TO: WONDER WGN MEMBERS
MEMO: WGN CLASS NOTES: 2026/03/24
DATE: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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- Scripture of the Month: Galatians 5:22-25 — The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. — Galatians 5:22-25
- Character Scripture:
- Proverbs 16:32 — Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city. — Proverbs 16:32 New Living Translation (NLT)
- James 5:7-8 — Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. — James 5:7-8 English Standard Version (ESV)
- Proverbs 14:29 — Patient people have great understanding, but people with quick tempers show their foolishness. — Proverbs 14:29 New Century Version (NCV)
- Psalms 40:1 — I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — Psalms 40:1 King James Version (KJV)
MUSIC FOUNDATIONS
- 2B: Those working on Composer Studies: We will be moving presentations to April 14.
PIANO 1
- Practice Time: 10/5d
- Practice Lost My Partner:
- Part 1 – Logan
- Part 2 – Annabelle
- Part 3 – Louise
- Part 4 – Jeremiah
- Practice with repeat.
- Practice all parts of What Can I Share?
- We will choose parts next week.
- Practice the songs on the handout I gave you today.
PIANO 2
- Practice Time: 15m/5d
- Practice your part on If I Won Ten Million Dollars.
- Keep practicing pages 60, 61, and 62 until you can play them smoothly.
- Work on page 64 and complete the Theory on page 65.
- If you have time for a challenge, do the Sight Reading on page 66
BUCKETLINE
- Practice Time: 20m/5d
- PLAY WITH A METRONOME ON BUCKET HEAD!!! 72BPM. Work on rhythms on Bucket stomp
- 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 your rhythms for your specific parts in the Drumline Book working all stick heights and a range of tempos. Keep prioritizing memorization! Also specifically target some “chop building” by taking tempos up past your personal threshold for “Legatos” and “Double/Triple Beat.” Snares, Flubs, and Quads also focus extra on the “Rolls & Rhythm Tree” exercise. All players need to memorize “Bacon & Eggs” cadence and keep looking ahead at learning “Piper’s Processional” cadence.
FLAGS
- Practice Time: 10m/5d
- 🚩 Work on the routine by counting out the 8’s.
- 🚩 Make sure your beginning “solo” routine takes place on the same counts so that you all end on the last 8 of the 4th set at the same time.
- 🚩 Visualize yourself doing the routine while listening to the music often.
- Music: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EZ1CHyXppdOujn995DTF_wA80dgtDHWa/view?usp=drive_link
PRELUDE BAND (Beginner Students)
- Practice Time: 20m/5d
- Ensemble
- Essential Elements Book 1 aka Yellow Book
- Practice aura lee and chant and celebration.
- Essential Elements Book 1 aka Yellow Book
- Rhythms (clapping https://photos.app.goo.gl/nrxnCqvWbuBghF7x5)
- Huckleberry Jello
- Gooseberry, Gooseberry
- Pineapple, Pineapple
- Huckleberry, Huckleberry
- Jello (shh) lo
- Clarinet
- Practice in method book and Chant and Celebration as mentioned in prelude band notes. Be careful with accidentals in Chant and Celebration
- Flute
- Master #s 64, 67, and 68.
- Horn
- Remember to work on knowing the first pitch of the music before it starts.
- Do this when you warm up by hearing the pitch in your head or even sing your pitch before you play it.
- Work on:
- ♬ Chant & Celebration.
- ♬ Time for a Little Swing
- Percussion
- Practice individual instrument assignments for Starfire March, Ode To Joy, and the mallet part for Aura Lee. Also work on “Hugga-Huggar Burr” with buzz roll focus and look ahead at “A Little Bit of Swing” on drum set (Pascal), bells (Isaiah), and bass drum (John). Try to memorize all mallet parts (or get as close as you can!) and practice all parts with a metronome.
- Saxophone
- Chant and celebration – work on correct notes and then allegro section at 100 with metronome. Practice A Little Bit of Swing. For A Little Bit of Swing, especially work on measures 39-49. For yellow book #90-#93.
- Trombone
- Bring pencil to class!
- For A Little Bit of Swing, especially work on measures 39-49. Ascot Overture. If extra time, work on yellow book #90-#93.
- Trumpet
- For all three ensembles
- Practice holding steady tones, both loud and soft.
- Hold tones with even breath control, control the tone with a soft ending, not a loud harsh sound.
