Elementary Music
Mrs. Wojcik - Music Teacher
wojcmel@lakeholcombe.k12.wi.us
595-4241 ext. 267
Class
Elementary music meets for 35 minutes two and a half times a week. Please refer to the music
curriculum for detailed benchmarks for each music class. That document and other important
information can be found on the music department web page on the Lake Holcombe School
District website.
2nd, 3rd, 5th - Mondays/Wednesdays/Alt. Fridays
4K - Tuesdays/Thursdays
5K, 1st, 4th - Tuesdays/Thursdays/Alt. Fridays
Expectations
Be Prepared
Be On Time
Try Your Best
Rules
Obey...Do as you are told, when you are told, without whining or complaining.
Be Nice...Treat others like you want to be treated.
Consequences
First Offence - Verbal Warning
All other consequences will be determined on a case by case basis.
Grading Scale
4K-3rd
N, S-, S, S+, and VG
Students will be assessed by observation of activities in class using rubrics and in-class
assignments based on the National Music Standards
Performances
Elementary Christmas Program - Monday, December 9th @ 1:45 and 7:00pm
Elementary Spring Concert - Thursday, April 24th @ 1:45pm
4th -5th
A+ = 100-98
A = 97-93
A- = 92-90
B+ = 89-87
B = 86-83
B- = 82-80
C+ = 79-77
C = 76-73
C- = 72-70
D+ = 69-67
D = 66-63
D- = 62-60
F=
below 60
Students will be assessed by observation of participation (5%), class work (75%), and quizzes
(20%) based on the National Music Standards.
Syllabus
September
PreK/K - Welcome to Music, August Birthdays, September Birthdays, Voices, Echo Sing, Steady
Beat, Fall
1st Grade - August Birthdays, September Birthdays, Circle Songs, Steady Beat, Action Songs,
Dynamics
2nd Grade - August Birthdays, September Birthdays, Steady Beat, Instruments, Dynamics, Action
Songs
3rd Grade - August Birthdays, September Birthdays, Solfege, Lines, Spaces, Intervals
4th Grade - August Birthdays, September Birthdays, Solfege, Intervals, Singing Technique
5th Grade - August Birthdays, September Birthdays,Form, Reading Music, Partner Songs
October
PreK/K - October Birthdays, High and Low, Halloween Songs, Echo Sing
1st Grade - October Birthdays, Tempo, Movement, quarter/eighth notes, quarter rest, Halloween
Songs
2nd Grade - October Birthdays, Instrument accompaniments, Standard Notation,Halloween Songs
3rd Grade - October Birthdays, Active Listening, Musical Phrases, Form, Halloween Activities
4th Grade - October Birthdays, Active Listening, Form, Form Composition, Halloween Activities
5th Grade - October Birthdays, Drama, Staging, Christmas Program,Halloween Activities
November
PreK/K - November Birthdays, Thanksgiving Songs, Introduce Christmas Songs, Native American
Music/Drums, Fast/Slow
1st Grade - November Birthdays, Being Thankful, Introduce Christmas Songs, Native American
Music/Flute, Strong Beat/Drum
2nd Grade - November Birthdays, Being Thankful, Introduce Christmas Songs,Patriotic Music
Tripe/Duple Time
3rd Grade - November Birthdays, Introduce Christmas Songs, Reading Music, Solfege,Dynamics,
Songs of Thanks, SSB
4th Grade - November Birthdays, Christmas Music, Sing Techniques, Music Terms, Reading Music
5th Grade - November Birthdays, Acting, Costumes, Set, Christmas Program
December
PreK/K - Action Songs, Performance Etiquette, Concert Etiquette, Christmas Songs/Activities,
December Birthdays
1st Grade - Performance Etiquette, Concert Etiquette, Christmas Songs/Activities, December
Birthdays, Action Songs
2nd Grade - Performance Etiquette, Concert Etiquette, Christmas Songs/Activities, December
Birthdays, Reading Music, Singing Technique
3rd Grade - Performance Etiquette, Concert Etiquette, Christmas Songs/Activities, December
Birthdays, Roadmap, Singing Technique
4th Grade - Performance Etiquette, Concert Etiquette, Christmas Songs/Activities, December
Birthdays, Roadmap, Singing Technique
5th Grade - December Birthdays, Acting, Costumes, Set, Christmas Program
January
PreK/K - July Birthdays, January Birthdays, Instrument Families, One Sound/Two Sounds/Silence,
Movement
1st Grade - July Birthdays, January Birthdays, Instrument Families, Same/Different Sections,
Movement
2nd Grade - July Birthdays, January Birthdays, Instrument Families, A/B Form, Movement
3rd Grade - July Birthdays, January Birthdays, Describe Music, Boomwhackers, Composition
4th Grade - July Birthdays, January Birthdays, Music Notation Review, Recorders
5th Grade - July Birthdays, January Birthdays, Describe Music/Emotions, Music Notation
Review, Orff Instruments
February
PreK/K - February Birthdays, Echo Songs, Valentines Day, Music Stories, Non-Traditional
Music Notation, Same/Different, Composition, Imitate Rhythms
1st Grade - February Birthdays, Standard Notation, Imitate Rhythms, Composition, Improvise
2nd Grade - February Birthdays, Sixteenth Notes, Rhythm Composition, Spirituals, Improvise
3rd Grade - February Birthdays, Jazz, Create Music for Sounds Stories, Music Notation
4th Grade - February Birthdays, Recorders
5th Grade - February Birthdays, African American Music, Partner Songs, Rounds, Improvise on
Orff
Instruments
March
PreK/K - March Birthdays, Introduce Spring Program Music, Performance Etiquette, St. Patricks
Day, Easter
1st Grade - March Birthdays, Introduce Spring Program, Irish Music, Performance Etiquette
2nd Grade - Acting, Auditions, “Bambi”, March Birthdays
3rd Grade - Acting, Auditions, “Snow White”, March Birthdays
4th Grade - Recorders, March Birthdays
5th Grade - March Birthdays, Lip Sync
April
PreK/K - April Birthdays, Spring Program Music, Boomwhacker Introduction, Action Songs
1st Grade - April Birthdays, Spring Program Songs, Time Signature, Traditional Notation,
Composition
2nd Grade - April Birthdays, “Bambi”, Rounds, Sound Sories, “Say What?” Lyrics
3rd Grade - April Birthdays, “Snow White”, Note Names, Evaluations, Song Composition
4th Grade - April Birthdays, Recorder, Evaluations, Recorder Duet Composition
5th Grade - April Birthdays, Lip Sync, Lip Sync Project
May/June
PreK/K - May Birthdays, June Birthdays, “Carnival of Animals”, Movement, Style Identification
1st Grade - May Birthdays, June Birthdays, “Peter and the Wolf”, Aural Instrument Identification,
Leit Motif
2nd Grade - May Birthdays, June Birthdays, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, Art and Music
3rd Grade - May Birthdays, June Birthdays, “The Planets”, Science and Music, Describing Music
4th Grade - May Birthdays June Birthdays, Opera, Band
5th Grade - May Birthdays, June Birthdays, “Sorcerer's Apprentice”, Choir