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Thursday, September 02, 2010

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TES Chorus

The TES Chorus consists of 4th and 5th grade students who enjoy singing and learning about music. Chorus sign-ups are held each August and practice is held once a week after school. Performances throughout the year include evening concerts, school assembly performances and performances in the community. Under the direction of Miss Terra Peterson, the TES Chorus strives for music excellence and promotes the importance of music in our schools.

Music Websites

This is website Chorus students can visit to download and practice many of the songs that we sing in Chorus:
http://www.musick8kids.com/mp3store/browsemusic.tpl

Students can practice their Recorder Karate Music online at: http://www.musick8.com/rkdojo/rkdojo.tpl?cart=120776031693470

This website is a great site for students who would like to learn more about the orchestra:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html

These are great websites for those looking for information in support of the arts:
http://www.vh1.com/partners/save_the_music/

http://www.musicfriends.org/

K-5 Music Curriculum

Temple Elementary uses the Silver Burdett Making Music textbook series, which is aligned with the Nine National Standards for Music Education:

Standard 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire
of music

Standard 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others,
a varied repertoire of music

Standard 3: Improvising melodies, variations and
accompaniments

Standard 4: Composing and arranging music within specifies
guidelines

Standard 5: Reading and notating music

Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing and describing music

Standard 7: Evaluating music and musical performances

Standard 8: Understanding relationships between music, the
other arts and disciplines outside the arts

Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history and
culture

In addition to teaching the nine standards, the TES music curriculum incorporates writing across the curriculum activities and provides support for reading, language arts, math, science and social studies as well as physical education and the other arts.

Honor Chorus

The music teachers of the Carroll County School System have a long tradition of organizing a countywide Honor Chorus event each year. The Carroll County Elementary Honor Chorus is comprised of 4th and 5th grade students from each of the eleven elementary schools in Carroll County. Every school sends a select number of students to sing in the choir. To be chosen as a representative from Temple Elementary, a student must show exemplary and exceptional musicianship in Chorus and music class. Once chosen, students stay after school with Miss Peterson to learn the music and participate in the Carroll County Elementary Honor Chorus Concert in the Spring.

Recorder Karate

All 4th grade students at TES learn to play the recorder in music through a program called Recorder Karate. To teach the fundamentals of reading music and playing an instrument, students participate in this program. Recorder Karate is a motivational method of teaching music reading where students learn to play songs and earn coordinating colored belts to tie onto their recorders. Students move through nine songs, or belts – white, yellow, orange, green, purple, blue, red, brown and black – the same colors used in Karate. By the end of the unit, students are able to play new songs and have a wider understanding of music reading concepts that will carry them beyond elementary school.