4th+Grade+Instrumental+Music

[[image:Recorders_Concert_S'_2010.JPG width="408" height="304" align="right" caption="May 2010 Performance"]]
=For the 2010-2011 school year please see Ms. Picek's website.=

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= = =2009-2010 School Year=

**__4th Grade Recorders__**
(9:50-10:35 once a week during the day) All 4th grade classes this year developed the skills they began last year on the soprano recorder. We used a different curriculum called //Recorder Excellence,// but we also used supplemental concert music. Please see the links below for costs of //Recorder Excellence//. Students were required to practice at home on a regular basis so that they could gain musical skills to enjoy music. All parents and students read, signed, and returned the 4th grade recorder Benefits & Requirements page.


 * Practice** **Sheets**

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[|4th Grade Recorders Order Form .pdf] [|GP 4th Recorder B & R.pdf] [|Recorder Orientation 2009.pdf]
 * Information**

Instrument: [|Recorder] Text: [|Recorder Excellence] CD: [|Recorder Excellence play-along CD] DVD: [|Recorder Excellence Instructional DVD]with additional play-along accompaniments Software: [|iPAS Software] and [|Microphone]
 * Materials & Links**

PowerSchool Login Page (View individualized daily comments by clicking on the quarter grade, then blue assignment grade.) __Class participation & behavior__ (required) = 30% __Practice sheets__ (required) or honor passes (optional) = 30% __Performances__ (required) = 40% **Wednesday, May 19**, Multi-purpose room (required). Please arrive in "Sunday best" formal attire by 6:10 with recorder, "BA Cowboy" & "Blue Smoothie." (The fourth graders are not performing for Night of the Arts.)
 * Grades**

__Music Rubric__ Tone -the characteristic sound of the instrument. Should be warm, not scratchy or annoying. Rhythms- accurate to what the composer wrote (whole, half, quarter, eighth notes). Pitch- accurate to what the composer wrote (G, A, B, C, D etc.). Articulation- accurate to what the compser wrote (tongued or slurred). Dynamics- accurate to what the composer wrote (the volume- loud or soft) Phrasing- accurate to what the composer wrote (breathing where indicated)

"Levels" are listed on the back of each monthly Recorder Report.

Summer Music Camp (Great Opportunity!)
Deer Valley Summer Music Camp!