- Practice notes and fingerings going faster, and solid high notes.
TRAINING BAND (2nd Level Students or Above)
- Practice Time: 30m/5d
- Ensemble
- Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves (Use a metronome)
- Practice 1812 overature with a metronome at 90 BPM. keeping a steady tempo is key at this point. Work on Ascot overture.
- Review (Use a metronome)
- Essential Elements Book 2 aka Red Book
- Bass Guitar
- Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves.
- Trouble spots
- Clarinet
- Get your fingerings down for the accidentals. It’s a little bit of the chromatic scale, so use those fingerings from the fingering chart. The Chromatic Fingereing is usually the 2nd one listed if there is more than one. The exception for that is Eb on the first line of the staff.
- Electric Guitar
- Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves.
- Work on warm-up routine, include scale work in the warm up
- Flute
- Technique: warm up on those octave slides (G, A, Bb), don’t stop the high note until it sounds lovely; work on playing Bb scales #1-4 at the same tempo.
- Lesson book: #94 – practice D-Eb-D-Eb; #95 & 96 contain this progression as well.
- Performance book: Ascot Overture needs to get up to tempo, so use a metronome
- 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). Work on minor scales (with flats).
- Saxophone
- Scales, arp & 3rds, 2 octaves. Ascot Overture down
- Trombone
- 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, practice Ascot Overtire (especially measures 51-56) and Blues at Frog Bottom (use online recording for rhythms) and Caravan.
- Go back and forth from Bflat to Cflat (like in Caravan) using a tuner to make sure that you’re hitting the perfect slide position for that Cflat.
- Trumpet
- Ascot Overture and 1812 Overture
- Try something new and more difficult in one of the books
MIDPOINT BAND (3rd Level Students or Above)
- Practice Time: 45m/5d
- Ensemble:
- Scales, arp & 3rds, 2-3 octaves (Use a metronome) – pick a scale
- Work on rhythms and notes on The Blues at frog bottom Clean-up caravan. Practice Caravan
- 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
- Prepare “Birdland” and “Take Five” making sure to use a metronome, starting slow and gradually working up especially with the more ‘aggressive’ chord progression changes. Preview our arranged versions and also listen to originals to get insight on how to ‘modify’ your parts to make them more effective and musical.
- Saxophone
- When playing the high notes, remember to keep your embouchure relaxed and the air supported. Use the alternate fingering for C when slurring the the B or Bb below it. Chormatic fingerings are usually listed 2nd. The exception is the A#/Bb, it is both the normal & chromatice fingering.
- Trumpet
- Memorize Bugle Boy
- Work on new Time signatures and rhythms
PRELUDE ORCHESTRA (Beginner Students)
- Practice Time: 20m/5d
- Bass and Cello
- Next week we get to hear Olivia play.
- The three pieces and points we focused on today were:
- 1. Song of the Wind – hopping 4 and “finger-bow-go” (slow practice)
- 2. O Come Little Children – up bow starts (and finish)
- 3. Variation 5 bow stroke and staying together.
- Next week we play with the violins and violas. I will not be playing with you all during this session. I have confidence that you all will do well. We don’t have to play loudly; we have to play together.
- Listen Daily: Suzuki 1 (Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPC7G0nvMEg&list=PL11XNZ_T1dFNYL-MUVJTQH7fh2TsJdjAg)
- Watch:
- 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.
- Keep up with your practice routine:
- Tune
- listen to good tone on open strings + ringing tones
- review all the pieces that we have learned
- D Major scale
- G Major scale
- Song of the Wind
- French Folk Song
- Lightly Row
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Twinkle Variation
- 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)
- 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
- bowing the strings
- rainbows
- modified pengiuns
- first finger taps
- climb monkey
- walking fingers
- 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
- Huckleberry Jello song
- Goose berry song
- huckleberry hucklberry song
- pinnapple pinnapple song
- jello lo jello song
- Twinkle little baby brother
- table top exercise
- planks
TRAINING ORCHESTRA (2nd Level Students or above)
- Practice Time: 30m/5d
- Ensemble:
- Great job learning so much music this year! You will have finishd all of Mark O’Connor Book 1 once we learn the next batch of pieces. Please practice the following this week:
- 1. Scales, arp & 3rds, 1 octaves – A Major
- 2. Review – Suzuki B1-Your current book
- 3. Appalachia Waltz
- 4. Boogie Woogie
- 5. Tchaikovsky
- 6. Golden Slippers
- 7. All the new pieces! (Johnny has Gone for a Soldier, Sweet Betsy from Pike, Soldiers Joy, The World Turned Upside Down, When the Saints Go Marching In)
- * 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
- Volume 1 preparation
- I want to encourage you all to play through every piece frequently (if not every day).
- The main observition from today is with bowing. Sometimes there are added slurs, or missing slurs. For the Minuets you can identify where all of the “minuet” bowings are.
- Our goal is to learn pieces well so that all of our motions are smooth, and anticipated. To get to this point we have to:
- 1. Listen to examples
- 2. Play them a lot
- 3. Focus on tone
- Easy as that.
- Keep it up, next week we will do a cover-to-cover play through where I want us to think of where we can relax while we play, since this is an endurance.
- Listen Daily: Suzuki 1
- Watch:
- Practice Routine:
- Tune
- Ringing tones (2x bows per note)
- Scales – C Major scale
- I Can Read Music: up through the entire book.
- Review (Use a metronome)
- Book 1
- Viola and Violin
- Listen Daily: Suzuki 1
- VIOLA: Suzuki 1 (Playlist https://youtu.be/BuhoXS51ufI?si=UbxUvQxOsM3iZlpk)
- 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
- D 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 23 & 24 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
- andantino
- etude
- Listen Daily: Suzuki 1
MIDPOINT ORCHESTRA (3rd Level Students or above)
- Practice Time: 45m/5d
- Ensemble:
- Great job today! You all sound SO good on Brandenburg! Please practice the following this week:
- 1. Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves – A Major
- 2. Review – Suzuki B1-Your current book
- 3. Brandenburg, whole thing. Pay attention to the phrasing (bring out 8th notes, follow the line of the notes up and down with a crescendo and decrescendo
- 4. Moonlight Odyssey, whole thing! Paying attention to dynamics, articulation, and tricky 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!) 🙂
- Cello
- Volume 2 play through (partially). Nicely done!
- Please focus on any pieces that we played through that seemed slightly foreign (specifically odd-numbered pieces).
- Our goal is to learn pieces well so that all of our motions are smooth, and anticipated. To get to this point we have to:
- 1. Listen to examples
- 2. Play them a lot
- 3. Focus on tone
- Easy as that.
- 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).
- Review (Use a metronome)
- Suzuki B1-Current
- Repertoire
- Witches Dance
- Gavotte
- Viola and Violin
- 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
- D 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 ex4 viola ex. 5 violin
- Beethoven Minuet
CONCERT ORCHESTRA (4th Level Students or above)
- Practice Time: 60m/5d
- Ensemble:
- Fantasic job running through all of our music! Please focus on practicing the following this week:
- 1. Scales, arp & 3rds, 3 octaves – G minor
- 2. Review: Suzuki B1-Current
- 3. Prelude and Fugue 1st and 3rd movements
- 4. Mozart 2nd and 3rd movements.
- * 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
- Practice Time: 10m/4d
- Remember Practice Records
- Practice:
- Fingering for all the notes we’ve learned.
- Play one song from each page of your book from 9 to 17. Some of these pages are repeats from last week: challenge yourself to play different songs than last time.
- Work on Concert Piece: Peace Like a River.
- Special assignment: Play your concert piece and another 1-2 songs of your choosing for your family as a mini concert! This helps with the performance nervousness.
- Don’t forget to blow out and clean your recorders!
- You guys are doing so well. Happy practicing!
RECORDERS 2
- Practice Time: 15m/4d
- Remember Practice Records
- Practice:
- – Fingering from low C to High G
- – Concert piece: In Christ Alone. Play along with the recording and I’ll try and create a video so check back on Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfU7M_s3mc&t=2s.
- – Special assignment: Play your concert pieces and another 1-2 songs of your choosing for your family as a mini concert! This helps with the performance nervousness.
- – Play 1 song from every page in your book up from pages 6-13. There are some repeat pages on purpose, so challenge yourself to play something new!
- – Keep up the good work, ya’ll are rockstars!
