8th Grade Band
Std.
Materials
objective
activities
assessment
Perform various rhythms in triple meter.
Exercise #3,55-58,94-97
Individual Playing Assessment
PR
1256
Essential
Technique:
Black Book
PR
1256
PR
1256
PR
1256
PR
1256
Unison full band exercises
Washington Students will perform: articulations
Post
consistent with march style, various rhythms
in 6/8 time signature, two different key
signatures with accidentals.
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
Of Distant
Peaks
Students will perform: various dynamics,
articulations, tempo changes, in concert Bb
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
Jazz Band
Jubilee
Students will perform: swing rhythms in cut
time using Bb major key signature and
various accidentals , as well as multiple
articulations
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
Anthem of
Liberty
Students will perform: two contrasting
musical styles, various articulations,
woodwind trills, syncopated rhythms, in the
keys of Eb Major and C Minor with
accidentals
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
7th Grade Band
Std.
Materials
PR
1245
PR
1245
PR
1245
PR
1245
objective
activities
assessment
Standards Perform exercises and melodies with various
of Excel.
sixteenth note and dotted sixteenth note
patterns.
Blue
Book
#102-109
Individual Playing Assessment
Seaway
Festival
March
Students will perform: articulations consistent
with march style, various dotted and
syncopated rhythms, and dynamics in Bb
major.
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
High Falls
Overture
Students will perform: various dynamics,
articulations, tempo changes, tempos, and
expressive styles in concert Eb with
accidentals.
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
I Got You
Students will perform: various articulations,
dotted and syncopated rhythms, ritardando, in
concert Bb with accidentals.
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance.
Unison full band exercises
6th Grade Band
Std.
PR
1245
PR
1245
PR
1245
PR
1245
Materials
Sounds
Spectacular
Book 2
objective
Perform various melodies/exercises in the
keys of: F, Bb, Eb.
Perform dotted quarter note-eighth note
rhythms melodies/exercises in the meter of:
¾, 4/4, and 2/4.
Perform various articulations and dynamics.
activities
assessment
Lesson 5
Individual playing assessment.
Final
Countdown
Perform eighth note/rest and syncopated
rhythms in Eb major
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance
Cold Brook
March
Perform dotted quarter-eighth and
syncopated rhythms in Bb major
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance
Can-Can
Perform eighth note/rest rhythms in Bb major
with accidentals
Individual, section, and full band
rehearsal utilizing various
instructional techniques.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance
Unison full band exercises
6th Grade General Music
Std.
Materials
PR 1
objective
activities
assessment
attendance
Smart
Students will be able to visually recognize and
Notebook match pitch on Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol on the treble
and
clef.
Sibelius
Full class singing activities.
Melodic Dictation.
Daily formative assessments based
upon student performance
PR 5
Treble
Clef Note
Names
Student will be able to visually recognize and
write letter names of treble clef note names.
MTWB 6
WS 11-11.3
Grade in class assignment and
address issues with correction.
CE 4
Smart
Notebook
and
Smart
Board
Identify the development of American Popular
Music within the following categories: 1. Social
Issues, 2. Musical Elements, 3. Technology
Advancements.
Lecture
Listening/Video Examples
Compare and Contrast Grid
Venn Diagram
Quiz
PR 5
Smart
Students will be able to match the letter
Notebook names on the treble clef with the appropriate
and
bar on the keyboard.
Smart
Board
Lecture
Keyboard WS
Full class response.
Keyboard WS