For each song that your child passes in the book they receive a sticker and a "Bach Buck". The number of stickers represents what song your child has passed. Below is a list of songs in the book that we will perform at our concert.
4th Grade:
1. Mississippi River, Peanut Butter, Down Bow and Up Bow, Little Frog, Down Pony/Up Pony
2. Twinkle
3. French Folk Song
4. Lightly Row (meets expecation on January report card)
5. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
6. Children's Song
7. May Song
8. Allegro
9. Instrument Solo Piece
10. Perpetual Motion (meets expecation on May report card)
11. Allegretto
A Bach Buck can be saved for the end of the year when we will have our annual orchestra auction. Students will try to earn prizes based on how many Bach Bucks he or she has. The Bach Bucks look like this:
To pass a song the performance is composed of the all of the following traits:
1. Good posture with both the instrument and bow
2. Correct rhythm and notes
3. Playing in tune
To hear and accurate performance you can watch the videos under the following headings
(located on the left side of the website):
Suzuki Songs (4th Grade Book)
How is my child doing in comparison to the class?
To the left of the website you will find the following headings:
Under these two headings you will find what percentage of students in the class have
If your child does not pass a particular song by concert time he or she will not be able to
perform that song during the concert.
To pass a song the performance is composed of the all of the following traits: