Musical Notes

December Gifts

Children are truly a gift to us for us to treasure and hold. This holiday program not only represents the different cultural celebrations during the month of the December, but gifts that are child bring to our hearts. I wish you all a fabulous loving holiday season.

I'll be back soon

On August 10th I gave birth to my son. Though he was three weeks early, he weighed 9 1/2 pounds. Here is a picture of us when I first brought him home. I have enjoyed my time at home with my son, but I have missed Chalker very much and look forward to returning on Novemeber 6th. I will see you all soon.

Podcast

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you are all having a wonderful summer. I have been in a computer training class and learning many new exciting skills that will greatly enhance the music classroom. One of these skills is learning how to create a podcast. So welcome to my first podcast. Please let me know what you think.
Download Intro_sonya.m4a

SUMMER

I hope everyone has a wonderful and relaxing summer.  Enjoy all kinds of music and go see a concert if you are able.  I look forward to seeing everyone back in August.

Mrs. Peebles

Music Grades

Students receive a grade for their performance in music class and their behavior.   Students recieve an O for outstanding, S for satisfactory, or an N for needs improvement.   The percentage of their keyboard, singing, playing, recorder, and music theory test for grades 3-5 are averaged together.

O= 90% or higher

S= 50%-89%

N= less than 50%

Requirements

It is recorder karate time again!  This is an exciting and fun way for the students to meet the Georgia Performance Standards of learning to play an instrument, to read and notate music, playing in an ensemble and making cross curricular connections.

For sanitary and health reasons, each student must have his/her own recorder for music class.  Recorders can be purchased at your local music store or here at the Chalker School Store on Wednesday mornings for $3.50.  Students will also need some kind of folder in which to put the music that I will give them in class and a pencil.

I know the students are very excited about starting the recorders again.  On the music web-page, there is a link to the Recorder Karate Dojo with the user-ID and password that is needed to access the site.  I encourage students to visit this website to practice with the music.   Play Away!

LGPE

The Large Group Performance Evaluation is a wonderful opportunity for the Chalker Chorus students to perform two songs of varying repertoire for a set of three judges, one clinician, and other children's choirs in the district.  The choirs are rated on the various aspects of their musical performance and then the overall grade is given.  It is an exciting occasion for these students to perform and to observe other choirs.

Performance Evaluation

This year the Performance Evaluation (formerly known as festival) will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Marietta. The Chalker Chorus will be performing on Thursday February 16th at 11:45 a.m. You are invited to attend this performance. At 10:25 the students will eat lunch together in the cafeteria and at 11:00 be taken by bus from the school to the church. After the performance the chorus will return to school by 1:45 p.m. The chorus members are to wear and bring the following: · Chalker T-shirt · Black pants or skirt · Black socks and shoes · Sack lunch in a disposable container · please only water or juice to drink The students have diligently prepared for this concert and I am extremely proud of all of them. I will need at least five parent chaperones for the concert; if you are interested in assisting, please e-mail me at sonya.rice@cobbk12.org Thank you for your continued support of your child’s musical education. “Sing” cerely, Miss Rice

Rehearsals

Chorus rehearsals will resume starting January 12th.  Please check the music website chorus calendar for dates.  We only have five rehearsals before the large group performance evaluation so it is imperative that students attend every rehearsal.  Have a fantastic holiday break!

Cleaning

The music room is in need of disinfecting wipes to sanitize the keyboards and other instruments.  Since every child in the building plays the instruments it is important to keep them clean.  Donations of disinfecting wipes are greatly appreciated.