SPARK Fine Arts Night

A huge thank you to Ms. Muhlheim and Ms. Heather Moore for all of your hard work towards making the SPARK Arts  Night a huge success!

An amazing turnout for Fine Arts night! @briet70 and I thank our SPARK family for supporting the arts! #sparkfineartsnight #springdaleparkelementary

A photo posted by @sparkartaps on Mar 17, 2016 at 6:25pm PDT

Coco brought the house down with her "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

GAZOYKS! What Fun!

Gazoyks Family Show at the Plaza Theatre 

SATURDAY, March 19 Gazoyks Show with Boyd Baker at the Plaza Theatrean event through Little 5 Arts Alive 

This is a very exciting for-kids show featuring acts from DAD'S GARAGE IMPROV, FUN-WEIRD-SCIENCE, AMAZED by K, and some surprise guests (that was us and Mary Lin’s Chorus!).  

“We Are Gonna Be Friends” by the White Stripes 

and 

“My Best Friend” by Weezer

Lauren T. got to be an improv girl!

5th Grade Basketball Challenge and Gazoyks at the Plaza Theatre

All Chorus and AC members are invited to these two events!

5^th Grade Basketball Challenge

Friday, March 11 at Inman the .  We’ll sing the National Anthem! Call time at 5:30pm, sing at 6ish, then you can stay for the game. If your child is playing in the game they can sing also! No uniform required for this one!

Here's our performance!

Gazoyks Family Show at the Plaza Theatre

If parents/friends would like to come to the show,  use "SCHOOL" code and get $2 off a ticket.

Website is www.GAZOYKS.com

Tickets online - https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/46588/chk/9326

SATURDAY, March 19 Gazoyks Show with Boyd Baker at the Plaza Theatre an event through Little 5 Arts Alive 
This is a very exciting for-kids show featuring acts from DAD'S GARAGE IMPROV, FUN-WEIRD-SCIENCE, AMAZED by K, and some surprise guests (that’s us and Mary Lin’s Chorus and even more surprises!).  Call time: 9:45am in Music@SPARK shirt and your choice of pants/shorts/skirt. We’ll sing “We Are Gonna Be Friends” by the White Stripes and “My Best Friend” by Weezer with Mary Lin’s Chorus

3rd Quarter Project: Write, Read, Sing, Play

Students received the Write, Read, Sing, Play project information in January. WRSP is an application of skills project and we have done parts of the projects in class; however, students will still need to practice and memorize their song parts outside of class. Students MAY work with a partner. 

The DEADLINE for 4th and 5th graders is March 1, 2, 3, or 4, which means the work must be completed and checked by that time. *Ms. Turgeon has extended the deadline for THIRD GRADERS. 

Deadlines (all components must be complete by the end of class on these dates, no late work will be accepted)
Tuesday, March 1: Naman and Thurman
Wednesday, March 2: Butler and Southcombe
Thursday, March 3: Mckie and Redel
Friday, March 4: Hall and Riggins

Thursday, March 10: Badger/Lockwood & English/Lockwood

Friday, March 11: Latimore/Lockwood & Neal/Lockwood

 Click HERE for the Write, Read, Sing, Play Project Sheet!

Song Choices for Write, Read, Sing, Play MUST come from our Music textbooks. No exceptions. Please be aware that this document link has 60+ pages--be careful to only print the page you want!  If the song your child chose is not present, please email me at bturgeon@atlanta.k12.ga.us

Here We Sit
Vive L'Amour
Mr. Frog
Words of Wisdom
Mother, Mother
Hey, Hey, Look at Me
Cat and Dog
Lucy Locket
Old Dan Tucker
One Potato, Two Potato


The project sheet has all of the steps students should take listed IN ORDER.  Students should have their songs completely written out by now, and they should have had their work checked by me.  As we are completing components of the project I write down the grade on each student’s project sheet—for example the title is Write, Read, Sing, Play, so once a student successfully completes the “Write” part of the project (copying the music onto their sheet) I write a 3 on top of Write on their sheet.

• ·         Each component of the project is worth 3 points, and the reflection on the back is worth 3 points for a total of 15 points for the project (extra credit if they do an extra instrument, another language, or something extra with the project).
• ·         I have keyboards in my classroom that the students will use for the Play portion of the project, unless they have another melodic instrument at home they'd like to play (including band, orchestra, guitar, ukulele, etc). Don’t worry if your child doesn’t take lessons and/or if you do not have an instrument at home.
• ·         If your child needs coaching they may come by the Music room for help:  Third Grade during lunch time on Thursdays (not March 3) or Fridays OR they could stay after school until 3:30pm on Mondays or Wednesdays. Fourth and Fifth Graders may come during lunch/recees or after school on Mondays or Wednesdays. Students who stay after school should be picked up at the carpool lane at 3:30pm. Be sure to send a transportation change to your child’s teacher if they plan to stay.
• ·         Please encourage your child to play/sing for me live instead of on video unless they are SURE all the parts are correct—if they perform live I can fix mistakes on the spot and get the check-offs over with quickly.
• ·         If your child has questions please check out this entire blog post first, because I think I’ve posted information that covers most questions here.

