WGN CLASS NOTES: 2026/02/03

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MEMO: WGN CLASS NOTES: 2026/02/03
DATE: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

 

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MEMORY VERSES (SEE ALL)

  • Scripture of the Month: John 14:27 – “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” – John 14:27
  • Character Scripture:
    • Psalms 34:14 – Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. – Psalms 34:14
    • Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. – Matthew 5:9
    • Jeremiah 29:7 – Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace. – Jeremiah 29:7
    • Psalms 122:6 – Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. – Psalms 122:6
    • Proverbs 14:30 – The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones. – Proverbs 14:30

MUSIC FOUNDATIONS

  • 2A & 3A: No class notes
  • 2B: If you are done or almost done with Book 3, come next week with and idea of what composer you would like to do your report on.
  • 3B: If you took home your Major Scale Worksheets, be sure to bring them back next week, whether or not you complete them at home.

PIANO 1

  • Practice Time: 15/5d
  • Keep practicing all four parts of Lost My Partner (pages 52-55)
  • Really work on keeping a steady beat.
  • If you haven’t completed pages 37-39 and page 44, do that.

PIANO 2

  • Practice Time: 15m/5d
  • Practice pages 38 and 39 until you can play it smoothly and evenly.
  • Sightread page 42. Read through and play page 43.

BUCKETLINE

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • The test is moved to next week since Miss Carol was absent! 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
  • Good work! I found out that we are now a team of 5. I will join in if it makes sense for the show.
  • ✨ New moves to practice:
  • 🌎 Round the World
  • 🦋 Butterfly-I cannot find a video for how I taught you today. The basic move is to twist L & draw a circle on the L side of your body with the silk of the flag and then twist R to draw a circle on the R side and come back to center. The butterfly moves that I’ve been seeing have 4 part to it. We can learn those as well.
  • The flag moves for the marching part are as follows:
    • Present Forward & up
    • Present R & up
    • Present L & up
    • Present Back & up
    • Slam Forward & up
    • Slam R & up
    • Slam L & up
    • Slam Back & up
    • 4 count drop spin
    • Helicopter

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
    • Use last weeks playing tips to continue working forward in your books. (below)
    • Biggest thing to watch for is puffy cheeks. Without those, you have a smooth and solid tone.
    • 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
    • If you did not pass off the assignments for today, continue practicing and I’ll listen next week.
    • Continue working on the upper notes in order to expand you range. Remember, the key is to use a relaxed embouchure and a strong air stream.
    • Please work ahead in your books if that is available to you, making sure that you can play what we have been playing accurately.
  •  Percussion
    • Practice snare + cymbal part for “Rock Point Five” and “Ode To Joy”. Find material in the mallet section that we have not looked at in class and practice writing in your pitches. Also work on “Hugga-Hugga Burr” with buzz roll focus.
  • Saxophone
    • You are all strong beginning saxophone players! Now, it’s time to practice technique.
    • Continue working ahead as you have been doing.
    • REMEMBER, saxophones can be very loud without trying but to play quietly with good tone, it takes concentration and control of air and embouchure.
      • 🎷 Play a strong ff on your favorite note for 8 counts and decrescendo to as soft as you can without having the note crack or disappear. Do this at least 5 times in your warm up.
      • 🎷 Now, reverse that. Start pp as best you can-use embouchure control without getting tense. Was that more difficult? If you need to start a bit louder that is ok. Try 5 of those.
      • 🎷 Use your dynamic control while practicing your assignments.
      • 🎷 Can’t wait to hear you next week! Toot toot!
  • 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
    • Sit up and take long slow breaths
    • Without the mouthpiece to your lips, form your lips like you are playing
    • stretch your smile far back to your jaw hinge as you can…it may hut a bit.
    • While holding that, buzz the mouthpiece as high as you can.
    • Then add the trumpet.
    • Keep working on 45, William Tell, 54, Frere Jacques and Rock Point

