5th Grade Music Class

Here are some of the focus areas for experiences in fifth grade music: 
  • interpreting, arranging, improvising, & composing music on xylophones, drums, and recorders
  • singing & playing songs and poems in Spanish & English 
  • singing in two- and three-part harmony
  • performing, reading, and writing rhythms with four-16th notes and eighth--two-16ths. 
  • performing, reading, & writing melodies with four to seven different notes (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti)
  • performing on recorders, mallet percussion, drums, guitars, cajons, and congas
  • exploring the instrument families of the band and orchestra