Mr. Suzelis’ Lesson Plans for the Week of March11, 2013

Class/Period /
Choir 5th Grade -
1st period
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Choir 6th Grade -
2nd period
/ Choir 7th Grade –
3rd period / Choir 8th grade –
4th period
Time / 7:29-8:22, room 501 / 8:24-9:07; room 501 / 9:09-9:52; room 501 / 9:54-10:37; room 501
MONDAY _3_/_11_/_2013 / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers= Face In The Crowd, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Listen to concert CD of Star Spangled Banner; Peace Drum Song,Cripple Creek; Alleluia-Jubilate!, The Power of Music;Why We Sing.
Write comments for each piece / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers= Face In The Crowd, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Listen to concert CD of Star Spangled Banner; Peace Drum Song, Cripple Creek; Alleluia-Jubilate!, The Power of Music; Why We Sing.
Write comments for each piece / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers= Face In The Crowd, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Listen to concert CD of We The People, Letters From War, The Lonely Sea,3 Russian Folk Songs,Ain’t No Mt. High Enough
Comments
SA ensemble (Voice From A Dream) / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers= Face In The Crowd, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Sing We The People, Letters From War, The Lonely Sea,3 Russian Folk Songs, Ain’t No Mt. High Enough
Comments
SA ensemble (The Clouds)
TUESDAY _3/_12_ / Attendance;Muscle Movers #1, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.ReviewWhy We Sing; Cripple Creek- 2 part; Alleluia-Jubilate!; Star Spangled Banner; The Power of Music; Peace Drum Song (ribbons & student leader)
Begin Kyrie Gregorianus, continue with Guitar Man / Attendance;Muscle Movers #1, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer. SingWhy We Sing; Cripple Creek- 2 part; Alleluia-Jubilate!; Star Spangled Banner; The Power of Music; Peace Drum Song (ribbons & student leaders)
Continue with Hitori, Um-Skit-a-Rat-Trap-Si-Si-Do / Attendance;Muscle Movers #1, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea / Attendance;Muscle Movers #1, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.
Haylee B. -.,Carissa F.–solos. Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea
WEDNESDAY _3_/_13_ / Attendance (w/Band);Muscle Movers #2,Vocal warm-ups,The Sight Singer.
ReviewWhy We Sing; Cripple Creek- 2 part; Alleluia-Jubilate!; Star Spangled Banner; The Power of Music; Peace Drum Song (ribbons & student leader)
Begin Kyrie Gregorianus, Guitar Man
(Notation project?) / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers #2, Vocal warm-ups.The Sight Singer.
SingWhy We Sing; Cripple Creek- 2 part; Alleluia-Jubilate!; Star Spangled Banner; The Power of Music; Peace Drum Song (ribbons & student leaders) / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers #2, Vocal warm-ups, BoysEnsemble practice (Drink to Me Only).Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea / Attendance(w/Band);Muscle Movers #2, Vocal warm-ups.Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea
THURSDAY __3_/_14_ / Attendance;Muscle Movers #3, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer. SingWhy We Sing; Cripple Creek- 2 part; Alleluia-Jubilate!; Star Spangled Banner; The Power of Music; Peace Drum Song (ribbons & student leader)
Continue with Guitar Man. / Attendance;Muscle Movers #3, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer. SingWhy We Sing; Cripple Creek- 2 part; Alleluia-Jubilate!; Star Spangled Banner; The Power of Music; Peace Drum Song (ribbons & student leaders)
Begin Hitori, using bar chimes & finger cymbals. / Attendance;Muscle Movers #3, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea / Attendance;Muscle Movers #3, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Kaitlyn H, Tonya H-solo
Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea
FRIDAY _3_/_15_ / Attendance;Muscle Movers #4,Vocal warm-ups,The Sight Singer. SingGuitar Man, Kyrie Gregorianus / Attendance;Muscle Movers #4, Vocal warm-ups.The Sight Singer. SingHitori, Um skit a rat trap si-si do. / Attendance;Muscle Movers #4, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.
Sing She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea / Attendance;Muscle Movers #4, Vocal warm-ups, The Sight Singer.Solos- Pollyanna, Monique
SingShe’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mt., Greenland Whalers, The Lonely Sea
Planning/Lunch 5th Period / 6th Grade General music 6th period / 7th Grade General music 7th Period / 8th Grade General Music 8th Period / After School
10:39-12:09 / 12:11-12:54; Room 501 / 12:56-1:39; Room 501 / 1:41-2:25; Room 501 / 2:30-3:15

