7th Grade Band

Welcome to our band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be rehearsing our teacher selected pieces, discussing Western Region Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (brief review)

    When I am speaking you are listening.

    When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other

    If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.

    If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.

    Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42

4) Student Conductors! Third lesson review

5) Mr. Akter performs A Wild Western Regional Etude for modeling.

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (All sections: incorporate teacher modeling and sectionals into rehearsal)

7) Webrhythms reading exercises

8) Listen to "Last Full Measure"

9) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Student Conductors

10) Listen to Amazing Grace

11) We will utilize the same rehearsal techniques on Amazing Grace that we used for "Last Full Measure."

12) Assignments for practicing.

13) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

6th Grade Band

Hi All!

Welcome to our full band rehearsal. There is a LOT to do, and only 75 minutes to do it all, so we are going to have to purposeful and stay on track to get it all done.

You will walk in to recordings of "Be Still, My Soul" and "Appalachian Folk Dance" our two teacher selected pieces. You will sign in on the sign in sheet and take your seat in band. (click on the names of the pieces for audio recordings). Today we will be discussing student selected pieces.

1) Brief review of PACK in band. Brief review of 5 rules.
     When I am speaking you are listening.
     When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other
     If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.
     If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.
     Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

2) Student Selected Pieces

3) Warm Up Time!
     1) Red book #s 88,#131 and page 42 introduction (time for scales!)

4) Review! (Page 32 and 33 in Red Book - Reminder about lessons)

4) How to be a conductor! (third conducting lesson - you will be doing lots of conducting this year)

5) Volunteer Student conductors for "Be Still, My Soul" - I will play with all sections while student conductors lead.

6) Sectional rehearsals on "Be Still, My Soul." I will walk around and coach.

7) Direct Instruction on "Be Still, My Soul"

8) Introduction of NFMS Bands Performance Rubric. Explanation of criteria.

9) Self assessment on "Be Still, My Soul"

10) "Appalachian Folk Dance" (we will use the same rehearsal techniques as "Be Still, My Soul")

11) Exit ticket! (Comments on Google Classroom - UNDER the parent post)

Band Today 10/30

Dear Bands,

Please click this link to see the schedule (it also appears on the right hand side of this blog so that when this entry scrolls past you can still easily access it). 

Today is a band "F" day, and tomorrow is a band "G" day. I will have schedules up in your wings soon!

I hope this helps!

Mr. Akter

8th Grade PLC

Welcome to our band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be rehearsing our teacher selected pieces, picking our student selected piece, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (brief review)

    When I am speaking you are listening.

    When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other

    If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.

    If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.

    Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42

4) Student Conductors! Second lesson review

5) Discussion of Marching Band Party! (Mr. King may be coming up today!)

LUNCH!

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (sections 1, 2, and 3)
Instructional techniques: Teacher Modeling and sectionals

7) Webrhythms! Lesson 1 2, and 3

8) Listen to "Last Full Measure"

9) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Student Conductors

10) Listen to Amazing Grace. Hand out to those who do not have it.
Rehearsal techniques include student conductors, direct instruction, and sectionals

11) Discussion of student selected pieces.

12) Assignments for practicing.

13) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

Band 10/29

Dear Bands,

Please click this link to see the schedule (it also appears on the right hand side of this blog so that when this entry scrolls past you can still easily access it). 

Today is a band "E" day, and tomorrow is a band "F" day. I will have schedules up in your wings soon!

I hope this helps!

Mr. Akter

Band Tuesday 10/28

Dear Bands,

Please click this link to see the schedule (it also appears on the right hand side of this blog so that when this entry scrolls past you can still easily access it). 

Today is a band "D" day, and tomorrow is a band "E" day. I will have schedules up in your wings soon!

I hope this helps!

