3rd+grade+music

= = = = =__**Lincoln Elementary 3rd Grade Music**__=

During the 3rd grade year at Lincoln, we are busy with our introduction to the recorder. Each 3rd grade child has been purchased a recorder through the Margaret Foote Trust Fund. This trust fund was made possible by Mrs. Margaret Foote. Margaret Foote realized the importance of music in our schools. She funded a trust prior to her death that has allowed all our 3rd graders to recieve recorders for their 3rd grade music experience.

The 3rd graders are introduced to The Recorder Karate Program. This program is available through Plank Road Publishing. We utilize the recorders to introduce and review various musical symbols. The students are introduced to the staff, the treble clef, the lines and space notes of the treble clef staff, and the families of instruments. We are given a great opportunity to have Erwin Middle School students visit and assist in the music classroom. The students from the middle school bring their instruments and allow the 3rd graders to encounter music through instrument investigation.