WGN CLASS NOTES: 2026/01/27

TO: WONDER WGN MEMBERS
MEMO: WGN CLASS NOTES: 2026/01/27
DATE: Tuesday, January 27, 2026

 

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  • Scripture of the Month: Isaiah 55:12 – For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. – Isaiah 55:12 World English Bible (WEB)
  • Character Scripture:
    • Matthew 2:10 – When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. – Matthew 2:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
    • Psalms 100:2 – Serve the LORD with joy. Come before him with a joyful shout! – Psalms 100:2 International Standard Version (ISV)
    • Nehemiah 8:10 – Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” – English Standard Version (ESV)

MUSIC FOUNDATIONS

  • 2A, 2B, 3A: No Class Notes
  • 3B: Review the major scale pattern:W-W-H-W-W-W-H

PIANO 1

  • Practice Time: 15/5d
  • Practice all four parts of Lost My Partner
    • **NO Pausing**
  • Also practice pages 56 and 57. First do hands separately then hands together.

PIANO 2

  • Practice Time: 15m/5d
  • Practice pages 37, 38, 39
    • **Be sure to keep a steady beat with no pausing**
  • Do Theory page 40.
  • Sightreading page 42

BUCKETLINE

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • Letter C to the end of Buckethead. Please warm-up with moving forward. Play 4 times increasing the tempo on your metronome each time. Lastly go through bucket stomp mark the places where you play on the bucket to the right and to the left.
  • Wonder Drumline Book
    • Practice all exercises (excluding “Rolls & Rhythms”) to the goal of memorization at moderate tempos (80-120bpm) and stick heights (mezzo-forte and forte (plus piano-forte for accent exercises). Keep utilizing the mark time to guide your ability to keep good tempo. Write in the foot work (lefts and rights) above the staff for “Count Up Legatos” and practice these individual measures to see how the feet align with the hands; keep in mind the subdivided ‘upbeat’ motion in the mark time to help with the measures that have a left hand starting on an upbeat.

DRUMLINE

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • Practice all exercises (excluding “Rolls & Rhythms”) to the goal of memorization at moderate tempos (80-120bpm) and stick heights (mezzo-forte and forte (plus piano-forte for accent exercises). Keep utilizing the mark time to guide your ability to keep good tempo. Write in the foot work (lefts and rights) above the staff for “Count Up Legatos” and practice these individual measures to see how the feet align with the hands; keep in mind the subdivided ‘upbeat’ motion in the mark time to help with the measures that have a left hand starting on an upbeat.

FLAGS

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • Remember to work on these moves:
    • 🚁 helicopters
    • 🍥 windmills LEFT & RIGHT
    • 🚩 drop spins LEFT & RIGHT
    • 🚩 single toss spin> Be Careful! ⚠️
    • This is your chance to put a routine together with these moves and others you already know and teach it to the class next week! Enjoy the creativity!

PRELUDE BAND (Beginner Students)

