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Downers Grove Grade School District 58 Vision Statement
The mission of District 58, in partnership with parents and community, is to challenge each child by providing quality educational programs and support services in safe, nurturing environments in order to prepare all students to be lifelong learners and contributing members of society.


First Grade
Our Beginning of the year ACTIVIES ARE:
Rhyming songs, melody direction, steady beat games...

Second Grade
Our beginning of the year activities are:
Tempo,vs. the beat, Cowboy songs,steps, skips and repeating notes, and the percussion family...
Third Grade
Rounds, rhythm practice adding 16th notes... recorders -part 1
(Recorder ordering opportunities soon)
Fourth Grade
Songs Rounds, music form, time signatures intro, American folksongs....
(Recorder ordering opportunity)
Fifth Grade
Singing Rounds, Rhythm in 4/4 time by sight and sound, dynamics, Swing style...
Sixth Grade
SInging Rounds, Rhythm in 4/4 time, by sight and sound, time signatures, G. Gerswin and Jazz,syncopation and more...
School Choirs
School choirs will begin in the early to middle of Sept.

El Sierra School will be working on the musical called, "When Silents was Golden"  

Hillcrest school will be  working on "Compose Yourself"

Henry Puffer school will be  working on a musical called "Thwacked" or "When Silents Was Golden".

NOTE...
EACH SCHOOL IS WORKING AT THESE ACTIVIES, BUT DUE TO MISSED DAYS, OR TESTING, THEY MAY BE AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN THEIR LEARNING.



Other
HERE ARE SOME FUN INTERACTIVE WEB SITES THAT ARE STUDENT FRIENDLY AND MUSICALLY INCLINED!

 DGCC -

Auditions are beginning on Monday August 29th, 2011







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