Austell Primary Music

 Dear Parents,

What a wonderful year it has been. All kindergarten and first grade students are invited to perform on the Austell Primary Stage Thursday, May 13th at 6:30PM in the cafeteria for Sing Around the World. Come and join kindergarten and first grade as we sing songs from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. We will be singing songs in Spanish, French, Zulu and Japanese. The dress is casual and everyone is welcome. Come and support music in the schools!

 Sincerely,

Mr. Frisbie

daniel.frisbie@cobbk12.org

Musical Notes

Dear parents and students,

This is a reminder to help explain the third nine week grading period for kindergarten and first grade in music. Every nine weeks students are graded on the standards for pitch and rhythm but they are assessed with a different skill every nine week period. In the third nine week period, students in kindergarten were assessed in pitch with singing two intervals so and mi and in rhythm echoing simple rhythmic patterns in order to meet their standard. In first grade, students needed to sing mi, so and la intervals and read simple rhythmic notation with accuracy in order to meet their standard. Here is the grading scale:

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K- 2 Music Parent Rubric

Musical Notes  

 Dear parents and students,

                   “Talent Shows”                       

Thursday, February 25^th 2010 @ 6:30 PM

&

Friday, February 26^th 2010 @ 9:00 AM

Congratulations to all the students that made this years talent show Austell’s Got Talent! We will have a dress rehearsal on Thursday, February 18th after school from 2:45 to 4:00. This is a great opportunity for your child to practice their routine on the stage. The two shows will be Thursday, February 25^th at 6:30 PM and Friday, February 26^th at 9:00 AM. I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

Also, congratulations to Mrs. Gearhart and Mrs. MacDonald’s classes for winning January’s Classes of the Month!

Thank you,

Mr. Frisbie

Dear Students and Parents,

We are excited to inform you that your child has begun a musical journey here at Austell Primary School. Our first destination was Mexico were the children learned to sing hello in Spanish. Our next musical journey will take us to France, Canada and Louisiana. Au revoir!

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