Mrs. Grayburn's Music Class

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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Recorder Karate small medium large PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR RECORDER KARATE UPDATES. Any changes in regular testing will be posted below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***To view VIDEO CLIPS OF FINGERING DEMONSTRATIONS FOR RECORDER KARATE, please click on Recorder Karate Demonstrations on the home page. ***To PRACTICE FOR YOUR RECORDER KARATE TEST WITH THE ACCOMPANIMENT MUSIC, please click on the link on the link page. User name and password are on the back of the white belt page in the fifth grade music folder. Testing Schedule 2009-2010: Testing days are generally scheduled on the following days each week. From time to time, it will be necessary to reschedule a testing day. On occasion, testing will be suspended for a whole week. These dates will be posted on the music room doors as well as posted below. Tuesday mornings - Bone, Hoyt, Wilkerson Wednesday mornings - Huss, Lucas Thursday mornings - Fisher, Gordon, Young IMPORTANT DATES ARE POSTED ON THE "CALENDAR" LINK ON THE HOME PAGE. From time to time it will be necessary to change a testing date. If your testing date needs to be rescheduled, it will probably be scheduled for a Monday or a Friday. On occasion, testing will be suspended for a whole week. Check the Music Room door and this website for updates. From time to time, testing will be suspended for a whole week and will only be offered for students in need of certain belts. This will probably happen most often near the end of the quarter, as well as the end of October. Check the Music Room door and this website for updates. To be able to test, you must come to the music room with the paper chip given to you by your homeroom teacher, along with your own recorder and your music folder. If you are in Safety Patrol, News Team, or have another regular morning obligation, get a chip from your teacher and come to test when you are done with your job. Remember: • You can work at your own pace, earning as many belts in a quarter as you can (with available testing opportunities). • White, Yellow, and Orange belts must be earned in the first quarter. • Green belt must be earned by the end of the second quarter. • Purple belt must be earned by the end of the third quarter. • Regardless of how many belts you earn in a given quarter, you must earn a minimum of one belt per quarter. If you want to be in Recorder Ensemble, you must earn your blue belt by the end of October. Any student who has earned their black belt by the end of the third quarter will be invited to attend the Black Belt Celebration. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 12, 2009 We will have regular Recorder Karate testing this week. No Recorder Karate testing next week due to District Honor Chorus. Blue Belt testing ONLY week of October 26th. No Recorder Karate testing week of November 2nd - no school on 11/3; First Grade PTA performance week. Added 10/15: Purple belt testing will be offered on Friday morning, October 23rd for those students trying to earn their blue belt the following week to get into Recorder Ensemble. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 7, 2009 Thank you for the patience everyone has had this week. Most students remembered that regular morning testing preference would be given to those students needing white, yellow, and/or orange belts, as well as those who have green and need purple. I have sent e-mails to each homeroom teacher to identify who these students are so they can give them first preference on the chips. I have also tested some of these students during music class this week. Testing for next week should slow down, which will allow more testing opportunities for those students trying to reach their blue belt by the end of the month in order to participate in Recorder Ensemble. Just as preference was given to those needing certain belts this week, preference will be given to students trying to earn their blue belt the week of October 26th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Week of October 5th, 2009 This is the last week of the first quarter. Regular morning testing this week will give preference to those students needing their white, yellow, and/or orange belt, as well as students who have already earned their green belt and need the purple belt to earn an "O" in music. Additional testing opportunities will also be offered during music class, as needed, during this week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 23, 2009 I hope everyone is safe and sound following the recent rains and flooding. Because of school being cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, make-ups for testing for these days will be as follows: Tuesday, September 22nd testing will be held Friday, September 25th. Wednesday, September 23rd testing will be held Monday, September 28th. Wednesday testing will also be held Wednesday, September 30th, giving this group two morning testing opportunities during this week (because they had no morning testing opportunity the previous week). Please remember that testing will also occur during music class Thursday, September 24th thru Thursday, October 1st. This testing is IN ADDITION TO morning testing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 2, 2009 Recorder Karate testing for Tuesday, September 8th has been rescheduled for Friday, September 11th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 27, 2009 Recorder Karate testing will begin next week! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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