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • Ensemble
    • Essential Elements Book 1 aka Yellow Book
      • There will be tests on the following lines in your essential elements book #26 as a solo # 30 as a class learn both lines A and B Switching on the repeat.#31 #42 no slower than 90 bpm on the metronome.
  • Rhythms (clapping https://photos.app.goo.gl/nrxnCqvWbuBghF7x5)
    • Huckleberry Jello
    • Gooseberry, Gooseberry
    • Pineapple, Pineapple
    • Huckleberry, Huckleberry
    • Jello (shh) lo
  •  Baritone
    • Warm up by buzzing in the mouthpiece. After placing the mouthpiece back in the baritone, focus on playing with a beautiful tone. Do lips slurs to see how many different notes you can play with 12. Continue practice session as indicated on handout.
  •  Clarinet
    • You’re doing really well with notes and rhythms!
    • Here are some tips to help you with your tone & tuning:
    • ⭐️ The edges of the tongue should touch the side of the roof of the mouth by the teeth, this is where it goes when hissing like a cat. 🙀
    • ⭐️ Make sure the mouthpiece is far enough in the mouth to keep the pitch from going flat.
    • ⭐️ Don’t let the cheeks puff out.
    • ⭐️ Support your notes with a good stead airstream.
    • Can’t wait to hear you play next week!
  •  Flute
      • Posture: Posture: chins up, wrists neutral (keep up the good work!)
      • Technique: faster air, forward chin = higher notes; do the same warm up again this week: Low F, long and slow until it sounds lovely, then high F long and slow until it sounds lovely. Back to low F for a long note (4 beats minimum), high F for a long note (4 beats minimum). Do the same thing on G. Do the same thing on A. #42 and #45: focus on taking deep breaths and playing entire phrases, only breathing where marked. The faster you go, the easier that will be!
  •  Horn
    • ⭐️ Warm up with long tones on the notes that we numbered on your fingering chart. 2-3 minutes
    • ⭐️ Remember to take the mouthpiece from your mouth and relax for 4 counts.
    • ⭐️ As you go up the scale and the notes feel like they need to be forced out, remember to relax. Don’t worry that you didn’t hit the note, it will come.
    • ⭐️ Practice the songs that Ms. Carol had you circle in your book. For best results, read the yellow boxes on those pages and read all of the music: notes, dynamics, rests, repeats, etc.
    • ⭐️🎁⭐️ Here’s a new piece of info: When finished playing, you will recover faster if you flap your lips like a horse. 🐴 It’s true! Your muscles will relax much faster.
  •  Percussion
    • Practice Starfire March and review Essential Elements Book I Songs/Exercises 34, 35, 42, 43, 54, 57. 58. Practice individual instrument assignments for “Procession from the Water Music Suite”. Add “Ode To Joy”, “Hard Rock Blues”, “Chant & Celebration”, “Fit To Be Tied,” and the mallet part for “Aura Lee.” Also work on “Hugga-Huggar Burr” with buzz roll focus.
  • Saxophone
    • You are playing wonderfully well! As you are practicing please make sure to notice and play the following:
    • ⭐️ dynamics! Saxophones can overpower almost all other sections, but we’ll sound so much better if we blend in.
    • ⭐️ control your sound by firming up your smile muscles at the corner of your mouth-this will help you not only control tone, but also volume
    • Happy Praciting 🎷
  • Trombone
    • Bring pencil to class!
    • Continue warmup by buzzing in the mouthpiece. After placing the mouthpiece back in the trombone, focus on playing with a beautiful tone. Do lips slurs to see how many different notes you can play in first position.
    • Practice in method book as mentioned in prelude band notes. Do worksheets and flash cards daily for note names and positions (if assigned). Practice 45 and 48 as quickly as you can while keeping good musicality.
    • For 57, especially work measures 9-12
    • Practice Starfire March (will play without helpers next week- especially practice measures 59-60) and Rock Point paying attention to breath marks
  • Trumpet
    • Flat lips – stretch out smile – Tight on both sides of straw
    • Hold trumpet up – good contact with upper lip
    • Strong fingers tips on valves – strengthen third finger
    • Get faster at fingering notes – especially with intervals
    • Good long breath from lower belly – sit up – good posture
    • Hold notes full value – smooth transition between notes
    • Work on rhythms – in book – 42, 43, and 45
    • You are getting much better each week . Keep up the good concentration

TRAINING BAND (2nd Level Students or Above)

  • Practice Time: 30m/5d
  • Ensemble
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves (Use a metronome)
    • Tests on Essential elements book 1 Lines 88, 90, and 91 next week. The songs for performance are Refried Beans and #152 the Yellow Book School Spirit.
    • Review (Use a metronome)
      • Essential Elements Book 2 aka Red Book
      • We have added /ascot overactive to our band practice. This week work on this piece focusing on the dynamics. Work on playing very softly during the parts marked with a P for piano. Your work on refried beans is going very well. Let’s work on our breathing. Be sure to breath only at the breath marks or on the rests.
  • Bass Guitar
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves.
    • Work on warm-up routine, include scale work in the warm up
  • Clarinet
    • Take 1812 slowly at the beginning and work up to the suggested speed. You can play along with it online, if you’ve made an account with Essential Elements. Once you really know your part, the other parts won’t pull you away from what you are supposed to be playing.
    • This is the first song the band has played where there are many different parts for each sections. You’ll have so much fun playing this when it all comes together!
  • Electric Guitar
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves.
    • Work on warm-up routine, include scale work in the warm up
  • Flute
    • Posture: practice breathing by a total exhale, then deeeep breath in and slooooow exhale through your imaginary straw. When warming up, you can practice this on the scales listed next.
    • Technique: in book 2, practice #185 (chromatic scale). Take it slow and make each note sound lovely before playing the next one. Also practice #159 and #160. These exercises will help with smooth fingerings and arpeggios. We will begin working through these (#159-186) with the goal of mastery by end of term.
  • Percussion
    • Practice variations of rolls: buzz & open-stroke through 5-, and 9-stroke roll types. Apply this to “The Thunderer”. Practice “Hugga-Hugga-Burr” for these roll types, including also single-stroke rolls (32nd-notes with alternating sticking). Practice rhythms for “Hill & Gully Rider”. Practice #1, 5, 7, 8 from Drumline Book.
  • Saxophone
    • There will be a test on # 84 and 86-89 next week in the essential elements book.Practice #184 in the essential elements book from measure 1 to 26. It the 1812 Overature.
  •  Trombone
    • Begin warmup by buzzing in the mouthpiece and then move to lip slurs. Continue your warmup by playing with tonguing then slurring as you move from first to third position on any pitch.
    • Scales: On page 40, work on key of Bflat 1-3. And eflat scale on handout. Page 47 (chromatic scale) low Bflat to high Bflat – again emphasizing speed (without sacrificing pitch)
    • Method book 1: work on speed for 88
    • For ensemble, especially practice Swing Fever and Bossa Madeira (use online recordings).
  •  Trumpet
    • Concentration on note values, accents, volume – crescendos
    • 152 – School Spirit – get all the way through 184 – 1812 Overture
    • Hold note values with more legato note to note

MIDPOINT BAND (3rd Level Students or Above)

  • Practice Time: 45m/5d
  • Ensemble:
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 2-3 octaves (Use a metronome) – pick a scale
    • We will be performing Swing Fever and Bossa Madeira. Here is a link to find the pieces to practice with. You will need to copy and paste. https://kjos.com/standard-of-excellence-jazz-ensemble-method.html
    • Review (Use a metronome)
      • Essential Elements Book 3 aka Green Book
    • Repertoire (Use a metronome)
      • Continue to work on Caravan & Swing Fever for next week.
  • Electric Bass
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves.
    • Practice scales you know and sight-read some personal choice pieces
  • Electric Guitar
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves.
    • Practice scales you know and sight-read some personal choice pieces. The Essential Elements series doesn’t include a guitar book so use your private lesson method book.
  • Percussion
    • Practice variations of rolls: buzz & open-stroke through 5-, and 9-stroke roll types. Listen to model players for each instrument, and recordings of jazz pieces (Blues and Rock) Practice #1, 5, 7, 8 from Drumline Book.
  • Saxophone
    • Come with questions and rhythms to work on next week that you may have incurred in rehearsals or practice time.
  •  Trumpet
    • Good job on Bossa Madeira on stage. for shorter notice
    • Your dynamics – blend with the band – on Swing Fever sounded great
    • Only E.N was holding his trumpet up – Raise up those bells when in concert

PRELUDE ORCHESTRA (Beginner Students)

