My name is Ms Tara. This is my 18th year as a music educator and my 9th year here at Quarles Elementary. I am so excited to be your child's music teacher this year as we explore the world of music. I am originally from Pennsylvania and graduated from Westminster Choir College with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education. I am thrilled to make music with your children this year! Feel free to contact me any time at tara.ladner@lbsdk12.com
3 months ago
By Tara Ladner
K-3: Introductions, Role call, "Hello Around the World" song, Read "Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School."
K-3: Bus drills, Review "Hello Around the World" song, Incredibox song-making game.
K-3: Review rules and procedures, "About Me" presentation, Begin assigning seats.
K-3: Complete seat assignments.
K-3: Finish assigning seats/check seats
K-3: Seat treats, begin Patriotic songs and folk songs.
K-1: Review National Anthem, Top 10 Best/Worst, TumbleTunes
2-3: Review National Anthem and "America", Introduce "America the Beautiful" and "This Land is Your Land", Top 10 Best/Worst
K-3: Tie up loose ends with patriotic songs. Review/Introduce instrument families.
K-3: Book fair during activity
K-3: Book fair during activity
K-3: Begin learning about the brass family of instruments. Play identification game.
K-3: Learn about the woodwind family. Play identification game. Interact with woodwind instruments.
K-3: Classes who earned enough gumballs on their reward chart will get to play instrument bingo for treats and bearcat bucks.
K-3: Classes who earned enough gumballs on their reward chart will get to play instrument bingo for treats and bearcat bucks.
1: Start learning music for show
K, 2, 3: Learn the instruments of the string family. Play identification game. Interact with string instruments.
1: Learn songs for show
K, 2, 3: Learn instruments of the percussion family. Play identification game. Interact with percussion instruments.
1: Show Music
K, 2, 3: "First Music" (Bleeckie)
1: Show music
K, 2, 3: Peter and the Wolf
K, 3: Review instrument families
1, 2: Work on show music
K, 3: Quiz on instrument families
1, 2: Continue work on show music
K, 3: Stories "I Need My Monster" &
"Hey! That's My Monster!"
1, 2: Show music plus some choreography
K-3: Bearcat Market
K, 3: Halloween Songs
1, 2: Continued work on show songs and choreography
K-3: Gumballs surprise for classes who filled their gumball machines.
K, 2, 3: Behavior reward
1: Work on show
K, 2, 3: Candy corn quiz
1: Work on show
K: "Bear Hunt", "The First Music" story w/ instruments
1: Show practice
2, 3: Finish remaining candy corn quizzes; 2nd work on show, Incredibox with any completed classes.
K: Incredibox
1, 2: Show practice.
3: Sheherazade, by composer Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov
K: SIng-a-long day
1, 2: Show practice
3: SIng-a-long day
K: SIng-a-long day
1: SIng-a-long day
2: Show practice
3: SIng-a-long day
K: Thanksgiving songs
1: Thanksgiving songs
2: Solo auditions
3: Thanksgiving songs
K: Thanksgiving songs
1: Thanksgiving songs
2: Solo auditions
3: Thanksgiving songs
K-3: SANTALAND!!!
K-3: SANTALAND!!!
K-3: Last of Santaland
K-3: Christmas Carols
K-3: Christmas Carols
K-3: Christmas Carols
K-3: Bus Evacuation Drills
K-2: Read Squirrel's New Year's Resolution book. Talk about New Year's Resolutions and learn song Auld Lang Syne.
3: Begin learning notes of the treble clef
K-3: Bearcat Market
K-3: Bearcat Market
K: Begin learning The Little Red Hen
1-2: Hansel and Gretel Opera
3: Review Treble clef notes
K: Begin learning The Little Red Hen
1-2: Hansel and Gretel Opera
3: Review Treble clef notes
K: Continue learning The Little Red Hen
1-2: Finish designing the Hansel & Gretel Opera
3: Continue reviewing treble clef notes
K: Continue learning The Little Red Hen
1: Review string and percussion instrument families.
2: Review and Reflect on Elflandia performance
3: Treble Clef quiz
K-3: BOOKFAIR
K-3: BOOKFAIR
K: Learn remaining songs for show
1: "First Music" & Bleeckie meets the orchestra
2: Play Instrument family game
3: Finish treble clef quiz and corrections
K: Begin learning choreography
1: Peter and the Wolf/Quavers
2: Incredibox/Quavers
3: Receive recorders and begin introduction to the instrument
K: Group auditions for solo parts
1 & 2: Reviewing steady beat and how beats are organized
3: Introduction to recorders
K: Learn remaining choreography
1 & 2: Strong and weak beats, beat episode, and how we use our voices
3: Learn note "B" on recorder
K-3: Mardi Gras Holiday
K: Continue reviewing choreography
1 & 2: Take quirky quiz on beat
3: Review note "B" and learn "Walk like a Mummy" song
K: Practice all songs with no help from accompanying voices.
1: Continue activities in Quavers Marvelous World of Music that practice finding strong and weak beats.
2: Continue to identify beat groupings using Quavers.
3: Learn Review note B and recorder procedures. Learn/Review note A and combine first 2 notes into a song.