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
    • Concentrate your practice time on the opening of the 1812 Overture.
    • Set a goal 🎯 such as: I will learn the fingerings to the eighth notes and make smooth transitions between each note.
    • Your next goal 🎯, can be to improve your tempo.
    • Also, play ahead from where we stopped today and have some fun playing around with your clarinet-don’t stress about 1812, I’ll see you next week. 😎
  • 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 “1812 Overture” and other march. Practice “Hugga-Hugga-Burr” for these roll types, including also single-stroke rolls (32nd-notes with alternating sticking). Practice your arpeggios for all major keys in the Circle of 4ths/5ths sequence.
  • Saxophone
    • Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves.
  •  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
    • Sit up and take long slow breaths
    • Without the mouthpiece to your lips, form your lips like you are playing
    • stretch your smile far back to your jaw hinge as you can…it may hut a bit.
    • While holding that, buzz the mouthpiece as high as you can.
    • Then add the trumpet.
    • Keep working on the note movements of 1812
    • Refine the timing on 152, School Spirit

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 (Caravan, A Little Bit of Swing, etc.) Practice your arpeggios for all major keys in the Circle of 4ths/5ths sequence. Practice cascara and songo drum set rhythms.
  • Saxophone
    • Practice sight reading with some unusual key signatures for saxophone. 4+ flats or 5+ sharps.
    • Try some classical music and go for a warmer, pearlier and less airy sound, just so you learn how to turn it on & off when you want to.
  •  Trumpet
    • Sit up and take long slow breaths
    • Without the mouthpiece to your lips, form your lips like you are playing
    • stretch your smile far back to your jaw hinge as you can…it may hut a bit.
    • While holding that, buzz the mouthpiece as high as you can.
    • Then add the trumpet.
    • Go harder after rhythm and accents
    • Hoss Flat and Song arise.

PRELUDE ORCHESTRA (Beginner Students)

  • Practice Time: 20m/5d
  • Bass and Cello
    • Bravo to Bea for performing for us this week! I wrote down that possibly Isaac might be keen to perform next week. Thank you!
    • Next week, I am most likely not going to be present. Only 1 person would need to bring a die for dice game to commence, and could simply be something in your case (in a rosin pouch or something).
    • Add the opening to Song of the Wind. We will cover the whole thing in grater detail upon my return.
    • Listen Daily: Suzuki 1 (Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPC7G0nvMEg&list=PL11XNZ_T1dFNYL-MUVJTQH7fh2TsJdjAg)
    • Watch: afterlength video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BWXWFYTJM)
    • Rhythms (clapping https://photos.app.goo.gl/nrxnCqvWbuBghF7x5)
      • Huckleberry Jello
      • Gooseberry, Gooseberry
      • Pineapple, Pineapple (strawberry, strawberry)
      • Huckleberry, Huckleberry
      • Jello (shh) lo (or “”cello – bow””)
      • You can use any of these rhythms for a scale; we did huckleberry jello (aka Mississippi Stop Stop, aka makin’ bacon pancakes).
    • 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.
      • Practice routine: Please don’t feel rushed when doing the following practice routine:
  • 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
    • 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. Mozart – pay careful attention to the ends of phrases, don’t add accents if there aren’t any written. Practice repeated 8th notes off the string.
    • 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
    • Thank you to our performers Micah and Madeline, this week! Bravi
    • Usual practice routine – I just want to add that I want practice time to be focused while you all consider what you would want to prepare to present to the class. I don’t have anyone written down to perform next week, but still be ready to review any odd numbered piece in Volume 2 that we’ve covered (1, 3, 5, 7). Also be ready for dice game.
    • 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)

RECORDERS 1

  • Practice Time: 10m/4d
  • Remember Practice Records
  • Practice:
    • Fingering for the notes we have learned: E, G, A, B, high C, low D, and high D
    • Recorder Karate song #6: When the Saints Go Marching In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4clhKQx6xQ.
    • Pages 15-16 in Be a Recorder Star
    • Work on Concert Piece: Peace Like a River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFXKwEx5QA&t=96s
      • Watch this video and write down 3 things you want to focus on this week. Show me your notes next week for a prize! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCGjTz2LOP.
    • Don’t forget to blow out and clean your recorders!
    • Great job today! Happy practicing!