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • Bass and Cello
  • Violin & Viola
    • Watch Pre-twinkle: Setup Exercises Videos: https://a-musician-is.com (password: amusicianis)
    • Listen Daily: Suzuki 1 (Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfU-O0JeFbY)
    • Parts of the Instrument
    • Rest to play position – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAE87XSSW9c&list=PLQgFue6DLggg_7ggJE7c9uBmU3F7UsW3Y&index=3&t=198s
      • Against the wall
    • Rhythms (clapping https://photos.app.goo.gl/nrxnCqvWbuBghF7x5)
      • Huckleberry Jello
      • Gooseberry, Gooseberry
      • Pineapple, Pineapple
      • Huckleberry, Huckleberry
      • Jello (shh) lo
    • Bunny to Bow Grip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncyzq-N1Kvk&list=PLQgFue6DLggg_7ggJE7c9uBmU3F7UsW3Y&index=2&t=118s)
    • Scrubbing – https://youtu.be/rvivk_ctX6s
      • Against a Wall
    • Penguins
    • Bowing the Shoulder
    • Modified pengiuns
    • First finger taps
    • -climb monkey silently (just singing: I’m a little monkey, climbing up the ladder, climbing to the top to, pick a pink banana; I’m a little monkey, climbing down the ladder, climbing to the bottom, to eat my pink  banana
      • as well as plucking
    • BOW ASSIGNMENT
      • 100 bow holds! Each day, if your house has stairs, practice bow hold on the bottom stair, and go up one stair, do a new bow-hold, shake out hand and take a step.
      • Up Like a Rocket
        • Up like a rocket, down like the rain,
        • Back and forth like a choo choo train.
        • Round and round like a great big drum,
        • Land on your head curved pinky and thumb.
    • Table top exercise
    • planks

TRAINING ORCHESTRA (2nd Level Students or above)

  • Practice Time: 30m/5d
  •  Ensemble:
    • Remember to practice breathing in the rests!
    • 1. Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves – A Major
    • 2. Review – Suzuki B1-Your current book
    • 3. Boil ’em Cabbage Down Variations 1, 2, and 3. – memorize
    • 4. Beautiful Skies
    • 5. Oh! Susanna
    • 6. Amazing Grace
    • 7. Buffalo Gals
    • 8. When the Saints Go Marching In
    • 9. Westward Journey
    • 10. Bonaparte’s Retreat
    • 11. Old Joe Clark
    • 12. Three Tchaikovsky Themes
    • Remember to practice breathing in the rests and before entrances!
    • * PRACTICE POINTS:
      • choose 1 practice point every time you practice a small section
      • always work on tricky sections
      • 1. correct rhythm, steady tempo
      • 2. correct notes
      • 3. bow direction
      • 4. intonation
      • 5. dynamics
      • 6. slow to fast with metronome (work on this LAST!) 🙂
  •  Cello
  • Viola and Violin
    • Listen Daily: Suzuki 1
    • Watch Pre-twinkle: Setup Exercises Videos: https://a-musician-is.com (password: amusicianis)
      • Please watch the videos if you are behind or don’t remember the pieces. They are in the video playlist bk.1
    • Review (Use a metronome)
      • Twinkle B1 to Allegro
    • G Major Scale
      • 1st exercise- play scale degrees 1,4,5,8
      • 2nd exercise- play scale degrees 1,3,4,5,7,8
      • 3rd exercise- play scale degrees 1,2,3,4,,5,6,7,8
    • I Can Read
      • Lesson 15 and 16 rhythm and pitch (DO THE RYTHMS WITH A METRONOME)
    • Table top exercise
    • Cat Cow
    • you should start practice with 3 old songs
    • All review songs
    • perpetual motion
    • allegretto

MIDPOINT ORCHESTRA (3rd Level Students or above)

