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KathrynMaccoll<kmaccoll@sd44.ca>
Wed28/09/20163:35AM

To: MELISSAYEAP<myeap@deakin.edu.au>;

HiKate,

*HiMelissa!

Thanksforreviewingthelessonideasfor'Mirror',Iagreewithyouthattheac vi eswouldworkwellfortheolderstudentsingrade3,4and5.Thankyoufor
le ngmeknowwhichdivisionsIwouldbeabletoruntheselessonswith.IwillstartmydetailedplanningonceIamdonewiththesemester!Ihaveafew
majorassignmentsremainingandIociallybeginmybreakontheOctober4onceeverythingissubmi ed

*Goodluckwithge ngitalldone.Iwillan cipatereceivingyourlessonplansinacoupleofweeksandwillplanforyoutoteachthegrades3,4and5classes

thislesson.

Myuniversitylibraryhasafewofcopiesofthepicturebook'Mirror'thatIcouldborrowandbringoversothestudentscanshareacopywhentheygettoread
andrefertothebookswhentheyarecomple ngthetasks.Ihavealsopurchasedacopyforyoutoaddtoyourteachingresources.Itisaveryinteres ngbook
thatcoversvariousthemesandIcan'twaittoshareitwithyouandyourclasses!

*Thisisgreat,Melissathankyou!It'llbegoodtohavethebookinmylibrarysothatIcanreturntothelessoninfutureyears.

That'sright,Ididnota achanydocumentsfor'TheFlyingOrchestra'book.Fortheyoungergrades1&2,Icouldincorporatethe'FlyingOrchestra'picture
booktotheirlessonsastheygettolearnaboutmusicinstrumentsintheorchestra,themoodsofsymphonies,etc.Bymodifyingtheac vi esforthelower
grades,Iamsuretheycans lllearnathingortwofromthispicturebook.Iams llunsureofwhattodoyetbutIwillresearchandplanmoreintoitonceImy
copyofthebookdeliversasIhaveyettoreadthebookmyself!

*That'sgreat!Thereare5divisionsingrades1and2.

Moreover,Ialsohaveabackupresource,whichisalsoapicturebookcalled'TheVeryNoisyBear'(h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_6hRTZxQKY)that
couldalsoworkfortheyoungergrades.HavealookattheYouTubecliptohaveanideaofwhatthepicturebookislike.Iamopentoanyteachingideasand

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sugges onsforanyofthesepicturebooksasyouknowwhatwouldworkbestfortheyoungergrades!Ithinkit'sagreatwaytoletstudentsexplorethetypes
ofinstrumentsinthatarepresentedinthisbook.

*Looksgreat!I'llremindyouthoughthatIspentmorethan20yearsteachingatthesecondarylevelandelementaryschoolisrela velynewtome.Ihavean
ideawhatwillworkwithmyclassesnow,butthat'sonlybecauseI'vecometoknowthemasstudentsinthepastcoupleofyears.Iwillbelearningasmuch,if
notmoreinsomeways,fromyouasyouwilllearnfromme.

Inaddi on,Iwasalsoplanningtoteachthe'DoReMi'songfrom'TheSoundofMusic'sotheyoungerchildrengettolearntheimportanceofsinging'intune'
andusingtheir'headvoice'(meaningtheydon'tstraintoomuchorsingtooso /lightly).Asitisaverycatchysong,Iamsurelearningthelyricsforthissong
wouldnotbeaproblematallforthechildren.

*Andmanyofthemwillhaveatleastheardit,ifnotknowitalready,meaningyoucanfocusonthevocalproduc onratherthanthenotes,rhythmsandlyrics.

Icanalsoteachtherhythmstoyouryoungergrades.Iamnotsurewhatyourefertobutatmypreviousteachingrounds,Iusedtheterms'ta,',' ','zah'and
'taah'.
tacrotchetnote
twoquavers
zahquarterrest
taahminimnote

*Weusesomedierentvocabulary,forsurelol

ta=quarternote
=eighthnote( fortwo)
sah=quarterrest
taah=halfnote

*Iwantyoutouseyourwordsaswell,asIalreadysaythatthesesymbolshavemorethanonename.

Ihopetheseideasmakessense,Icanelaboratemoreifyouwant:)

*Allgood,thanks...btw,hereareyourcountsforthemalletinstruments:

metallophones
7soprano
3alto
1bass

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plus4thatI'mcallingglockenspielsbcthey'reoneoctavehigherthanthesopranoinstruments

xylophones
6soprano
7alto
3bass

**31instrumentsintotal

Hopeyouhaveagreatweekend!

*Idid,hopeyoudidtoo.~K

Warmregards,
MelissaYeap

From:KathrynMaccoll<kmaccoll@sd44.ca>
Sent:Saturday,24September20165:41:35AM
To:MELISSAYEAP
Subject:Re:Introduc onemail

Melissa,thisalllooksfantas c!Ithinkthiswillworkwithstudentsingrades3,4and5,forsure.Unfortunately,manyofthisyear'sgrade2'sareali letoo

immatureforsomeoftheseac vi es,andtooimpulsivephysicallytobeabletomanagethemselvesinasafeway.

Youwillneedtothinkabouthowtosequenceandgrouptheac vi esinalogicalwaywithinthe30and40minute meframes.Letmeknowifyouneedsome

helpwiththat,ofcourse,butwhydon'tyoutakeastabatitandI'llreviewyourplanswiththatinmindandgiveyoufeedback.

Onrstreading,I'dsaythatyou'vegot4classes'worthofmaterial,soconsideringyou'llhave56classesduringyour3weekshere,thatwouldbeablockto
observeandbeintroduced,leadsomewarmupsaspreviouslydiscussed,thenyour4classesandifthere'sonemoreclasswithanygivendivision,youcanjust
dosomewrapupstuandsayyourgoodbyes.

Soyouwoulddothis"Mirrors"unitwithsevendivisions:F05,F04,F03,E06,E05,E04andE03.

I'llneedtogobackthroughouremailstogureoutwhichclassesyou'lldoyourotherunitwith.

Anyques ons?Thoughts?Letmeknow!~Kate

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