RECORDERS 2

  • Practice Time: 15m/4d
  • Remember Practice Records
  • Practice:
    • Fingering from low C to High G.
    • Review your part in Here Comes Winter a few more times. We’ll finish it up next week: 4A: Alaiya, Sam, Gabby. 4B: Isla and Abby
    • Play French Round (Page 11).
    • Play Easy Rockin’ (page 12). The focus here is those tongued vs slurred notes!
    • Clap through the Rhythm Chart on page 13. You can also play Looby Loo.
    • Watch this video and write down 3 things you want to focus on this week. Show me your notes next week for a prize! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCGjTz2LOPA.
    • Concert Piece: Peace Like a River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFXKwEx5QA&t=96s (memorize)
    • Concert Piece: 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

  • I saw an improvement with practice sheets. Great job. Keep up the good work.

  • 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
      • *Sous Sous – over/under
    • 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
      • Courtsey R – right arms lifts to diagonal
      • Courtsey L – left arm lifts to diagonal
      • pas de bourree RL
      • Sous Sous
      • First group walks around partner
      • 3rd arabesque RL
      • Second group walks around parnter
      • 3rd arabesque RL
      • Everyone chaine turns right
      • arms open 2nd, en bas
  • Block 5 – 3pm-4pm – 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
    • * 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.
    • 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
    • Step R brush L foot to R corner – right arms lifts to the diagonal
    • Step L courtsey R – left arm lifts to diagonal
    • pas de bourree – RL
    • Sous sous
    • First group walks around partner
    • 3rd arabesque RL
    • Second group walks around parnter
    • 3rd arabesque RL
    • Everyone chaine turns right
    • arms open 2nd, en bas
  • 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
  • Points to work on at barre
    • In all exercises at the barre
    • Proper alignment and hip/shoulder placement
    • Belly button into spine – engage abdonimal muscles vs. sucking abdomen in
    • Engage glutes for stability and to maintain turnout
  • *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
    • knees over toes – knees to the side NOT forward
  • *Battement Tendu
    • when closing head turns to the front foot
    • pull up in your legs and engage glutes
    • straight leg out/in
    • *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)

  • 1st Year Students
    • Practice balancing exposure. Take two sets of pictures; one with shallow depth of field and the other with long depth of field. Take another set of pictures using panning technique and one without. The idea is that you are balancing the same amount of light with four different results
  • 2nd+ Year Students
    • Homework: Choose a color from ROYGBIV and look for items that are/have the color you choose. Take a series of pictures featuring that color (or contrasting it).
    • This is a repeat assignment. Choose a different color from the week previously.
  • Wonder Student Photography 25-26 Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AA9Lot8NgFikQ1gPnG49q3-STs4nDSAj?usp=drive_link

THEATER

  • Parents: your child is coming home today with their script. They need to start to memorize this with whatever strategy they think will work for them. Older students can also do some research on the author of their scripts.
  • 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

  • Remember to listen to recordings and check out your books daily this week.

MUSIC MAKERS 1

  • Work on the second verse of Like a River Glorious
  • Work  on memorize Micah 5:4-5
  • PARENTS: Children need to keep track of their binders and music bags. Please have their bags ready to go on Monday Night so they have them for class!
  • Show your new cards to your parents! Can you “read” them?
  • Copy your cards on the homesheet!

MUSIC MAKERS 2

  • Work on Memorizing Like a River Glorious and Micah 5:4-5
  • No Home Assignment but BRING YOUR BAG AND BINDER TO CLASS EVERY WEEK. Too many kids are giving me too many excuses, they need to share music and rhythm/tonal pattern cards…I don’t have extra’s

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
      • -Courtsey R – R arm goes to high diagonal
      • -Courtsey L – L arm goes to high diagonal
      • -Pas de bourree RL
      • -Sous Sous
      • -First group goes around partner
        • arabesque RL
      • -Second group goes around partner
        • arabesque RL
      • -everyone chains turn R
      • -arms open 2nd and float to en bas
    • 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: Files. For further review, you may reference https://learnpythontherightway.com/chapter/chapter-13.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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