RedDevilBandandChoir

LESSON PLANS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10

SIXTH GRADE GENERAL MUSIC
Take Roll

Do worksheet on Lesson 3 and 4

Write Music Project in music folder:
Project:
80 = bring in favorite song
90 = tell about group that sings
and bring in favorite song
100 = bring in words to song, tell about
group that sings, and bring in
favorite song

Songs to Sing
At the Hop
This Little Light
Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay
Lean on Me
Woolly Bully
Blowin In The Wind
Purple People Eater

Information sheets are still due from several students. Turn them in and get your
grade changed.

SIXTH GRADE BAND
Take Roll
Greet at door.

Seventy Minute Practice Sheets are due today and each Monday

Tech book - p. 6 # 1,2,3,4,5
Make up quizes for those students that have not played song # 5

Tech book - p. 7 #7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Introduce half notes and half rests

Theory
music alphabet
lines and spaces
staff
clef
whole note and rest
double bar
half notes and rests
measures

Quiz on Hot Cross Buns
Band Activity Fees are due today
Quiz on Extra for next class period
Name tag test during next class period

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BAND
Take Roll
Greet at door - Three minutes to get set up
Practice Rhythm of the Day - Test On

Seventy Minute Practice Sheets are due today and every Monday

Set up for Band - Sit in sections and get horns out
Show proper sitting position when teacher behind stand

A Flat and B Flat concert scale warmups and rudiments
A Flat and B Flat Concert in Thirds - percussion paradiddles
A Flat and B Flat Concert in Thirds and Arpeggios for 8th
Chromatic scale in patterns for 8th
Begin Chormatic scale for 7th

Songs to Practice On:
Bravada
Test on measures 12 - 15 for treat
Tempest
Dance of the Thunderbolts
Away In A Manger

Class Dismissal
Three minutes

Percussion clean up the Pit

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10TH

All band and choir activity fees are due today, September 10th. Students will be graded down for not having their technique book in class. Technique books are given to the band students when they pay their band activity fee. The band activity fee for 7th and 8th grade band members is $145. The 6th grade band fee is $75. If you child has paid their fee and has not received their band book, please let me or Ms. Ward know as soon as possible.

Interim reports will be coming home this week.

Red Devil Concert Choir rehearsals will begin this Wednesday morning in the choir room at 7:29 AM. Don’t be late.

All band members should always come to band class with their instrument, reeds or oil, a pencil and their music.

SIXTH GRADE BAND

The Sixth Grade Band members now know their first Masterpiece, or song. Hopefully you can recognize it. Our first song is called Hot Cross Buns.

All Sixth Grade Band members know three notes. Have your child play them for you. We have had a quiz on them already. If your child has not played their three notes for Mr. Lane satisfactorily, they have until the end of the nine weeks to do so and Mr. Lane will change their grade.

Seventy minute practice time sheets are due every week as part of your child’s grade. If it is more convenient, please email in your child’s practice times.

There will be a Pop Quiz in class this week on Name Tags on Cases. All band members should have their name tag on their case. Name tags are on the shelf in the band room.

Assignments thus far for Sixth Grade Band members.
Information Sheet
My Three Notes
Hot Cross Buns
Extra
If your child has not played their assignemtns for Mr. Lane, they have until the end of the nine weeks to do and Mr. Lane will change their grade.

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Seventy minute practice time sheets are due every week as part of your child’s grade. If it is more convenient, please email in your child’s practice times.

There will be a Pop Quiz in class this week on Name Tags on Cases. All band members should have their name tag on their case. Name tags are on the shelf in the band room.

This weeks practice schedule for marching band is:
M - Drumline, Colorguard and Field Commanders
T - Woodwinds and Field Commanders
W - Colorguard
Th - Brass, Drumline, Colorguard and Field Commanders
F - NO PRACTICE AFTER SCHOOL

Parents, please change the date on your calender for the Veteran’s Day Parade. The new date should be Friday, November 9th. The parade will be begin at 10 AM in downtown Memphis.

Uniform sizing for the marching band members will begin this week during after school practices. Look for a date and time coming about the check out date. Marching shoes will be sold during uniform sizing. Information will be sent home with your child. All marching band members must have all black premier marching shoes to be able to participate with the marching band.

Assignments thus far in 7th and 8th grade band.
A Flat Concert Scale
B Flat Concert Scale
A Flat Concert Scale with arpeggio and thirds for 8th only
B Flat Concert Scale with arpeggio and thirds for 8th only
Information Sheet
Chromatic Scale
Name Tag Test
Play Bravada for memory
If your child has not played some of these assignments yet, they have until the end of the nine weeks to do so and Mr. Lane will change their grade.

We are off to a GREAT start with the marching band. We are learning which foot is our left foot and sort of what a straight line is. If you are a former band member, have your child march 8 to 5 with you. Starting next week, the week of September 17th, we will put the full band together for practices after school. The weather has cooled down some, but it is still hot. Please send in a 12 pack or 24 pack of water, cokes, etc., so we can give the marching band members at the end of practice.

SIXTH GRADE GENERAL MUSIC

Look for an information sheet this week with your child about our first music project. Students have the option to do the music project. The grade they receive for the music project will replace any grade they have for the nine weeks.

Information sheets are due now. Many students have not turned in their information sheets. As soon as your child turns in their information sheet, Mr. Lane will change your child’s grade.

All general music students, as part of their grade, must come each class period with a music folder and pencil or pen.