Welcome back parents, students, and friends to the 2014-2015 school year! At the bottom of this post is the general music/ 5th grade chorus handbook for the school year. In this handbook you will find information on how class is graded, discipline procedures, concert attire, and various other things happening in the music classroom this year. I hope you will all take the time to look over it, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. My contact information is included in the hand book!
I hope everybody has a great school year!
Best,
Mrs. G
Snyder Elementary
General Music/ 5th Grade Chorus Handbook
2014-2015
Music Teacher
Amanda L. Gillette
130 Warren Street Sayre, PA 18840
(570)
888-7742
Ext.
3909
Welcome
Back!
Dear Students and
Parents,
Welcome to an exciting
year of music at Snyder Elementary! We at Snyder Elementary have many traditions
including concerts, talent shows, general performances, and in class general
music that will continue to flourish this year.
Making this happen is
an easy thing to do; making it happen well will take teamwork and
responsibility on the
part of the teacher, the parents of our students, and the student
themselves!
The purpose of this
handbook is to become familiarized with the procedures,
and calendar of the
Snyder music program.
It is my belief that
music is truly one of the greatest of the arts, to make music
together is a unique
and thrilling part of being a human.
I am looking forward
to working with all of you, students and parents alike, this
upcoming school year.
If you have any questions feel free to call or email me at the
number enclosed on
the cover sheet.
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“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of
the dream..”
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-Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
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Sincerely,
Amanda L. Gillette
National
Standards for Music Education
1. Singing, alone and
with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on
instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising
melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and
arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and
notating music.
6. Listening to,
analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music
and music performances.
8. Understanding
relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding
music in relation to history and culture.
Ensembles
with Mrs. G at Snyder Elementary
5th Grade Chorus
This ensemble is
required for all 5th graders. The chorus will
perform a variety of
vocal literature
appropriate to their grade level. A spring concert will be performed (dates
TBD) at the Sayre Area High School in the auditorium. This ensemble rehearses once
a week on days 2 and 5. Miss Webster and Mrs. White’s 5th grades
students are on Day 2 from 1:10-1:55pm. Mrs. Lyons and Miss Swingle 5th grade students are on Day 5
from 2:00-2:45pm.
1st and 3rd grade singers
Each year all 1st
and 3rd graders at Snyder Elementary will put on a concert (December
8th at 6:30pm in High School Auditorium, with a snow date of
December 18th. ) both grades will perform a variety of music
appropriate to their grade level. Each
class rehearses once a week, every week, leading up to their performance.
Concert
Attire
Concert attire for 5th
Grade Chorus 1st/3rd grade concerts will be as follows:
All school policies
on attire are in affect for concerts.
Grading
Procedure
General
Music:
All students start
with an “E”
Grades are based on 3
factors:
1.) Behavior
2.) Participation
3.) Class
Assignments
Points may be
deducted for:
Inappropriate
classroom behavior (Consequence 2 or above)
Unwillingness to
participate in the class work lesson of the day
Not completing class
assignments as directed
5th
Grade Chorus
All Students start with an “E”
Grades are based on 3 factors:
1.)
Behavior
2.)
Participation
3.)
Preparation
Points may be deducted for:
Inappropriate classroom behavior (Consequence 2 or above)
Unwillingness to participate in rehearsal
Not bringing required materials to class
Discipline
Procedure
Discipline is
essential in creating a safe learning environment in our schools. As such,
the following classroom
procedure will be implemented during all classes, performances, rehearsals, and
extra
activities.
Rules
1. Listen! Listen!
Listen!
2. Raise your hand
and wait to be called on when you have a question.
3. Be kind to
EVERYBODY!
4. Ask permission to
touch instruments.
5. Keep your hands
and feet to yourself.
6. Keep classroom
volume appropriate for activities being performed.
7. Enter the room and
line up quietly.
Consequences
1. Verbal warning
2. Movement of
student in classroom closer in proximity to the teacher.
3. Sent to “Time to
Pause” table where students will reflect on what rules was broken and what
choices they can do to improve their remaining time in music class.
4. Recess time
inside, and note sent home to parent(s)
5. Dismissal from
classroom and sent to principal
6. Request meeting
with Parents
Positive
Consequences
1. Freeze Dance
2. Opportunity to gain
a music moolah
3. Opportunity to
gain a prize from the music treasure chest
4. More positive
consequences will be available depending on the term and
opportunities
available at that time.
*SEVERE
DISCIPLINE CLAUSE*
If a student chooses
to blatantly and/or maliciously cause a serious classroom disruption,
the severe discipline
clause may be used and the student may immediately be sent to the
principal’s office
and advanced to the fifth consequence.
