7th Grade Full Band Rehearsal

Welcome to band! Like last year, we will be having full band rehearsal during PLC. Today is our first  band rehearsal. There is a lot to achieve. I want to do our welcome activities outside, get you all on Google Classroom, get you all signed up for Smart Music, discuss our new lesson schedule, and even do some playing. We'll have fun today, but we need to be purposeful to get it all done! Please bring your device.

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) Everyone onto Google Classroom!

3) Everyone onto Smart Music!

4) Band Survey

Outside

1) "Switch Spots! Quick!"
      This will be a fun game. The band room chairs are all stacked away and there are just enough set up for us to have room. We are going to form a circle, move around, and get to know one another a bit.

2) Snowball fight!
       I love this activity. It's a way for me to get know you guys a bit. It is an activity that allows you to       anonymously share information about what your hopes and fears are about the upcoming band year, and helps me to address the band members' needs.

Inside:

1) Explanation of Lesson Schedule

2) Play time! (Tradition of Excellence Book 1 Page 2)

6th Grade Full Band Rehearsal

Welcome to band! Today is our first full band rehearsal, and there is a lot to achieve. . I want to do our welcome activities outside, get you all on Google Classroom, get you all signed up for Smart Music, discuss our new lesson schedule, and even do some playing. We'll have fun today, but we need to be purposeful to get it all done! Please bring your device.

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) Everyone onto Google Classroom!

3) Everyone onto Smart Music!

4) Complete the Band Survey

Outside!

1) "Switch Spots! Quick!"
      This will be a fun game. The band room chairs are all stacked away and there are just enough set up for us to have room. We are going to form a circle, move around, and get to know one another a bit.

2) Snowball fight!
       I love this activity. It's a way for me to get know you guys a bit. It is an activity that allows you to  anonymously share information about what your hopes and fears are about the upcoming band year, and helps me to address the band members' needs.

Back Inside:

1) Explanation of lesson schedule

2) Review of Book 1 Standard of Excellence. We will play #s 16, 24, 81, 131, and introduce page 31

8th Grade First Full Band Rehearsal

Welcome to band! Like last year, we will be having full band rehearsal during PLC. Today is our first  band rehearsal. There is a lot to achieve. I want to do our welcome activities outside, get you all on Google Classroom, get you all signed up for Smart Music, discuss our new lesson schedule, and even do some playing. We'll have fun today, but we need to be purposeful to get it all done! Please bring your device.

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) Everyone onto Google Classroom!

3) Everyone onto Smart Music!

4) Here's your Western Region Music!

Lunch

1) "Switch Spots! Quick!"
      This will be a fun game. The band room chairs are all stacked away and there are just enough set up for us to have room. We are going to form a circle, move around, and get to know one another a bit.

2) Snowball fight!
       I love this activity. It's a way for me to get know you guys a bit. It is an activity that allows you to       anonymously share information about what your hopes and fears are about the upcoming band year, and helps me to address the band members' needs.

3) Band Survey!
      After the snow ball fight I will do a little talking about leadership roles in band, and how you can get involved in our after school band council which meets after school the last Thursday of every month. The first band survey is your chance to make your voice heard on everything from what you'd like your leadership role to be, to what sort of music you'd like to play.

4) Play time! (Scale Warm ups - Western Region Etudes)

2nd Band Mini

Dear First Trimester Band Students,

The first rotation of A-D days is complete! I've met with each band mini once. The lesson plan for today requires us to get up and get going with playing. We will do  some assessments just to see where we are individually, set up a plan for forward progress through the curriculum, and get started with GoogleClassroom.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone!

Lesson Plan!

1) Welcome!

2) Review of Snowball data

3) Band Survey

4) Onto GoogleClassroom!

5) Review of last year's progress. Individualized starting points for this year.

6) Into groups, and practice begins!

(our first recorded assessments will be due next class)

Band Mini - First Day Lesson Plan

Welcome to band class! This year you will be getting a band lesson for 1/3rd of the year during the "band mini." The remainder of the year you will have your lesson during PLC. I always post the lesson plan for the next day on the blog, so you can know what to expect. Those of you who have the band mini this week don't need your instruments. This week the lesson plan is the same for every band "mini."

Our Plan:
1) Welcome!

2) "Switch Spots! Quick!"
      This will be a fun game. The band room chairs are all stacked away and there are just enough set up for us to have room. We are going to form a circle, move around, and get to know one another a bit.

3) Snowball fight!
       I love this activity. It's a way for me to get know you guys a bit. It is an activity that allows you to       anonymously share information about what your hopes and fears are about the upcoming band year, and helps me to address the band members' needs.

4) Band Survey!
      After the snow ball fight I will do a little talking about leadership roles in band, and how you can get involved in our after school band council which meets after school the last Thursday of every month. The first band survey is your chance to make your voice heard on everything from what you'd like your leadership role to be, to what sort of music you'd like to play.

Welcome!

Dear NFMS Band Students and Parents!

Welcome to the band program at New Fairfield Middle School. There is a ton of information to communicate, and I want to let you know how I will be communicating with you this year.

First, you will be getting emails from me as the year progresses. This is the most frequent means of communication that I employ. Any and all important information that you need to know will be emailed to you, but I also encourage you to contact me at any time. My email address is akter.emre@newfairfieldschools.org, and my office phone is 203-312-5896. If you have a question or concern, please do not hesitate to get in touch so that I can help.

Students, I will be emailing you every day. You will get a "today and tomorrow" email daily letting you know what is going on in band. Please do read them, they are extremely short. You will be able to keep track of the band schedule easily (when your lessons are, when rehearsals are, when you need your instrument) so long as you pay attention to those daily emails. They are one about three sentences long each.

Band doesn't start right away, so students have a little time to acclimated to the new school year. 8th grade band will begin rehearsing September 15th during PLC. 6th and 7th grade band will begin rehearsing September 18th during PLC.

The only students who will have band "right away" are those students who have the band "mini" the first trimester of school. These students will not be needing their instruments the first week of school. Those students who have the band "mini" first trimester won't need their instruments until after labor day.

Almost every day I post a blog entry. You can see the blog entries from last year by scrolling down on this site. There will be more blog entries this year because we have the new "band mini" class. I blog out every lesson plan as we proceed, and tweet links to the blog daily. If you are interested in what you will be learning in class ahead of time, just check out the blog!

Please watch for those emails. They will contain any information that you need. And please don't hesitate to contact me with questions.

Follow us on twitter @NFMSbands

Thank you!
Mr. Akter

6th and 7th grade PLC

Congratulations, NFMS bands, on a wonderful concert. You ought to be very proud of yourselves!

Today during PLC 6th gand 7th grade bands will be rehearsing music for graduation. Looking forward to seeing you at rehearsal!