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 * GRADE 5**

The musical opportunities at Rickson Ridge in grade 5 are very exciting. This year grade 5s will begin their instrumental music careers. After covering some of the basic elements of music: reading standard notation, grade 5s will find the instrument selection process. I highly encourage students to start thinking of the instrument they would like to play. With flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, baritones, tubas, percussion and electric bass, there is lots to choose from.

After students become comfortable handling their musical instrument, and they have enough of a base in which to practice there will be plenty of opportunities to practice their instrument at home to review concepts taught in class and explore and expand their musicianship. Students will be evaluated in a variety of activities throughout the year. Students will have chances to demonstrate their musicality through playing their instrument during test pieces, conducting, theory work, and daily participation in the ensemble.

Sept 8 -introduction to wiki, classroom behaviour expectations

Sept 15 -treble clef note naming, begin Notation Olympics

Sept 23 -bass clef note naming, continue Notation Olympics, hand in previous weeks work

Sept 30 -combined clefs, culminating event to Olympics, hand in previous weeks work

Oct 6-hand in previous weeks work, notation quiz, begin instrument trials

Oct 14 -continue instrument trials

Oct 21 -finish instrument trials

Oct 28 -instrument assembly

Nov 5 -breathing 101

Nov 12 Note F concert, long tones

Nov 19 Note F, add Eb, maybe D

Nov 26 review previous three notes, add C and Bb concert, intro first quiz, five note scale in whole notes. Instruments can go home

Dec 3 -Five note scale, PLAY SHAPES!!!

Dec 10 Play quiz day 1

Dec 17 Play quiz day 2

January -getting our chops back in shape -five note scale review, review shape playing. Create Shape composition. -connecting whole notes, introducing half notes

February -songs with halves and wholes finishing page 7 of red book -introducing quarter notes focusing on page 8 and 9 of red book -reading Eb and F concert, songs with scale fragments and duets

March -work through page 9, announce playing quiz after break -back in shape prepare for quiz -Play quiz day (or 2) -move on in red book learning G concert

April -page 10 in book, duets 2\4 time, using our ear to find the notes -page 11, learn A concert, and apply to complete major scale -Rounds, Raggae, -begin 8th notes on page 13

May -expand on 8th notes -pick up notes, 8th notes on different beats in the bar -Erie Canal Capers, Go for Excellence -Aim for FINAL playing quiz in early June using a complete major scale and a song with 8th notes

Dec 12 -introduce book, first page of band exercises

Dec 19 continue in book, hopefully getting to number 7 in book