Planning &

Lunch

/ Welcome, routines (entering class, RR), procedures;attendance, discuss restroom passes; Talk about getting recorders. Get yellow books out and listen for order of words in That’s What Friends Are For. / Welcome, routines (entering class, RR), procedures;attendance, discuss restroom passes; Discuss keeping notes, expectations. Pass out books, boards, sticks, earplugs (label baggies with markers to keep earplugs). Clap, then play rhythms in blue box, p.2 , then put things away. / Welcome, routines (entering class, RR), procedures;attendance, discuss restroom passes; Discuss keeping notes, expectations. Pass out 8th Grade Music text looking at pictures beginning Unit 1-name; listen to Style Montage, matching all but flower to sound heard. Find out who can bring in guitar. / Merissa K, Matt W., Brittany R.-solos
Planning & Lunch / Assign seats; In yellow textbook, p. 2-3, listen to That’s What Friends Are For, listening for musical sounds heard (harmonica, piano, drum set, guitar, electric bass, voices); listing on board to see how many students hear. / Assign seats;get materials needed for class. Define the following: beat, steady beat,quarter note & rest, accent, repeat signs, matched grip; perform blue box – p.2 in text clapping first, then using music stands, boards & rhythm sticks to 2 Chord Strut and 3 Chord Strut. / Assign seats & guitars w/shelf location. Discuss types (electric, steel & nylon string acoustic) & parts of guitar (tuning keys, nut & bridge, neck & frets, pickups), tuning, how to hold picks, how to hold the guitar, playing a string with a pick. Start with E string; staff and pitches E, F, G. Play each pitch in whole notes. / Holly R.-solo
SA Ensemble-The Clouds
Planning & Lunch / Define music, tone color, pitch, tempo, duration (rhythm). Discuss above definitions in relation to “That’s What Friends Are For”, p.2-3. If possible use synthesizer to further demonstrate. / Using text books, music stands, boards, sticks, and earplugs, practice excerpts of p.4 & 5, then play along with CD of Classics Montage as accompaniment. Put away all but text books; discuss what students expect is happening in photos, then match pictures on p.6 with “Montage Sounds”. Do activity – page 7 to distinguish between 8th and quarter notes. / Get guitars, start with E string; staff and pitches E, F, G. Play each pitch in whole notes, half notes & quarter notes. Continue with 1st string notes – E, F, G, p.8. Watch video of guitar basics. Review information on treble staff, alphabet letters used in music (top & middle of page 6 in book. – Work on Music Notation (page 2) of music theory together in class. / Elizabeth A, Destiny G.,
Alexis Cottrell-solo solos
Planning & Lunch / Sub-
Define Folk Song; listen to Rock-a-My-Soul. Compare to OYC version. Compare & contrast. Define folk song. / Sub-
Discuss two eighth notes, half rest. Play/clap rhythms in both lines if possible. Have students play white (top) rhythms on large sound shapes, yellow (bottom) on small, p. 7. Play p.8 rhythms, one part at a time. / Sub-
Continue with guitar's 1st string notes – E, F, G, p.8-9. / Tanner G-solo
8th TB ensemble-Our Principal’s A Pirate
Planning & Lunch / Define texture. Compare Greensleeves on p.8-9 to Rockin’ Down the Highway –Doobie Brothers for texture (layers of sound). Review definitions for quiz. If time, draw a drum set on board, having students copy & label.) / Using sound shapes, play p. 8 &9 rhythms. Read pages 10-12, doing activity on p. 13, “Day By Day”. Grade in class; Continue reading p. 14-15, if time, defining form, play, musical, opera. / Continue with 1st string notes – E, F, G, p.8-9; half notes and quarter notes. Discuss tablature and how to read it (bottom of page 6 in book). If time, p.9 #6 / Courtney M., Olivia S.
Cheyenne A solos