Mr. Akter

Band Lesson Schedule

Dear Band Parents,

In an effort to make the band lesson schedule more navigable for your children, I have come up with what I hope is an easy way to communicate the schedule to you through the use of this blog. Each day on our twitter feed, and here, I will communicate if today is a band "A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H" day. On the right hand side of this blog you will find a widget simply labeled "schedule." If you click on that link, it will bring up a shared version of our band schedule right here on the blog. With those two pieces of information, you should be able to know what the schedule is for band on any given day! I will continue to email children the day before their lesson to let them know that they have a lesson the following day as well. In addition to this, I will be posting the schedule up in all the wings at some point in the coming week. Taken together, these steps ought to ensure that every child will have an easier time managing the lesson schedule when they are not currently enrolled in my class.

Please click this link to see the schedule (it also appears on the right hand side of this blog so that when this entry scrolls past you can still easily access it). 

Today was a band "C" day, and tomorrow is a band "D" day.

I hope this helps!

Mr. Akter

8th Grade PLC

Welcome to our band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be rehearsing our teacher selected pieces, discussing Western Region Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (brief review)

    When I am speaking you are listening.

    When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other

    If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.

    If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.

    Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42

4) Student Conductors! Second lesson review

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (sections 1 and 2)

7) Review the following rhythms: 2 sixteenths followed by an eighth, 2 eighths followed by a sixteenth, the "one and and" syncopated rhythm, and the dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth. (flash cards)

8) Re-play sections. This is part one of your practicing assignment.

9) Get head count of those students interested in auditioning.

10) Listen to "Last Full Measure"

11) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Student Conductors

12) Hand out "Amazing Grace." If time, proceed with rehearsal (listening to performance, pre-assessment, and student conductors)

13) Assignments for practicing.

14) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

7th Grade PLC

Welcome to our band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be rehearsing our teacher selected pieces, discussing Western Region Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (brief review)

    When I am speaking you are listening.

    When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other

    If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.

    If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.

    Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42

4) Student Conductors! Second lesson review

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (sections 1 and 2)

7) Review the following rhythms: 2 sixteenths followed by an eighth, 2 eighths followed by a sixteenth, the "one and and" syncopated rhythm, and the dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth. (flash cards)

8) Re-play sections. This is part one of your practicing assignment.

9) Get head count of those students interested in auditioning.

10) Listen to "Last Full Measure"

11) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Student Conductors

12) Hand out "Amazing Grace." If time, proceed with rehearsal (listening to performance, pre-assessment, and student conductors)

13) Assignments for practicing.

14) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

6th Grade PLC

Hi All!

Welcome to our full band rehearsal. There is a LOT to do, and only 75 minutes to do it all, so we are going to have to purposeful and stay on track to get it all done.

You will walk in to recordings of "Be Still, My Soul" and "Appalachian Folk Dance" our two teacher selected pieces. You will sign in on the sign in sheet and take your seat in band. (click on the names of the pieces for audio recordings)

1) Brief review of PACK in band. Brief review of 5 rules.
     When I am speaking you are listening.
     When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other
     If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.
     If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.
     Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

2) Warm Up Time!
     1) Red book #s 88,#131 and page 42 introduction (time for scales!)

3) Review! (Page 31 and 32 in Red Book)

4) How to be a conductor! (second conducting lesson - you will be doing lots of conducting this year)

5) Volunteer Student conductors for "Be Still, My Soul" - I will play with all sections while student conductors lead.

6) Sectional rehearsals on "Be Still, My Soul." I will walk around and coach.

7) Direct Instruction on "Be Still, My Soul"

8) Introduction of NFMS Bands Performance Rubric. Explanation of criteria.

9) Self assessment on "Be Still, My Soul"

10) If time permits we will use the same rehearsal techniques for "Appalachian Folk Dance" as we used on "Be Still, My Soul"

11) Exit ticket! (Comments on Google Classroom - UNDER the parent post)

8th grade PLC

Welcome to our band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be discussing Western Region Band, getting information on Orchestra and Jazz Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) Amazing Grace: (intro recording during your attendance)

3) Make sure everyone is on Smart Music

4) Music Hand Out procedures - (Amazing Grace)

5) Warm Ups and Tune

Lunch

1) Complete Pre-lunch items not yet finished.