PRIME CHOIR
- Practice Time: 10m/5d
- 1. Sing “Sanctus” 2 times through
- Sing with vowels that are OPEN and TALL
- Sing with consonants that are clearly pronounced
- FULL RECORDING of “Sanctus” and read along with your music while singing your part: https://youtu.be/vNsMeK01R9E?si=y7DoclkWGPWiPqMJ
- 2. Keep working on “Solfege Sonata”:
- Sing “Solfege Sonata” 2 times through
- Sing with vowels that are OPEN and TALL
- Sing with consonants that are clearly pronounced
- Sing beautifully even when you are getting louder
- Full “Solfege Sonata” with voices and sing along: https://youtu.be/mBRUnGqq_0I?si=63enwN7VeqdjVlAQ
- 3. Practice Revelation 19
JUNIOR/SENIOR CHOIR (YOUTH CHOIR)
- Practice Time: 15m/5d
- Warm Up
- 1. Sing “Shalom” 2 times with video.
- Use the correct breaths we talked about in rehearsal.
- Sing with beautiful, round vowels
- Put the end consonants of words on the rests after the words
- If you need help with your voice part, use the specific videos for your voice part.
- Section 1
- Soprano Section 1: https://youtu.be/wPtBm_JanYw
- Alto Section 1: https://youtu.be/K2O6rBnNRW4
- Tenor Section 1: https://youtu.be/Gcmlkt07RNo
- Bass Section 1: https://youtu.be/zhehcqb8ULY
- Section 2
- Shalom Soprano Section 2: https://youtu.be/rON_XB_uJNQ
- Shalom Alto Section 2: https://youtu.be/S4Ezl796axQ
- Shalom Tenor Section 2: https://youtu.be/NOiBOtwbVJE
- Shalom Bass Section 2: https://youtu.be/jnbShwcVGwo
- Section 3
- Shalom Soprano Section 3: https://youtu.be/B-_-m7-NoQc
- Shalom Alto Section 3: https://youtu.be/wD99guR72bs
- Shalom Tenor Section 3: https://youtu.be/V09SoHU9vgE
- Shalom Bass Section 3: https://youtu.be/IbUUojeq4e0
- “Shalom” Full Performance: https://youtu.be/4XsqGsPeL_w?si=KF5MC50PZPE2ot8z
- 2. Review your breaths for “America the Beautiful”
- 3. “Sing Alleluia Canon”
- 3. Sing with beautiful, round vowels
- Full performance: https://youtu.be/BKevheOtwBQ?si=ViMS49k8KKumPSMH
- 4. Review Revelation 19
- 5. “The Lord Bless You”
- Eventually you will need to memorize this one as well.
- The Lord Bless You Soprano: https://youtu.be/ARRCgLtk-kI
- The Lord Bless You Alto: https://youtu.be/URJDo_rw9o0
- The Lord Bless You Tenor: https://youtu.be/f05j_vtTf74
- The Lord Bless You Bass: https://youtu.be/1cipeguA93Q
- “The Lord Bless You” Full Performance: https://youtu.be/w4C9zVg5X_A?si=wrz10aijlPO2K1Wi
SIGNS AND WONDERS: ASL SIGNING CHOIR
- 1. Performance Pieces
- Like a River Glorious
- Revelation 19 – New students practice daily, returning students review weekly (remember the modified signs)
- Reference the ASL folder to practicie along to the music: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dN63sXmQtUPA7-rD3MLTfYY9OOqhwS4z?usp=drive_link
- 2. Review scripture verses we’ve learned in class
- 3. Review spring signs
- Reference signs from: https://www.handspeak.com
- Wonder Student ASL Sign Choir 25-26 Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yv8jWqgxD4EA159i8 OR Drive Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PWq-froShePz2AiVjZvPqsAmM7FjDOFG?usp=drive_link
DANCE
- Block 4 – 2pm-3pm – Practice Time: 10m/5d
- *We will be performing during assembly on the 31st – Please wear your black ballet shoes*
- 1. Continue to memorize performance choreography
- Choreography breakdown: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16X0INvXGyOeopVYTmc-Ap53zNHp0k6ta/view?usp=drive_link
- May Safely Graze Choreography with music: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZV6oMkMAKbkSSLSBDyVTYA6DsKPQzmu5/view?usp=drive_link
- Music Link – Sheep May Safely Graze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfhXgt4SJg
- 2.) Work on 1st position placement in front of a mirror
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- 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
- Tippy toe turn – end facing circle
- x2
- Walk back to spots
- Courtsey R – Sway arms right
- Courtsey L – sway arms left
- pas de bourree RL
- Sous Sous (Right leg in front)
- Walks around partner
- 3rd arabesque toward center x1, away from center x1
- Repeat x2
- Everyone chaine turns towards center
- arms open 2nd, en bas
- Sway RL (arms low 3rd, feet tendu side)
- x10
- Repeat Beginning step
- arms float demi second to en bas x2
- Arabesque in then out
- Chaine turn together
- Passe RLRL
- Change lines x4 (4 counts each)
