What's Happening in Fifth Grade?

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Week of September 3

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Movement Playing Recorder Clapping Rhythm Recognize musical pitches	Students will learn the song Rise and Shine Students will clap the rhythm for the song Oats, Peas, and Beans Students will play Oats, Peas, and Beans on recorders Students will recognize the notes G, A, B, C, D on the treble staff Students will learn the song Dancin' on the Rooftop. Students will identify the form of the song as rondo form, and identify D.S. al Coda, segno, and coda sign	Visual observation of students playing and singing

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Week of September 10

Skills	Content	Assessment
Playing recorder Movement/Dance Improvising movement	Review Oats, Peas, and Beans Students will learn and perform a dance to accompany the song Dancin' on the Rooftop. Students will improvise a 4-count dance for the song.	Students will perform the dance and teach it to the class.

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Week of September 17

Skills	Content	Assessment
Movement/Dance Improvising movement	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will finish learning movements to each of the sections of Dancin' on the Rooftop, then they will perform the dance in class	Students will perform the dance and teach it to the class.

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Week of September 24

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Playing instruments	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will learn two stanzas of Maryland, My Maryland as a cooperative exercise with Social Studies class Students will use Boomwhackers to play Maryland, My Maryland

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Week of October 1

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Playing instruments	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will review Maryland, My Maryland Students will finish the Boomwhackers activity Students will begin learning Old MacDonald on recorders	Visual observation of singing and playing

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Week of October 8

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Listening/analysis Understanding jazz rhythms	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will be introduced to a number of syncopated rhythm patterns while listening to This Little Light of Mine Students will be introduced to ILC composition activity using jazz rhythms and blues scale	Evaluation of student compositions

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Week of October 15

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Understanding jazz rhythms Guitar	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will review jazz rhythms Students will learn chord structure and play chords to This Little Light of Mine	Evaluation of student guitar playing

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Week of October 22

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Guitar	Students will learn the song The Twelve Days of Halloween Students will continue working on guitar part for This Little Light of Mine

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Week of October 29

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing	Warmup songs Halloween activities and dances

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Week of November 5

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Guitar Recorder	Warmup songs Students will begin to learn the song Four in a Boat on page 20 in their recorder books Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Stations Students will continue working on the guitar part for This Little Light of Mine

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Week of November 12

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Guitar Recorder	Warmup songs Students will continue to learn the song Four in a Boat on page 20 in their recorder books Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Stations Students will continue working on the guitar part for This Little Light of Mine

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Week of November 19

Skills	Content	Assessment
	Thanksgiving reward day--Victor Borge video

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Week of November 26

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Playing recorder I. L. C.	Warmup songs Four students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, Listening Station, and the Game Station Students will sing Jingle Bells, and learn the first part of a duet version of the song on the recorder

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Week of December 3

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Playing recorder I. L. C.	Warmup songs Four students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, Listening Station, and the Game Station Students will review Jingle Bells on the recorder Students will begin to learn about music of the 1900s and 1910s Students will learn the song Alexander's Ragtime Band	Visual observation of recorder playing

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Week of December 10

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Playing recorder I. L. C.	Warmup songs Four students will be sent to the Reading Station, Writing Station, Listening Station, and the Game Station Students will sing Alexander's Ragtime Band Students will begin to learn about life at the turn of the 20th Century Students will listen to the 1900s-1910s Medley

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Week of December 17

Skills	Content	Assessment
	Reward Day--Christmas songs and video

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Week of January 7

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorders Music of the Turn of the Century	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn The Gypsy Song on recorders Students will review music of the 1900s and 1910s

Week of January 14

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorders Music of the Turn of the Century	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will continue learning The Gypsy Song on recorders Students will listen to the 1900s Medley	Visual assessment of instrumental performance

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Week of January 21

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement the term medley Music of the Turn of the Century	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn the 1900s Medley, and perform using rhythm sticks

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Week of January 28

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Music of the 1920s	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to a radio play which describes life and the major events of the 1920s in America Students will discuss the new technologies of the day

Week of February 4

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Music of the 1920s	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to and then sing the song Royal Garden Blues

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Week of February 11

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Music of the 1920s Review the term medley	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will listen to the 1920's Medley

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Week of February 18

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Music of the 1920s The Charleston	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will review the 1920's Medley Students will learn the Charleston

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Week of February 25

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Music of the 1920s Recorder note high E, half-hole	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will begin to learn the recorder accompaniment to the 1920's Medley

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Week of March 4

Skills	Content	Assessment

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Week of March 11

Skills	Content	Assessment

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Week of March 18

Skills	Content	Assessment
Easter Break

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Week of March 25

Skills	Content	Assessment
Easter Break

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Week of March 31

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Novelty Song Classroom Percussion	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn and sing the song Rag Mop Students will play classroom percussion instruments of their choice to accompany Rag Mop

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Week of April 7

Skills	Content	Assessment
Standardized Testing

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Week of April 14

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Folk Song Bellsets (Xylophones) Countermelody	Warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn and sing the Scottish folk song Skye Boat Song The class will use Google Earth to "travel" from St. Jane to the Isle of Skye to chart the path of Prince Charlie Students will learn a countermelody to play on bellsets to accompany the song

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Week of April 21

Skills	Content	Assessment
Music of the 1930s Technology/Current Events of the 30s Swing music	Students will sing warmup songs Students will listen to a Sound Capsule that explains the music and important events of the 1930s Students will learm the song It Don't Mean A Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing

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Week of April 28

Skills	Content	Assessment
Music of the 1930s Technology/Current Events of the 30s Swing music	Students will sing warmup songs Students will listen to the 1930s Medley Students will learn basic swing dances

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Skills	Content	Assessment
Music of the 1930s Technology/Current Events of the 30s Swing music	Students will sing warmup songs Students will listen to a number of examples of old time radio programs Students will be introduced to the radio show project

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Week of May 12

Skills	Content	Assessment
Music of the 1930s Technology/Current Events of the 30s Swing music	Students will sing warmup songs Students will listen to a number of examples of old time radio programs Students will be introduced to the radio show project

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Week of May 19

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement	Students will continue working on their radio show projects

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Week of May 26

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement	Students will finish and perform their radio show projects

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