1st Grade will be reviewing the rhythm notes and singing notes, identifying them and notating with them. They will learn a new singing pitch, La.

2nd Grade will be focusing on singing and recognizing Mi-Re-Do. 

3rd Grade will continue to explore rounds and will learn the solfege syllable low La which will get them singing in minor.

4th Grade will continue practicing recorder. They will also be refining improvisations to end on Do. 

5th Grade will learn high D on recorder. They will also discuss different and unusual time signatures. 

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the music program!

Welcome back! January will have the students reviewing and learning many new concepts.

Kindergarten will be singing snow songs and focusing on high and low and up and down. 

1st Grade will be reviewing the rhythm notes and singing notes they know and notating with them.

2nd Grade will be learning Do and will play more with the half note rhythm. 

3rd Grade will be learning sixteenth notes and will be speaking and singing rounds.

4th Grade will continue to learn more music to play on recorder. They will also be singing the pitch Ti.

5th Grade will explore uncommon time signatures like 5/4. They will also continue to play new songs on their recorders and learn new pitches.

Dear San Antonito Families, 

December will be a fun month! Students will explore and play with their musical concepts through fun, wintery activities, games, and music.

Kindergarten will talk about singing voices versus speaking voice and play with the rhythms of words. 

1st Grade will also play with rhythms of words and will visualize high and low of sol-mi.

2nd Grade will create their own rhythms using holiday treats and will explore music with movement.  

3rd Grade will talk about form, begin experiencing rounds, and will sing a song in ¾ time signature.

4th Grade will talk about form, music getting faster and slower (accelerando and ritardando) and will have fun moving to music!

5th Grade will explore chord changes in music and will sing partner songs. 

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the music program!

Dear San Antonito Families, 

I am very excited to be back, and a warm hello to all of our new families! November is a big month for our students. We will have our Veterans Day performance on November 10th at 9am in the gym. Please complete this form if you would be joining us for this celebration. 

The students have been working very hard to prepare for this performance and they sound amazing!

As I find out what the students remember and have learned since I’ve been out, they have many exciting music concepts I will introduce this month.

Kindergarten will continue experiencing beat, rhythm, and singing with the themes of thankfulness and family. 

1st Grade will continue singing sol-mi and practicing their rhythms (ta, ta-ti- and rest).

2nd Grade will learn the half rest and will be singing ostinati (repeated patterns) with their songs.  

3rd Grade will learn the dotted half note and will be exploring form.

4th Grade will add the pitch E to their notes they play on the recorder.

5th Grade will review the recorder pitch D, V-I harmony and question and answer form. 

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the music program!

Hello from the music room!

Our kindergarten classes have been getting more in tune with our classroom expectations and routines every week. They are having a ton of fun learning farm animal songs, exploring basic instruments, and finding their singing voices! First, second, and third graders have been honing their listening skills through various rhythmic games and song recognition activities. Fourth and Fifth graders are stretching their brains and ears with more intricate rhythms and melodies every week. We have also recently introduced recorders to the older grades which everyone is super excited for!

As September comes to a close we are beginning to work on our Veterans Day program. In November, every class will be performing songs for a group of veterans from our community. As we introduce the songs each grade will be singing, we have begun to talk about why Veterans Day is celebrated. Students have had the chance to share stories with their peers about the veterans in their lives.

Over the coming weeks we will be exploring more of the instruments in our music room, practicing more complex rhythms, learning some cool fall songs, and continuing to work on our Veterans Day program. 

October will bring Mrs. Schaub’s much anticipated return! She will be back midway through and plans on finishing the month teaching music concepts with fun seasonal songs and activities. 

I am very grateful for the time I have had with everyone in the music room and I’ll see you around school!

Mr. Nick

email

e503873@aps.edu 

This Month in Music

Greetings! My name is Mr. Nick and I am the long-term sub who will be covering for Mrs. Schaub, our full-time music teacher, until her mid-October return. I am super excited to start the school year in the music room!

Over the next few weeks our returning students will be getting reoriented with the space and expectations of the music classroom and remembering where they left off in May. Our incoming kinders will be introduced to the exciting world of music and learn how to use their bodies and voices to make music of their own!

Please review the following expectations and procedures with your kids to help facilitate a smooth return to the music room:  

To ensure that peers and materials are kept safe and everyone has a good time, students will follow the three Roadrunner rules:

1. Be Safe
2. Be Respectful
3. Be Responsible

After each activity, students will use a rubric to grade themselves and their peers on these rules. (Although students typically self-grade rather effectively, I always have the overriding vote if needed.) A magnet is placed on a corresponding behavior chart in the room to visually track and reinforce positive choices. If most of the day’s magnets are on green and purple, they add a star to their class star chart. At 10 stars, they earn music game time for half the class period (They have to do a little bit of work before play).

In addition to these Music Room guidelines, I will support the classroom teachers by also incorporating their group specific strategies when appropriate. 

When rules are broken, a tiered system of logical consequences will be used to help students learn from their mistakes and make better choices in the future.

1. First Instance: Verbal reminder or redirection.
2. Second Instance: Implement a natural consequence (change seating arrangement, lose instrument privilege for the day, etc.) and a verbal warning, brief one-on-one conference with the teacher to discuss the behavior. 
3. Repeated Disruptions or Unsafe Behaviors: Documented Parent contact, meeting with classroom teacher and/or administration if needed to collaborate on an effective course of action.

Specific Procedures

• Entering the Room: Students will wait quietly outside the door until invited in. They will then find their assigned spot on the carpet and quietly wait for instruction.
• Instrument Use: Instruments are not toys. They are classroom tools that are to be touched and played only with permission. Students will treat all instruments with care and put them away properly when finished.
• Performance and Listening: When a classmate or a group is performing, we will listen respectfully and be a good audience. At the end of a performance, we show our appreciation with applause and positive feedback.
• Moving Around: Students will move with purpose and care around the room, being mindful of instruments and other students.
• Dismissal: Students will clean up their area and wait for the teacher to signal that it's time to line up quietly.

If you need to contact me for any reason, I can be reached via email.

Thanks for reading!