- Step R touch behind L Reach arm to high diagonal
- Repeat RLRL
- Bourree turn in
- 1st position – arms lift to God
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- Block 5 – 3pm-4pm – Practice Time: 15m/5d
- *We will be performing during assembly on the 31st – Please wear your black ballet shoes*
- Continue working on memorizing performance choreography
*I added the new video from today* - Performance Choreography
- Choreography with music: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7SHMistvRCCYskZCDru8LQjAgdYA7LZ/view?usp=drive_link
- Choreography breakdown: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mLNsIKEEBMAh8XhDPDzvAYT0XlhJVHv5/view?usp=drive_link
- Music Link – Sheep May Safely Graze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfhXgt4SJg
- *look at arms in the video to make sure you have them correct*
- Steps to review in dance
- pas de bourree with pick up
- balance
- alternating chasse
- chaine turn
- pique to sous sous
- waltz turns
- passe over – arms in 1st
- pirouette RL
- 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 arabesqu
- Stretching
- 1/2 pike stretch
- Full pike stretch
- Pigeon stretch
- Quadricep
- Splits – modify with chairs
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
- Continue to practice things that we have learned. We are starting end of year projects. Please add your photos to the drive. Make sure to tell me what the pictures are for; year book or final projects.
- 2nd+ Year Students
- The class watched half of this video. Watch it again with somone else and talk to them about what he has to say. Your parents may have good suggestions. His descriptions are good for both still photography and video. Photography: Finding Meaning in the Mundane (Stop Waiting for Perfection)
- And this second video has photography suggestions if you’re struggling. No Inspiration? Try These Photo Ideas in a Pinch
- Wonder Student Photography 25-26 Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AA9Lot8NgFikQ1gPnG49q3-STs4nDSAj?usp=drive_link
THEATER
- Parent: Please review what props and costumes your child will be wearing for their monologue. Please upload photos of their costumes to the photo album link and fill in the any dates you will not be at Wonder on the Tech Days portion of the linked spreadsheet, so we can assign performance filming dates.
- Theater Photo Album [LINK] – Add a photo or a screenshot of the costume items your child will need before next class
- Peace Theater 25-26 Spreadsheet: [LINK]
- 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.
- For our next class,bring in or draw a picture of your favorite autumn leaf!
MUSIC MAKERS 1
- Be sure your child has all 3 verses of Like a River Glorious memorized. And the last verse of Micah 5;4-5
- Work on Like a River Glorious all verses (sing along – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1unZAudn6ZxTb5I0tzTepSQlrUexpHfmL/view?usp=drive_link)
- Visit the Bathroom before class and bring your water bottle
- Draw me a picture from the story of the Harbor Seal
MUSIC MAKERS 2
- Work on Like a River Glorious (all 3 verses!) (sing along – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1unZAudn6ZxTb5I0tzTepSQlrUexpHfmL/view?usp=drive_link)
- Memorize the Micah 5:4-5 verses
- Show your parents your copy work
DISCOVERY
- No notes for this week.
- Dance
- *We will be performing during assembly on the 31st – Please wear your black ballet shoes*
- 1.) Continue practicing performance choreography with the videos.
- Choreography with music:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16X0INvXGyOeopVYTmc-Ap53zNHp0k6ta/view?usp=drive_link - Choreography breakdown:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZV6oMkMAKbkSSLSBDyVTYA6DsKPQzmu5/view?usp=drive_link - Music Link – Sheep May Safely Graze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txfhXgt4SJg
- Choreography with music:
- 2.) Ballet walks on releve (high on half points)
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: Object Oriented Programming. For further review, you may reference https://learnpythontherightway.com/chapter/chapter-22.html
COMPUTER SCIENCE (FUNDAMENTALS OF EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING)
- No notes for this week.
JUNIOR HELPER
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STUDY HALL
- No notes for this week.