3/30-4/3 Music Distance Learning

You have a short and simple assignment for this week!

• Please fill out the Pirate Note Name Challenge in your packet.  Watch out for clefs!  I’ve also attached an answer key to check your work (also in your packet).

Please, don't worry too much about these assignments.  I really want this to be stress-free and fun!  If you have any questions just send me an email and I'll try to get back to you asap.  Stay healthy, friends!!  I miss seeing you all!

Mrs. Z

3/23-3/27 Music Distance Learning Links

Here are some activities for your at-home adventures!

Day 1: 

• Composer of the Month is Claude Debussy!  Follow the link below and read his short biography and to listen to a recording of Debussy’s “Golliwog’s Cakewalk”.  Attached to your packet should be a SQUILT form (Super Quiet Uninterrupted Listening Time) to fill out while you listen. (There are lots of fun links to follow about Debussy and on this page, too!). 
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composer_profile.php?id=22&src=timeline

• Also, here's a lovely video about Debussy and his work Clair de Lune:

Day 2:

• Follow the link to a fun video with vocal warmups!  Be sure to sing along!

• Next, listen and sing along with your Spring Concert music.  Let’s keep it fresh in case we have a chance to perform it!  (Links to the left with your grade's music!)

Keep it musical, friends!
Mrs. Z

Covid-19 Plans and Spring Concert Update

Hello my dear 3rd-5th graders & families!

Oh how I miss you guys!  It's so strange to not be together rehearsing for our Spring Concert and making beautiful music together.  As you may already know, the April 2nd Spring Concert has been cancelled.  We have worked so hard on this amazing music and I'm so sad we won't have our concert as it was planned.  However, my hope is that we will have a chance to perform our music in a different setting if/when we get back to school... so let's be sure to keep it fresh on our minds!  I have posted the links to all of your music on this blog in the left menu.  Sing along with your part as much as possible to keep it in your memory.

We have been working together as a school, grade levels, and specials team to assemble packets for you to do your distance learning.  The specials lessons are included in your home room packets.  For music next week, you will have a new Composer of the Month and a YouTube video with vocal warmups!  I believe those packets go out tomorrow (Friday), but I will also post all the links and information on this blog.

I pray that you and your families are safe and healthy during this crazy time in our world.  Enjoy the extra time with loved ones!  I look forward to seeing you once again at school and making beautiful music together.  Please email me with any questions you may have or just a hello!  I'd love to correspond with any students that would like to be "pen pals" during this time apart. :)

Sincerely,
Mrs. Z
azimmermann@archwaylincoln.org

Spring Concert Information!

Information for the Spring Concert

****A few people reached out to us about the tone of the concert information last semester. It is not meant to come across as harsh but rather of great importance. In the Great Hearts network, students receive a Classical education. Importance is placed on the Liberal Arts as well as the core subjects. It is also tied into the student's music grade. Beyond that, it is a significant experience for each student to showcase all their hard work, and celebrate the beautiful phenomenon of singing together as one. Please keep that in the back of your mind as we communicate with you about this event.

Dear Archway Lincoln 3-5 Families,

The Spring Concert is coming up!  Here is the information everyone should know:

1. The concert is MANDATORY – if a student cannot come for an unavoidable reason, their family must inform me TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE so they can be given a substitute assignment.  If a student is sick the day of the concert, the family must send a message that day informing me.  If a student does not attend the concert and no explanation is given, they receive a failing grade for the concert.

2.   DRESS CODE: Students must wear black on bottom, white on top.  Black shoes, black pants (black skirt option for girls), black socks/tights, white shirt, a tie for boys (K-2 tie is optional- any color, no pop culture).

3.   Times and Location (please note student call times): Thursday, April 2nd

Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades – 5:30 PM

students arrive at 5:00pm

Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades – 7:00 PM

students arrive at 6:45pm

Higley Center for the Performing Arts
4132 E. Pecos Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85295

We are excited to share our music with you!!
See you soon, 

Mrs. Amy Zimmermann | 3-5 Music
Archway Classical Academy Lincoln
2250 S. Gilbert Rd. | Chandler, AZ 85286
E: azimmermann@archwaylincoln.org | W: www.archwaylincoln.org
Blog: https://archwaylincolnmusic3-5.blogspot.com

Theory Assignments 1/17

For the last 2 weeks, we have been working on some pages in our theory books.  If these pages were not finished in class, they need to be completed at home.  

3rd Grade: pages 8-12 (the bass clef)

4th Grade: pages 20-22 (measures and bar lines)

5th Grade: pages 16-18 (16th note rhythm counting)

As always, theory tutoring is offered on Fridays at lunch!  Students can bring their lunch and theory book to my room to ask questions about their assignments. :)

Mrs. Zimmermann

Winter Concert Etiquette & Logistics

A Note from the Higley Center:

·        Please be patient in the parking lot, and be aware of your surroundings at all times because of the high volume of traffic.

·        Cellphones should be turned off upon entering the auditorium.

·        Please wait until the end of the song to applaud.

·        Late comers will be asked to wait to enter the auditorium until the end of the current song.

·        Out of respect for the performers and the camera crew, please exit to the lobby if your small child is causing a distraction.

·        Food and drink are not allowed in the auditorium.

Families Attending Both Concerts:

• 3^rd – 5^th siblings must be seated with parents during the K-2 concert and vice versa. Groups of students sitting alone will be escorted back to their parents. 

• Please, pick up the K-2 students before the 3-5 concert begins and keep your 3-5 students with you until 6:45pm. 

• At 6:45pm, 3-5 students must exit and make their way to the back door entrance.

I so look forward to a wonderful concert tomorrow evening!

Winter Concert - this Tuesday!