K: Continue reviewing for show
1: Learn about the differences between meters of 2, 3 & 4
2: Review the different meters
3: Learn note G
K: Final touches on show practice
1-2: Rhythm and Meter episodes and quizzes
3: Recorder songs review and teach new A, B Song.
K: Begin practicing in the caf.
1-2: Bach's Brain and World instruments
3: Begin learning show music
3 months ago
By Tara Ladner
K - 3: Getting to know you.
- Read "Music Teacher from the Black Lagoon"
- "Getting to Know You" presentation
K - 3: Get Assigned seats and learn students names and a little bit about each person.
K - 3: Check seat #'s and get seat treats.
K - 3: Final seat check
- Patriotic songs: Star-Spangled Banner, begin learning how to sing.
K - 1: Learn National Anthem with movements. Learn other American Folk Songs.
2 - 3: Continue learning National Anthem. PebbleGO Francis Scott Key.
(Spence/Taylor: Special song)
K - 1: Continue American Folk/Patriotic songs, TumbleTunes
2 - 3: Finish lesson on Francis Scott Key and other historical events surrounding that time. M. Dice clip and National Anthem bloopers.
K - 1: Remaining Tumble Tunes and get up and go songs.
2 - 3: Wrap up Francis Scott Key lesson and remaining patriot info and songs.
K - 3: Introduction/Review of musical instrument families.
Missed due to hurricane days
K - 3: Play instrument review games on the Smartboard.
K - 3: Finish instrument review games for bearcat bucks.
K: "Bleeckie and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra", Read "The First Music", go on a bear hunt.
1: Listen to and learn 1st 2 songs of grade level show.
2 - 3: "Bleeckie" and read "The First Music" with instrument sound effects.
K: Instrument Bingo
1: Review first 2 songs and learn next song in grade level show.
2 - 3: Instrument Family Quiz
K - 3: Instrument Bingo for all classes who filled their behavior gumball charts.
K: Peter and the Wolf story with recording and worksheet.
1: Continue reviewing and working on songs.
2 - 3: Instrument Hangman & Concentration
K - 3: Story of Peter and the Wolf with full orchestrations.
K - 3: Finish any remaining parts of Peter and the Wolf.
(1: Continue preparing for show)
K, 1, 3: Halloween Songs
2: Begin learning songs for "Elfis" show
K & 3: Tumblebooks Halloween stories, "Monster Mash," "Ogre Fun," "Frank was a Monster who wanted to Dance"
1 & 2: Practice show music and choreography
K-3: "I Want my Monster" & "Hey! That's my Monster"
K & 3: Just Dance Halloween
1 & 2: Practice show music and choreography
K, 2, 3: First part of Halloween surprise activity, Halloweentown.
1: Show Rehearsal
K, 2, 3: Part 2 of Halloween surprise activity.
1: Show rehearsal
K, 2, 3: Candy corn quiz
1: Show rehearsal
K-3: Halloween songs
K-3: Finish remaining candy corn quizzes and Just Dance Halloween.
K, 2, 3: "Where's Waldo" Game. Focus and finding.
1: Show rehearsal
K, 2, 3: "Bad Case of Stripes" about being an individual and unique.
1: Show rehearsal
2: Rehearse Show, begin auditions
3: Introduce notes of the treble clef
2: Continue auditioning
3: Continue reviewing treble clef
THANKSGIVING
BREAK!!!!!
K, 1, 3: The Opera of Hansel and Gretel
2: Review show
K, 1, 3: The Opera of Hansel and Gretel
2: Review show
K-3: Santaland during activity
K-3: Santaland during activity
K-3: Preparations for 2nd grade show
K-3: Preparations for 2nd grade show
K-3: Bearcat Market during activity
K-3: Bearcat Market during activity
WINTER
HOLIDAY!!!!!!
HOLIDAY!!!!!!
K-3: Bus Evacuation Drills
K-3: Read Squirrel's New Year's Resolution book. Talk about New Year's Resolutions and learn song Auld Lang Syne.
K-3: New seating chart
K: Begin learning "Little Red Hen"
1: Scheherazade
2-3: Treble Clef note introduction/review
K: Little Red Hen
1: Scheherazade
2-3: Treble Clef note review
K: Practice songs for show
1-2: Finish Sheherazade/Incredibox
3: Treble Clef note quiz
K: Continue introducing new songs
1-2: Incredibox
3: Treble Clef note quiz
K: Practice for show
1-2: Introduce world renowned violinist Joshua Bell. Story and performance.
3: Quiz corrections
K: Practice for show.
1-2: Joshua Bell
3: Distribute and introduce recorders
K: Practice for show
1-2: Lunar New Year, Story of Nian, Tikki, Tikki Tembo, Song in Mandarin "Zhao Peng You"
3: Introduce Recorders
K: Practice for show
1-2: Review "Zhao Peng You", Play Dragon Sequencing Game, Lion Dance.
3: Recorders
K: Introduce Choreography
1-2: Quaver's Marvelous World of Music
3: Recorders/Quavers
K: Audition girls for the role of the "Little Red Hen"
1-2: Quavers
3: Recorders/Quavers
K: Show practice
1-2: Quavers
3: Recorders/Quavers
K: Practice/Quavers
1-2: Quavers
3: Recorders/Quavers