  • Practice Time: 45m/5d
  • Ensemble:
    • 1. Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves – A Major
    • 2. Review – Suzuki B1-Your current book
    • 3. Variations on an Irish Tune – Variations on an Irish Tune practice all of it, especially counting the rests and breathing before entrances
    • 4. Moonlight Odyssey – measures 10-76″
    • * PRACTICE POINTS:
      • choose 1 practice point every time you practice a small section
      • always work on tricky sections
      • 1. correct rhythm, steady tempo
      • 2. correct notes
      • 3. bow direction
      • 4. intonation
      • 5. dynamics
      • 6. slow to fast with metronome (work on this LAST!) 🙂
  • Cello
    • I’m very impressed by how well pieces are coming together. Please practice Musette slowly for the tricky sections – you can even take some of the sections out of tempo to problem solve the “tricks.”
    • I’m looking forward to hearing Micah (and Madeline?) play next week. Please think about when you would like to play, and what piece you would like to have polished; feel free to ask me for help if you have questions about a piece, or suggestions on how to practice anything.
    • Watch:
    • Listen Daily: Suzuki 2-3
    • Practice Routine:
      • Tune
      • Ringing tones (2x bows per note)
      • C Major 2-8ve scale
      • Review songs (Your choice)
      • Advanced: C Major 3 octave, a melodic minor 3 octave
      • Vibrato practice – elbow must feel open, support in the wrist, flexibility in the playing finger, only 1 finger down at a time. (or 4 and 3 together).
      • Chorus
      • Musette (new). We will go over this in grater detail next week.
    • Review (Use a metronome)
      • Suzuki B1-Current
    • Repertoire
    • Moonlight Odyssey
    • Listen Daily: Suzuki 2-3
    • Review (Use a metronome)
      • Suzuki B1-beginning of B2
      • Practice everything from Suzuki Bk 1 and B2 up to Lully gavotte
    • G Major Scale through 2 octaves
      • 1st exercise- play scale degrees 1,4,5,8
      • 2nd exercise- play scale degrees 1,3,4,5,7,8
      • 3rd exercise- play scale degrees 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
    • ITP ex3
    • You will be expected to play lully by yourself next week

CONCERT ORCHESTRA (4th Level Students or above)

  • Practice Time: 60m/5d
  • Ensemble:
    • 1. Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves – Ab minor
    • 2. Review: Suzuki B1-Current
    • 3. Beethoven Prelude and Fugue in e minor – all 3 movements;practice with metronome, pay careful attention to articulation, notes, and bowing
    • 4. Beethoven Trio Serenade, first movement – quarter note=80, pay careful attention to dynamics and articulation
    • 5. Revueltas – focusing on the first movement, pay careful attention to rhythm and notes. Begin learning the second movement of the Revueltas, focusing on notes and rhythms.
  • * PRACTICE POINTS:
    • choose 1 practice point every time you practice a small section
    • always work on tricky sections
    • 1. correct rhythm, steady tempo
    • 2. correct notes
    • 3. bow direction
    • 4. intonation
    • 5. dynamics
    • 6. slow to fast with metronome (work on this LAST!) 🙂

RECORDERS 1

RECORDERS 2

  • Practice Time: 15m/4d
  • Remember Practice Records
  • Practice:
    • Fingering from low C to High G
    • Practice Here Comes Winter (Page 10). 4A Alaiya, Sam, Gabby. 4B Isla, Abby.
    • Pages 11-12 in Be a Recorder Star.
    • Practice our sight reading skills and play The Linden Tree (page 11) one more time.
    • Start practicing French Round (page 11) and Easy Rockin’ (page 12)
    • Concert Pieces: In Christ Alone. Play along with the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfU7M_s3mc&t=5s
      • Count along with the In Christ Alone Youtube video or with your music. Remember it’s 3/4 time, so count each measure (1 & 2 & 3 &)
    • Don’t forget to blow out and clean your recorders!
    • Happy practicing!

