Aug. 6-9  Class #1

K-3:  Introductions, Role call, "Hello Around the World" song,  Read "Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School."

Class #2

K-3:  Bus drills, Review "Hello Around the World" song, Incredibox song-making game.

Aug. 12-16  Class #1

K-3:  Review rules and procedures,  "About Me" presentation, Begin assigning seats.

Class #2

K-3:  Complete seat assignments.

Aug. 19-23  Class #1

K-3:  Finish assigning seats/check seats

Class #2

K-3:  Seat treats, begin Patriotic songs and folk songs.

Aug. 26-30  Class #1

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

Class #2

K-3:  Tie up loose ends with patriotic songs.  Review/Introduce instrument families.

Sept. 3-6  Class #1

K-3:  Book fair during activity

Class #2

K-3:  Book fair during activity

Sept. 9-13  Class #1

K-3:  Begin learning about the brass family of instruments.  Play identification game.

Class #2

K-3:  Learn about the woodwind family.  Play identification game. Interact with woodwind instruments.

Sept.  16-20  Class #1

K-3:  Classes who earned enough gumballs on their reward chart will get to play instrument bingo for treats and bearcat bucks.

Class #2

K-3:  Classes who earned enough gumballs on their reward chart will get to play instrument bingo for treats and bearcat bucks.

Sept.  23-27  Class #1

1:  Start learning music for show

K, 2, 3:  Learn the instruments of the string family.  Play identification game.  Interact with string instruments.

Class #2

1:  Learn songs for show

K, 2, 3:  Learn instruments of the percussion family.  Play identification game.  Interact with percussion instruments.

Sept. 30-Oct. 4  Class #1

1: Show Music

K, 2, 3:  "First Music" (Bleeckie)

Class #2

1:  Show music

K, 2, 3:  Peter and the Wolf

Oct. 8-11  Class #1

K, 3:  Review instrument families

1, 2:  Work on show music

Class #2

K, 3:  Quiz on instrument families

1, 2:  Continue work on show music

Oct. 14-18  Class #1

K, 3:  Stories "I Need My Monster" & 
"Hey! That's My Monster!"

1, 2:  Show music plus some choreography

Class #2

K-3:  Bearcat Market

Oct. 21-25  Class #1

K, 3:  Halloween Songs

1, 2:  Continued work on show songs and choreography

Class #2

K-3:  Gumballs surprise for classes who filled their gumball machines.

Oct. 28-Nov. 1  Class #1

K, 2, 3:  Behavior reward

1:  Work on show

Class #2

K, 2, 3:  Candy corn quiz

1:  Work on show

Nov. 4-8  Class #1

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.

Class #2

K:  Incredibox

1, 2:  Show practice.

3:  Sheherazade, by composer Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nov. 11-15  Class#1

K:  SIng-a-long day

1, 2:  Show practice

3:  SIng-a-long day

Class #2

K:  SIng-a-long day

1:  SIng-a-long day

2:  Show practice

3:  SIng-a-long day

Nov. 18-22  Class #1

K:  Thanksgiving songs

1:  Thanksgiving songs

2:  Solo auditions

3:  Thanksgiving songs

Class #2

K:  Thanksgiving songs

1:  Thanksgiving songs

2:  Solo auditions

3:  Thanksgiving songs

Dec. 2-6  Class #1

K-3:  SANTALAND!!!

Class #2

K-3:  SANTALAND!!!

Dec. 9-13  Class #1

K-3:  Last of Santaland

Class #2

K-3:  Christmas Carols

Dec. 16-20  Class #1

K-3:  Christmas Carols

Class #2

K-3:  Christmas Carols

Jan. 8-10  Class #1

K-3:  Bus Evacuation Drills

Class #2

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

Jan. 13-17  Class #1

K-3: Bearcat Market

Class #2

K-3:  Bearcat Market

Jan. 21-24  Class #1

K:  Begin learning The Little Red Hen

1-2:  Hansel and Gretel Opera

3:  Review Treble clef notes

Class #2

Jan. 27-31  Class #1

K:  Continue learning The Little Red Hen

1-2:  Finish designing the Hansel & Gretel Opera

3:  Continue reviewing treble clef notes

Class #2

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

Feb. 3-7  Class #1

K-3: BOOKFAIR

Class #2

K-3:  BOOKFAIR

Feb. 10-14  Class #1

Class #2

Feb. 17-21  Class #1

K:  Group auditions for solo parts

1 & 2:  Reviewing steady beat and how beats are organized

3:  Introduction to recorders

Class #2

K:  Learn remaining choreography

1 & 2:  Strong and weak beats, beat episode, and how we use our voices

3:  Learn note "B" on recorder

Feb. 26-28  Class #1

K-3:  Mardi Gras Holiday

Class #2

K:  Continue reviewing choreography

1 & 2:  Take quirky quiz on beat

3:  Review note "B" and learn "Walk like a Mummy" song

March 2-6  Class #1

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.

Class #2

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

Mar. 9-13  Class #1

K:  Final touches on show practice

1-2:  Rhythm and Meter episodes and quizzes

3:  Recorder songs review and teach new A, B Song.

Class #2

K:  Begin practicing in the caf.

1-2:  Bach's Brain and World instruments

3:  Begin learning show music