What's Happening in Third Grade?

Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May

Week of September 3

Skills	Content	Assessment
Recorder notes E, G, A, B Listening skills Recognizing notes on the staff Singing Movement	Students will learn the warmup song The Horse Went Around Students will learn to play When the Train Comes Along on recorders Students will learn This Train and accompany using percussion instruments	Visual observation of recorder playing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of September 10

Skills	Content	Assessment
Playing recorder Listening skills	Students will continue to play When the Train Comes Along on recorders Students will learn how to play Juilliard Music Adventure on classroom computers	Visual observation of recorder playing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of September 17

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Playing classroom percussion instruments	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will listen to This Train, and sing along Students will practice basic ostinato rhythms on classroom percussion, then they will use them to accompany This Train	Visual observation of singing and playing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of September 24

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Playing classroom percussion instruments	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will work on a rhythm band piece, and will practice and play their individual part in the group on one of our classroom instruments

back to top | back to grade index

Week of October 1

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Playing pianos	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will learn finger numbers for piano playing Students will use classroom pianos to explore high and low sounds Students will figure out how to find certain letters on the piano	Students will play certain notes for evaluation

back to top | back to grade index

Week of October 8

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Playing pianos	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will review finger numbers for piano playing and finding notes on the piano Students will figure out how to find certain letters on the piano	Students will play certain notes for evaluation

back to top | back to grade index

Week of October 15

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing and moving to music Playing pianos	Students will sing and move to warmup songs Students will review finger numbers for piano playing and finding notes on the piano Students will figure out how to find certain letters on the piano	Students will play certain notes for evaluation

back to top | back to grade index

Week of October 22

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Halloween activities	Students will learn the song The Twelve Days of Halloween Students will choose between a variety of Halloween songs, dances, videos, and other activities

back to top | back to grade index

Week of October 29

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Halloween activities	Students will learn the song The Twelve Days of Halloween Students will choose between a variety of Halloween songs, dances, videos, and other activities

back to top | back to grade index

Week of November 5

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Recorder Piano Independent Learning Center	Warmup songs Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Stations Students will work on Mother Earth, page 10, on their recorders We will continue to work on finding notes on the piano, and playing simple melodies	Observation of instrument playing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of November 12

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing Recorder Piano Independent Learning Center	Warmup songs Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Stations Students will continue to work on Mother Earth, page 10, on their recorders We will continue to work on finding notes on the piano, and playing simple melodies	Observation of instrument playing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of November 19

Skills	Content	Assessment
	Thanksgiving reward day--High School Musical 2 video

back to top | back to grade index

Week of November 26

Skills	Content	Assessment
Movement Playing classroom instruments Thanksgiving	Students will enjoy warmup songs Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Station Students will listen to and sing the song 'Sante-Sana ('thank you very much' in Swahili) Students will take turns telling what they are thankful for, and how these may differ from their African counterparts Students will accompany the song with classroom percussion	Questioning class about thanksgiving Observation of playing and singing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of December 3

Skills	Content	Assessment
Warmup songs Movement Playing guitars	Students will enjoy warmup songs Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Station Students will learn the song Piñata Students will begin to accompany the song with guitar chords	Questioning students about piñatas at their parties Observation of playing and singing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of December 10

Skills	Content	Assessment
Warmup songs Movement Playing guitars	Students will enjoy warmup songs Three students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, and Game Station Students will review the song Piñata Students will accompany the song with guitar chords	Questioning students about piñatas at their parties Observation of playing and singing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of December 17

Skills	Content	Assessment
	Christmas Reward Day--The Toy Who Saved Christmas video

back to top | back to grade index

Week of January 7

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorders the treble staff	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn Old MacDonald on their recorders Students will begin to recognize the notes of the treble staff

back to top | back to grade index

Week of January 14

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorders the treble staff	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will review Old MacDonald on their recorders Students will review the notes of the treble staff

back to top | back to grade index

Week of January 21

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Martin Luther King Day sign language	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading, Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn the song I Have a Dream, and will perform it with sign language

back to top | back to grade index

Week of January 28

Skills	Content	Assessment

back to top | back to grade index

Week of February 4

Skills	Content	Assessment
Warmup songs Movement Valentine's Day	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading,Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will review the songs Never Gonna Be Your Valentine and It's For My Valentine

back to top | back to grade index

Week of February 11

Skills	Content	Assessment
Warmup songs Movement Valentine's Day	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading,Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will sing the songs Never Gonna Be Your Valentine and It's For My Valentine

back to top | back to grade index

Week of February 18

Skills	Content	Assessment
Warmup songs Movement Guitars C and G7 chords	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading,Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will learn the song Nine Red Horsemen Students will identify the chords needed to accompany this song as C and G7 Students will review these chords with guitars

back to top | back to grade index

Week of February 25

Skills	Content	Assessment
Warmup songs Movement Guitars C and G7 chords	Students will enjoy warmup songs Four students will go the Independent Learning Center Reading,Writing, Listening, and Game Station Students will review the song Nine Red Horsemen Students will review C and G7 chords Students will use guitars to accompany the song	Visual assessment of student playing

back to top | back to grade index

Week of March 4

Skills	Content	Assessment

back to top | back to grade index

Week of March 11

Skills	Content	Assessment

back to top | back to grade index

Week of March 18

Skills	Content	Assessment
Easter Break

back to top | back to grade index

Week of March 25

Skills	Content	Assessment
Easter Break

back to top | back to grade index

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

back to top | back to grade index

Week of April 7

Skills	Content	Assessment
Standardized Testing

back to top | back to grade index

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

back to top | back to grade index

Week of April 21

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorder Rests	Warmup songs Students will listen to and sing Rainy Day Blues Students will count and understand eighth rest, quarter rest, half rest, whole rest, multiple measure rests, and repeat sign Students will play the song on recorders

back to top | back to grade index

Week of April 28

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorder Rests	Warmup songs Students will listen to and sing Rainy Day Blues Students will count and understand eighth rest, quarter rest, half rest, whole rest, multiple measure rests, and repeat sign Students will play the song on recorders

back to top | back to grade index

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Recorder Rests	Warmup songs Students will listen to and sing Rainy Day Blues Students will count and understand eighth rest, quarter rest, half rest, whole rest, multiple measure rests, and repeat sign Students will play the song on recorders

back to top | back to grade index

Week of May 12

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Really Fun End-of-the-Year Activities	Students will sing warmup songs Students will do novelty song/dances like Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, ChaCha Slide Students will play musical Duck Duck Goose Students will watch musical videos

back to top | back to grade index

Week of May 19

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Really Fun End-of-the-Year Activities	Students will sing warmup songs Students will do novelty song/dances like Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, ChaCha Slide Students will play musical Duck Duck Goose Students will watch musical videos

back to top | back to grade index

Week of May 26

Skills	Content	Assessment
Singing/Movement Really Fun End-of-the-Year Activities	Students will sing warmup songs Students will do novelty song/dances like Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Chicken Dance, ChaCha Slide Students will play musical Duck Duck Goose Students will watch musical videos

back to top | back to grade index