PRIME CHOIR

JUNIOR/SENIOR CHOIR (YOUTH CHOIR)

SIGNS AND WONDERS: ASL SIGNING CHOIR

DANCE

  • Please fill out your practice sheet weekly. Please practice 15 minutes 5 times a week. This can include going over terminolgy, practicing steps from class, working on dance, strengthening or stretching.
  • Block 4 – 2pm-3pm – Practice Time: 15m/5d
    • Review ballet terminology
      • *Plie – to bend
      • *Tendu – to pointe and stretch
      • *Battement Glisse – beating, gliding movement
      • *Rond De Jambe – circle of the leg
      • *Grand Battement – large beating movement
      • *Saute – to jump
      • *Passe – to Pass
      • *Pas de chat – step of the cat- ballet walks
      • *A terre – on the floor
    • Steps to review
      • *Chaine turn
      • *Pas de bourree
      • *Balance
    • Positions to review
      • *Vaganova 1st arabesque
      • *Vaganova 2nd arabesque
      • *Cecchetti 3rd arabesque
    • Stretching
    • Review performance choreography
      • Music Link: Sheep May Safely Graze (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfhXgt4SJg)
      • All dancers start in 1st position – arms in en bas
        • Arms float out demi-second – close to en bas (1,2)(3,4)
          repeat x2
      • Cecchetti 3rd arabesque towards the center
      • Cecchetti 3rd arabeque away from the center
      • Chaine turn towards the center – arms in 1st
      • Arms open 2nd, then float to en bas
      • Ballet walk to circle
      • Releve walks facing in around circle
      • Step back R – pointe tendu L
      • Step forward L – arbesque a terre R
      • Repeat rocking step x2
      • Walk back to spots
  • Block 5 – 3pm-4pm – Practice Time: 15m/5d
  • Please bring and fill out your practice sheet weekly. Please practice 15 minutes 5 times a week. This can include going over terminolgy, practicing steps from class, working on dance, strengtheing or stretching.
  • Review Ballet terminology
    • * Plie – to bend
    • * Tendu – to pointe and stretch
    • * Battement Glisse – beating, gliding movement
    • * Rond De Jambe – circle of the leg
    • * En dehors – outward (out the door) away from supporting leg
    • * En dedans – inward towards supporting leg
    • * Frappe – to strike
    • * Fondu – to melt
    • * Grand Battement – large beating movement
    • * Saute – to jump
    • * Passe – to Pass
    • * Sous Sous – over/under
    • * Pas de chat – step of the cat
    • * Cambre – means “arched” and refers to a graceful, controlled bending of the upper body, which can be performed forward, backward, or to the side
    • * Circular Cambre
    • * Port de bras – “carriage of the arms” in ballet, referring to both the graceful, flowing movement of the arms and specific exercises designed to improve arm quality
    • * Pas de cheval – step of the horse
    • * Tembe – “fall” from one leg to the other, or from two legs to one, landing with a bent knee
    • * Develope – developed or unfolded
    • * En l’air – leg elevated, in the air
    • * A terre – on the floor
    • * En cloche – like a bell (front and back movement)
    • * Releve vs eleve – Releve starts from a plie to a rise and eleve rises from straight legs
    • * Assemble – assembled or joined together
    • * Chaine turns – Chains or links
    • *Failli – give away. A slide or brush-through transition step following a preceding jump or position.
  • Positions to review
    • *Vaganova 1st arabesque
    • *Vaganova 2nd arabesque
    • *Cecchetti 3rd arabesque
  • Performance Choreography
    • Music Link: Sheep May Safely Graze (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfhXgt4SJg)
    • Start in 1st position
    • 1st group
      • Walking towards the center – take three steps down the stairs
      • Step R to 3rd arabesque or Step L to 3rd arabesque (towards the center)
    • 2nd group repeats
      • Continue to walk down the stairs towards center to places Soutenu R
      • Facing L front corner – rond de jambe R (front/side)
      • Balance R – arms 3rd position
      • Chaine L arms – 1st position
      • Chasse back to croise devant – extend arms
      • Chasse with figure 8 arms x4
      • L- R front corner
      • R- R back corner
      • L- L back corner
      • R- L Front corner
      • Bourree R – R arm lifts to 3rd
      • Change legs/arms
      • Bourree L – L arm lifts to 3rd
  • Stretching to increase flexiblity in hips
    • *frog stretch
    • *pigeon stretch
    • *while laying on back pull knee into chest then open knee side
  • Strengthening exercise for Grand plie back position (proper alignment for ballet)
    • While laying on back, engage abdominals and flatten back against the floor – repeat x10
  • In all exercises at the barre
    • Proper alignment and hip/shoulder placement
    • Belly button into spine – engage abdonimal muscles vs. sucking abdomen in
    • Points to work on at barre
  • *Grand plie
    • do not go all the down in grande plie
    • heels push down
    • feel pinky toe on the floor to prevent rolling forward in the ankle – shallower demi plie
  • *Battement Tendu
    • when closing head turns to the front foot
    • *We added circular cambre –
      • make sure to reach for all four corners, shoulder down, arm lengthened, push into the floor with your heels to stabalize lower body, lift up to move upper body

