2016-2017 5th Grade Band

1st Trimester Trimester 2 Trimester 3

September October November December January February March April May/June
Special Events to Prepare for: Winter Concert Spring Concert
Note Name Quiz: 9/16, 9/19 GC: Attempt Pidgey by 11/4
Fingering Quiz (first three notes): If not passed, they need to be
GC: Listening assignment of videos for your 10/5, 10/7 reattempted until they pass it. GC: Attempt Eevee by 12/9
instrument by 9/23 Keep attempting previous
GC: Attempt Rattata by 10/21 GC: Listening Journal by 11/11 belts GC: Listening Program Notes
GC: Instrument Assembly/Hand Position/ If not passed, weekly attempts Vocab Quiz 3/8 and 3/10 Journal by 4/14 before concert
Embouchure Video by 9/30 are due every Friday. Fingering Quiz (first five notes): GC: Concert Reflection by GC: Listening Journal due 1/13 Fingering Quiz 2/8 and 2/10 GC: Attempt Bulbasaur by GC: Attempt GC: Concert
Assessments: 11/16 and 11/18 12/23 GC: Attempt Squirtle by 1/20 GC: Attempt Pikachu by 2/17 3/24 Wartortle by 4/28 Reflection due 6/2

Instrument assembly
Posture/hand position
Embouchure Review September
Daily care/maintenance concepts Review September/ Low Concert A-flat
Articulation (doo/dah feel) November Reviewing/Integrating all previous Reviewing/Integrating all Concert A natural
Instrument Specific Concepts: Concert D, E-flat, F Concert C, B-flat concepts Concert G concepts previous concepts Concert A-flat High Concert B-flat
Intro to foot tapping
Duration counting system Integrating eighth notes
Review whole note/whole rest Mixing quarter, half, Mixing quarter, half, (pg. 14-15 in book)
Review half note/half rest whole notes and whole notes and 3/4 Reviewing all
Rhythm: Prepare quarter note/quarter rest Quarter Note/Rest corresponding rests corresponding rests Prepping/Presenting eighth notes Prepping dotted half notes dotted half note previous concepts
Review from 4th grade recorder:
staff
measure
bar line
double bar line
musical alphabet (note name review)
4/4 time signature Review:
solo tempo
New terms: repeat sign Andante
accidental Moderato
flat New terms: 2/4 time signature Allegro crescendo
breath mark phrase, accidental anacrusis Accent decrescendo
sight-reading tutti sharp key signature Mezzo Forte natural
duet common time slur tie theme and variations two-measure divisi
harmony Review September round articulation 1st/2nd endings Reviewing/Integrating all dynamics (forte and repeat unison
Vocabulary snares off concepts soli one-measure repeat sign fermata previous concepts piano) sign major scale
Notes NO MUSIC STANDS for first month of school