Create Muse
Wednesday, Sept. 20
Form for Hat Dance
Hat Dance with stops at all phrases
Rehearsals: today after school
adding perc parts
Tuesday, Sept. 19
pre and post self – assessment and independent practice self assessment – DUE TODAY
CM due this week
All pieces
Rehearsals: Tues and Wed after school
Monday, Sept 18
pre and post self – assessment and independent practice self assessment
Ensemble: Streets of Cairo
Hat Dance – indep
Ensemble: Bamboo
Rehearsals: Tues and Wed after school
Wednesday, Sept. 20
pre and post self – assessment and independent practice self assessment – due today
Rehearsals: Wed and Thursday after school
ensemble and independent
Tuesday, Sept. 19
pre and post self – assessment and independent practice self assessment
Bye Bye Love
Stand By Me
Rehearsals: Wed and Thursday after school
Reflection due at start of class on Wed
Monday, Sept 18
pre and post self – assessment and independent practice self assessment
Halloween
How Can I keep
Rock Around the Clock
Rehearsals: Wed and Thursday after school
Tuesday, Sept. 12
• CM Scale Assessment by Friday
• New seating
• Bamboo recording
• after school rehearsals begin next week
• Hat Dance
Monday, Sept. 11
• Remembering 9/11, stories from last week
• HOM: individual to achieve success in class
• Classroom discussion of culture
• Personal accountability
• Ensemble work – “hat dance”
• Updates on music
Tuesday, Sept. 12
• am scale assessment – sept 27 (natural, melodic, harmonic)
• am connected to ‘Halloween’
• Ind Prac ‘Halloween’
• after school rehearsals begin next week
Monday, Sept. 11
• Remembering 9/11, stories from last week
• HOM: individual
• Packet turned in from last week’s assessment
• Reflection of last week’s work
• Updates on music
Friday, Sept. 1
• all documents for classwork for next week given, with rotations – clarified all expectations Click Here for the Document St Dr 1.0_Sept5-8
• maps of Trinidad and Tobago given
• Bamboo music given – Bamboo mp3
• Chords for Hat Dance, reviewed all repeat signs, ensemble time
Thursday, Aug. 31
• new music
• rhythm tree review
• chord work
• ensemble practice
• fluid note reading
Wednesday, Aug. 30
• PL due on tomorrow or earlier
• Back to School on tomorrow
• Pitch fluency
• Help with pitch reading – lines and spaces
• Breaking apart music into: rhythm, pitch, physical placement on pan
• CMajor assessed on Sept. 12
• Changes to harmony of piece learned by ear – layered in chords – 3 parts to the texture
• Ind. Practice – ‘Streets’
Tuesday, Aug. 29
• PL due on Thursday
• Back to School on Thursday
• Rhythm connections – from ta, ti-ti, to reading rhythm
• Worked on layering 2 parts to piece by ear
Monday, Aug. 28
• reading and writing rhythm with rhythm cards in rhythm groups
• layered 7 part rhythm ensemble: beat vs. rhythm
Friday, Sept. 1
• Handout for next week. St Dr 1.5 plans Sept 5-8
• Self- assessment – pre assessment for next week
• clarification of tasks
• Indep. practice and ensemble: Redbone
Thursday, Aug. 31
• Independent practice and rotations
Wednesday, Aug. 30
• Back to School tomorrow
• Striving for Accuracy
• Syncopation review through music playing
• Fluency
• Rhythm work
• blues review – move to chords, then broken ‘arpeggiated’
• Stand By Me
• Bye, Bye
Tuesday, Aug. 29
• Striving for Accuracy
• Back to School Thursday
• Syncopation review with ties – one-on-one help and support
• Fluency in pitch
• Independent Practice
Monday, Aug. 29
• Striving for Accuracy
• Emailed all families and students – check email
• Homework – hand in and check for understanding
• Rhythmic Dictation
• Fluency and documentation
• Music list and class discussion of next steps
Friday, Aug. 25
• Syncopation and ties – reviewed and notated – your own applications due on MONDAY
• checking for chords
• scale assessment and independent practice
Thursday, Aug. 24
• beautiful music
• rhythmic dictation
• Halloween – run through and parts
• chromatic assessed on Friday –
• parts chosen
Wednesday, Aug. 23
• New Music – ‘Halloween’ – Elfman, New chord chart
• Drum circle
• Elements review and sharing doc
• Chromatic scale assessed on Friday
Tuesday, Aug. 22
• Forms due
• Rhythm tree check off
• Ensemble work – playing
• chord docs and review how to use to assist you in harmony
• Chromatic scale assessed on Friday
Monday, Aug. 21
• all forms due
• clubs – see list – TRI-M – Thursdays
• rhythmic dictation
• Friday Chromatic – 2 eighths at 160 bpm – any pan – 2 octaves
• 2 new pieces handed out
• Play as ensemble
