Here is what we did in class this week:

• We reviewed the order of sharps and practiced drawing sharps
  • The middle space of the sharp sign needs to be centered over the line or space where the sharp is meant to be. Otherwise we can't tell which note we're trying to make sharp!

• We worked on Hanon #1 and got better at the transitions between all the chords on the bottom row. Soon we'll be able to play hands together and up to tempo!
• We did The Pirate Ship puppet show because we'll be learning about Johannas Brahms this week and he wrote that music!
• We got to play our chord progressions from page 32 for our classmates. 
  • Some of us would like to change ours a little before next week so we can make it sound even better! 
  • We'll be adding a melody for our chord progressions soon, so your child should be thinking of something that will sound good with the chords they chose.

• I worked with each of the kids during class to see what was working and not working with their primary songs. I added finger numbers to everywhere they had to play something that didn't already have the correct finger over it. I emailed a PDF of their song to each parent so they can begin working with the new updates. Please print it for them! If you can't print it, please let me know. I had to finalize each piece after class was over, so I couldn't get the kids a hard copy before they left.
• The kids should break down their primary song by practicing the first line only of their song this week.
  • Your child should play slowly until they can get all the notes correct and speed up ONLY when they can play without making mistakes.
  • Help your child memorize the 1st line of their song this week! If they only practiced the 1st line the past 2 weeks, this should be easy!
  • Here is a web page I made with all the primary songs and the MP3s so you know what they sound like.
  • Your child is welcome to learn any of the other primary songs ONLY AFTER they have learned their own song.

This week your child will do the red highlighted assignments at home! Parents don't need to initial this week, but I do need to see tally marks on the red lines for the kids to get their reward in class!

I have added additional flashcards to my Quizlet collection. You can access those on my website, or through Quizlet.com. I have also added a few sets to the "Repertoire" section of the Student Portal. Please let me know if you are using these resources and I will continue adding to it! Also let me know if you can't get them to work! (Sometimes things work fine for me as the teacher, but not so well for the students and I have no way of knowing if nobody tells me they aren't working!)

Don't forget to please help your child pass off their songs and scales to earn pins! You just need to send me a video of them playing. The scales can be played with or without the back track, but they need to be perfect at least one time with both hands.

I added more pins your child can very easily earn! 

• The yellow ones are the short songs that come after the scales/chords/arpeggios/inversions in the red book. When they can play all the songs in a given key, they will earn that pin
• The other pins are for 
  • Canon in C (playing one of the variations of the chord progression) 
  • Welcome to Bridge song
  • Paint's Mountain Adventure
  • Dinosaur Triads
  • Major Scale Magic
  • That's How You Make a Minor Scale

I'm getting a lot more pass-off lately! Keep it up!