Below is a helper video. You should be able to find everything you need on this post!



Deadlines & Things to Note:

• Students may perform their project and turn in this Reflection & labeled song sheet any time between now and your Music class day during the week of March 1. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DEADLINE to complete your performance parts! Start getting ready now!
• As we get closer to the deadline there will be limited class time available. If we run out of class time your child may need to come sing/play during lunch or recess.
• Students may submit their work via video, but a live performance is better so I can give immediate feedback and allow kids to keep polishing their work. I go by "Angry Bird Grading" for this project, so kids can keep trying until they receive 3 stars for each component. 

• Don’t forget to turn in the Reflection and your labeled song sheet!

Below are some Music reading helpers:

C Major Solfege and finger numbers (up to 5)

F Major Solfege and finger numbers (up to 5)

G Major Solfege and finger numbers

                                            1     2        3      4       5                                    

                                               Do        Re          Mi          Fa          So         La          Ti

Doghouse and Castle notes

D Major Scale



G Major scale



F Major scale



all of the keyboard notes on the staff


Finger numbers


Music Georgia Performance Standards Covered in this project:

• M_GM.1 a. Sing melodies expressively using appropriate head voice accompanied and unaccompanied. 
• M_GM.1 c. The student will sing from memory multiple songs representing various genres, tonalities, meters, and cultures including at least one song in a foreign language. 
• M_GM.2 a. Perform melodic patterns on an instrument from a major scale with appropriate technique. 
• M_GM.2 b. Perform instrumental parts while other students sing or play contrasting parts. 
• M_GM.3 a. Read rhythmic patterns including quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note, half note, dotted half note and whole note using traditional symbols in 2/4, ¾ and 4/4 meter. 
• M5GM.3 b. Notate rhythmic patterns including the use of quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes, half notes, dotted half notes and whole notes in response to teacher performance. 
• M_GM.3 c. Read melodies within a treble clef staff. 
• M5GM.3 d. Notate simple melodies within a treble clef staff.

SPARK Sings "O, Canada" at the Gladiators game on January 16

Our Chorus/AC members did a wonderful job singing the Canadian National Anthem to honor the players at the Gladiators game. I'm very proud of their hard work, but even more than that, I'm proud of their sportsmanship and generous spirit.



After our kids sang "O, Canada" a group from St. Francis sang the "Star Spangled Banner". They sounded great, and when we all returned to our seating area our SPARK kids broke into spontaneous applause when the other choir walked past. It made me happy to be with such a warm and sweet group of kids, and believe me, they were delightful to be around while watching the game! They were DEFINITELY showing their smoove dance moves too! See below for the video, courtesy of Ms. Centner!

A closer video:

ASO Composer Project Sticker Voting Winners!

Thank you to the teachers who brought your students to sticker voting for our ASO Composer Projects. These projects enabled students to listen to, and learn about, composers they could hear at an Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert.  The students did a really great job this year, and we had more than 60 projects entered into the sticker voting!

The winners of the sticker voting were:

·         First Place: Third Grader Trevor G. with the water bottle galaxy representing Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”. Trevor suspended each planet within the 5 gallon water bottle, painted the planets to show the terrain, and attached clues about how each planet’s music sounded, according to Holst.

·         Second Place:  Fifth Graders Cortney K. and Tori W. with the Surprise Party for George Frederick Handel’s “Surprise Symphony”. The poster has people who could have been guests at Handel’s party, complete with “Hello, my name is” tags! Cortney and Tori also created a quiz, learned how to play the theme from the “Surprise Symphony”, composed their own original piece and videotaped all of the pieces for their project. I love our over achievers!

·         Third Place: Fourth Grader Greyson F. created a fantastic game show about Edvard Grieg using an advent calendar. He included awesome and challenging questions, a well-designed presentation board, and he even had a cute game show host!

Hockey New Year 2016!

CLICK HERE for the flyer

Singers, see the practice files on the blog HERE

SPRINGDALE PARK ELEMENTARY  
Hockey New Year with the GLADIATORS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 @ 7:05 P.M.

Support the SPARK Chorus and AC as they perform "O, Canada" 

when the Gladiators battle Greenville Swamp Rabbits.  

If we sell 100 tickets, a portion of each ticket sold will be donated 

back to the Chorus and Music program.

 All tickets must be ordered online using the special code for Springdale Park. All orders will be emailed a few days prior to the event and will come directly from AXS Guest Services.

*Online order code will be active until January 14

*Tickets must be purchased in advance of game day to be eligible for the discount

ORDER ONLINE SECURELY!
GO TO:  groups.atlantagladiators.com  (DO NOT enter www.)
ENTER CODE: SPRING

Premium/Attack Fundraiser Seat x $15.00

 ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE A TICKET. 

For additional information please contact Chris Leverett at 770.497.5107 or cleverett@atlantagladiators.com

ASO Composer Projects are Rolling In!

Don't forget that ASO Project Deadlines are this week! December 8-11.

Check out some of the great work Ms. Turgeon's gotten so far! And see Ms. Turgeon's grading helpers at the bottom.









Delaney's Voki

The sticker voting is up and ready to go! 

Helpers!