2)  Discuss Wind Ensemble (auditions next Wednesday after school) and Jazz Band Auditions (auditions next Friday after school)

3) Play time!

4) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (beginning to measure 12)

5) Review the following rhythms: 2 sixteenths followed by an eighth, 2 eighths followed by a sixteenth, the "one and and" syncopated rhythm, and the dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth.

6) Re-play introduction. This is part one of your practicing assignment.

7) Introduce section 2

8) Count all rhythms, discuss style contrasts

9) Re-play section 2. 

10) Listen to "Last Full Measure" Audio available here: http://www.jwpepper.com/Last-Full-Measure/10373866.item#.VC6xzPldWSo

11) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Teacher directed rehearsal.

12) Listen to "Amazing Grace"

13) Start Rehearsal of "Amazing Grace." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Teacher directed rehearsal.

14) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

7th Grade PLC

Welcome to our third band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be rehearsing our teacher selected pieces, discussing our student selected piece, discussing Western Region Band, getting information on Orchestra and Jazz Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (brief review)

    When I am speaking you are listening.

    When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other

    If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.

    If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.

    Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

3) Quick check: School Instruments

4) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42

5) Student Conductors! First lesson review

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (beginning to measure 12)

7) Review the following rhythms: 2 sixteenths followed by an eighth, 2 eighths followed by a sixteenth, the "one and and" syncopated rhythm, and the dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth. (flash cards)

8) Re-play introduction. This is part one of your practicing assignment.

9) Listen to "Last Full Measure"

10) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Student Conductors

11) Assignments for practicing.

12) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

6th Grade PLC

Hi All!

Welcome to our second "playing" full band rehearsal. There is a LOT to do, and only 75 minutes to do it all, so we are going to have to purposeful and stay on track to get it all done.

You will walk in to recordings of "Be Still, My Soul" and "Appalachian Folk Dance" our two teacher selected pieces. You will sign in on the sign in sheet and take your seat in band. (click on the names of the pieces for audio recordings)

1) Brief review of PACK in band. Brief review of 5 rules.
     When I am speaking you are listening.
     When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other
     If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.
     If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.
     Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

2) Double check on school instruments.

3) Warm Up Time!
     1) Red book #s 88,#131 and page 42 introduction (time for scales!)

4) Review! (Page 31 in Red Book)

(This was as far as we got last rehearsal. Steps 1-4 are a quick review of last week. I'd like to limit steps 1-4 to 10-15 minutes. Steps 5-12 are new learning.)

5) How to be a conductor! (First conducting lesson - you will be doing lots of conducting this year)

6) Pre-assessment on "Be Still, My Soul"

7) Direct Instruction on "Be Still, My Soul"

8) Student Conductors on "Be Still, My Soul"

9) Sectionals on "Be Still, My Soul"

10) Direct instruction and post assessment on "Be Still, My Soul"

11) If time permits we will hand out "Appalachian Folk Dance."

12) If time permits we will use the same rehearsal techniques for "Appalachian Folk Dance" as we used on "Be Still, My Soul"

13) Exit ticket! (Comments on Google Classroom - UNDER the parent post)

7th Grade PLC

Welcome to our second band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be discussing data collected last rehearsal, receiving teacher selected pieces, discussing our student selected piece, discussing Western Region Band, getting information on Orchestra and Jazz Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) Make sure everyone is on Google Classroom.

3) Make sure everyone is on Smart Music

4) PACK and Band! (In groups)
     When I am speaking you are listening.
     When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other
     If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.
     If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.
     Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

5) While you are working in groups on PACK, Mr. Akter will hand out school instruments to those students who requested them.

5) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (beginning to measure 12)

7) Review the following rhythms: 2 sixteenths followed by an eighth, 2 eighths followed by a sixteenth, the "one and and" syncopated rhythm, and the dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth. (flash cards)

8) Re-play introduction. This is part one of your practicing assignment.

9) Hand out "Last Full Measure" (A tribute to the veterans of Gettysburg)

10) Listen to "Last Full Measure" 

11) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Student Conductors

12) Assignments for practicing.

13) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."

6th Grade Band - PLC!

Hi All!

Welcome to our first "playing" full band rehearsal. Last rehearsal we had a lot of fun doing warm up activities. Today we are starting up. There are still some "warm up activities" to do though. There is a LOT to do, and only 75 minutes to do it all, so we are going to have to purposeful and stay on track to get it all done.

You will walk in to recordings of "Be Still, My Soul" and "Appalachian Folk Dance" our two teacher selected pieces. You will sign in on the sign in sheet and take your seat in band. (click on the names of the pieces for audio recordings)

1) PACK and Band! (In groups)
     When I am speaking you are listening.
     When you are speaking I am listening. We never speak over each other
     If you are playing an instrument, I promise to listen and/or play with you.
     If I am playing, you should be listening, or playing along with me.
     Keeps hands and instruments to yourselves

2) While you are working in groups on PACK, Mr. Akter will hand out school instruments to those students who requested them.

3) Warm Up Time! We are going to warm up with songs from the red book. This will also serve as a a quick review of last year's learning.
     1) Red book #s 16, #24 (two parts), #39, #51, #63, #81, #88,#131

4) New learning! (Page 31 in Red Book)

5) How to be a conductor! (First conducting lesson - you will be doing lots of conducting this year)

6) Pre-assessment on "Be Still, My Soul"

7) Direct Instruction on "Be Still, My Soul"

8) Student Conductors on "Be Still, My Soul"

9) Sectionals on "Be Still, My Soul"

10) Direct instruction and post assessment on "Be Still, My Soul"

11) If time permits we will hand out "Appalachian Folk Dance."

12) If time permits we will use the same rehearsal techniques for "Appalachian Folk Dance" as we used on "Be Still, My Soul"

13) Exit ticket! (Comments on Google Classroom - UNDER the parent post)

8th Grade PLC

Welcome to our second band rehearsal! You will need your instruments and your devices. Today we will be discussing data collected last rehearsal, receiving teacher selected pieces, discussing our student selected piece, discussing Western Region Band, getting information on Orchestra and Jazz Band, discussing the lesson schedule, and rehearsing our music. There is a TON to do. We will need to be purposeful to get it all done.

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) Make sure everyone is on Google Classroom.

3) Make sure everyone is on Smart Music

4) Music Hand Out procedures

5) Warm Ups and Tune

Lunch

1) Complete Pre-lunch items not yet finished.

2) Discuss Snow Ball Data - What did we learn?

3) Discuss Band Survey Data

4) Discuss Wind Ensemble (auditions next Wednesday after school) and Jazz Band Auditions (auditions next Friday after school)

5) Play time!

6) A Wild West-ern Regional Etude (beginning to measure 12)

7) Review the following rhythms: 2 sixteenths followed by an eighth, 2 eighths followed by a sixteenth, the "one and and" syncopated rhythm, and the dotted eighth followed by a sixteenth.

8) Re-play introduction. This is part one of your practicing assignment.

9) Hand out "Last Full Measure" (A tribute to the veterans of Gettysburg)

10) Listen to "Last Full Measure" Audio available here: http://www.jwpepper.com/Last-Full-Measure/10373866.item#.VC6xzPldWSo

11) Start Rehearsal of "Last Full Measure." Rehearsal techniques will include: Full Band Run Through for Pre-assessment, Sectionals for differentiation, Full Band Run through for Post Assessment, Teacher directed rehearsal.

12) Assignments for practicing.

13) Post to Google Classroom for "exit ticket."