Hi everyone!  Welcome to week 3!  I sent an email out to students and parents yesterday stating that I was a little disappointed in the way some students were not turning in all assignments from last week.  Last week students should have submitted their care and maintenance quiz on curve, FlipGrid Introduction video from the first week,  FlipGrid assignment video from last week, and smart music assignments (6th grade had two songs and 7th and 8th had three songs).  Let's make sure we get those in asap so I can change some zeros in PowerSchool.

 

This is what is going on this week for each grade:

6th grade - Learning next two notes on #7 and 9 so that we will have learned the first five notes.  We are working on note reading because they will take away letter names after #10.  Our goal is to get up through #14 in the book and also start on the Fundamentals for Band #1 sheet and Beginner Band tune sheet.

7th grade - We also received Fundamentals for Band #1 sheet and are working on some of the Rubank scale exercises from the back of book one..... working on Bb and Ab sets this week.  Percussion are reviewing som snare exercises with those Rubank sets.   We will learn/review Ab scale, continue to review slurs, accidentals, and D.C. al Fine from last week, review intervals, learn/review the dotted quarter/eighth note pattern, and review lip slurs for brass, and review break notes for clarinets.   Check Curve for specific exercises in the book to practice because we are skipping around some.

8th grade - We will continue the Young Ensemble Warmups, review chromatic scale and enharmonic tones (working to learn an octave and a half chromatic), reviewing the sixteenth note patterns of 2 16th/8th note and dotted eighth/16th note.  We will be doing a lot of rhythm reviews with 16th notes on scale patterns and also sightread with 16th note patterns in the Habits book.  I hope to use sight-reading factory to sightread, work on March Zuma from last year, and perhaps sightread new music.

 

Assignments due by Sunday 9/6:

6th grade - Smart Music #11 and 12, FlipGrid video -  #13 (sing on letters and perform) and #14.  Extra Credit - perform the "Connect the Notes" section on the Fundamentals for Band

 

7th grade - Smart Music #106, 112, and 125.  FlipGrid video  - Ab scale, #114, and 127 or 129 (can do both for extra credit)

 

7th grade beginners - Smart Music #14, 17, 18.  FlipGrid video m.20-47 on the Foundation Warmups #1.  Extra Credit - Play something from your Beginner Band Tune sheet

 

8th grade - Smart Music #80 and 85 and Habits book Rhythm 32b,  FlipGrid video - chromatic scale in 1 1/2 octaves, #91, and #128 or 133 (can do both for extra credit)