GUIDED PE

  • No notes for this week.

ART (DRAWING & WATERCOLOR)

  • No notes for this week.

ART (TEXTILES – NEEDLE PUNCH)

  • No notes for this week.

ART (PHOTOGRAPHY)

THEATER

  • No notes for this week.
  • History II: Creation to the Resurrection: Covers the period from 4004 B.C. to c.A.D 33

LITTLE MOVERS & LITTLE SHAKERS

  • Remember to listen to recordings daily this week

LITTLE CYCLES

  • Next class, bring a picture you have drawn of your favorite farm animal.

MUSIC MAKERS 1

  • Work on the second verse of Like a River Glorious
  • Memorize the Micah 5:4-5 verses
  • Use your paper Glock to play Wild Horses
  • Can you teach your family “the Cuckoo’s Calling You”? And sing it in a round?

MUSIC MAKERS 2

  • Work on Memorizing Like a River Glorious and Micah 5:4-5
  • Bringing your music bags with your binders and listening to your cds!

DISCOVERY

  • No notes for this week.
  • Dance
    • Work on Dance:
      • Music Link: Sheep May Safely Graze (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfhXgt4SJg)
      • -Start in 1st position feet, arms in en bas
      • -Arms goes to demi 2nd then en bas (count 1,2)
        • Repeat x2
      • -3rd Arabesque R
      • -Change 3rd arabesque L
      • -Tippy toe turn R – Arms in 1st
      • -Arms open 2nd, float to en bas
      • -Ballet walk to circle – hands on hips
      • -Ballet walk around circle – hold hands
      • -Step Back R Pointe – tendu devant L
      • -Step forward L – arabersque R
        • Repeat x2
      • -Ballet walk back to spot
    • Practice correct arms:
      • Cecchetti 3rd arabesque
    • Review ballet terminology
      • *Plie – to bend
      • *Tendu – to pointe and stretch
      • *Degage/glisse – beating, gliding movement
      • *Rond de Jambe – circle of the leg
      • *Pas de Chat – step of the cat

PLAYROOM WITH HELPING HANDS

  • After Lunch Check-in: Please be sure to check your student in room 212
  • Check-out: Please be sure to quietly check your student out in room 212 or (playground) with the Playroom Helping Hands

COMPUTER SCIENCE (STANDARD APPLICATION)

  • Topics Covered: Lists. For further review, you may reference https://learnpythontherightway.com/chapter/chapter-11.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE (FUNDAMENTALS OF EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING)

  • Topics Covered: Advanced State and User Input

JUNIOR HELPER

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STUDY HALL

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