Mrs. Hilary Adamson
Boone Elementary Music

QUICK LOOK:
MUSIC LITERACY- We will follow the TEA Music Literacy TEKS in Music Class
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Rhythm reading
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Solfegé vocal sightreading using handsigns
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Reading music on the treble clef lines & spaces
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Read and use music theory elements
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Read and understand music vocabulary
PERFORMANCE AND MOVEMENT- We will follow the TEA's Performance and Movement TEKS in Music class
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We will continue Grade Level Performances
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Students get a chance to perform for each other in Music Class
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We will also do our Annual 5th Grade Boone Talent Show
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In Music we will sing, play instruments, do body percussion as well as move our bodies to the beat
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We will learn about dance and music from other cultures and explore movement doing dance when appropriate
MUSIC HISTORY- We will follow the TEA's Music History/Appreciation TEKS in Music Class
K-2nd
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Learn about the lives of famous composers
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Learn about music from around the world
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Learn about and also identify the different instruments in each instrument family of the classical symphony as well as instruments from around the world
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Learn about world music instruments
3rd-5th
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Learn how the famous composers they have learned about fit into the world music timeline
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Build on our knowledge of instruments within the traditional symphony orchestra, current popular music, as well as other instruments from around the world
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Learn about music from all 7 continents
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Explore how when people move or migrate to new places they take their music and culture with them
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Learn how people have used music throughout history to make life better for those experiencing it
