MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of WJH bands is to provide a quality and well-rounded music education to

all students by providing experiences to grow not only as musicians, but as leaders in the world

around us. They will accomplish this through pride, hard work, self-discipline and determination.

Being a part of the WJH band will be treated as an honor and members will serve as role models

at all times.

PROGRAM GOALS

 Students will create a community that is welcoming to all.

 Students will become musically adept through rehearsals and performances.

 Students will develop a life-long appreciation for music and performing that will foster a

continuation of musical activities in the future.

 Students will enjoy the music making process and creating a finished product.

 Students will gain a further understanding of music through its cultural and historical

background and will appreciate it on a higher level.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a 6th – 8th grade instrumental band ensemble. It is open to all students with
approval from their advisor as well as a parent’s signature on the WJH Band Agreement Form.
This classroom combines students from each grade to perform four concerts (Fall, Winter,
Contest, and Spring). This course will provide a well-rounded music education including but not
limited to: sight reading, music theory, music history, aural skills, and composition. Students will
further their knowledge of instrumental technique learned in prior years. Students will be
expected to be present and engaging in rehearsals, complete coursework in class, practice outside
of class, and attend all concerts.

COURSE GOALS
 Students will demonstrate the uses of elements of music and expressive devices in
diverse repertoire.
 Students will evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music performances, compositions,
and improvisations, and apply these criteria in their personal listening and performing.
 Students will apply knowledge of the arts and cultural resources to the study of other
disciplines.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Students will interpret rhythms through sight reading and knowledge of rhythmic
structures with 85% accuracy.
 Students will demonstrate proper techniques needed to perform on the instrument
including but not limited to posture, breath support, and proper embouchure.
 Students will produce a controlled and centered tone-quality at various dynamic levels
throughout his or her practical range.
 Students will perform with expression and technical accuracy in literature with 90%
accuracy.
 SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Fall Concert Winter Concert Contest Spring Concert

Into the Clouds Four Shaker Toccata and Abracadabra
Rhythm Songs Chorale

Into the Clouds Four Shaker Rippling … and the

Melody Songs Watercolors antelope play

Sleep Salvation is Rippling Shenandoah

Harmony Created Watercolors

Clarinets Packing Rollo Takes a Toccata and … and the

Musical Texture Up Early Walk Chorale antelope play
Elements
Into the Clouds Salvation is Rippling Last Ride of the
Timbre Created Watercolors Pony Express

Clarinets Packing Four Shaker Toccata and Last Ride of the

Form Up Early Songs Chorale Pony Express

Sleep Salvation is Rippling Shenandoah

Musical Created Watercolors
Expression

Fall Concert Winter Concert Contest Spring Concert

Chorale, Novelty, Chorale, Suite, Overture, March, Novelty, Tone
Styles/Genres Overture Novelty Ballad Poem, Chorale,
Overture
Contemporary Romantic, Contemporary, Contemporary,
Historical Periods
Contemporary Postmodern Postmodern
Musical
American Russian, American Native American,
Topics Cultures
American American
MU:Cr1.1.E.5a MU:Cr1.1.E.5a MU:Cr2.1.E.5a MU:Cr1.1.E.5a
National MU:Pr4.3.E.5a MU:Pr6.1.E.5a MU:Pr4.2.E.5a MU:Pr5.3.E.5a
Standards MU:Re8.1.E.5a MU:Re8.1.E.5a MU:Re8.1.E.5a MU:Re7.2.E.5a

Improv rhythm Improv rhythm Rubric Project Composition

Lesson Activities/Sample warm up warm up Create your own History Lesson
Plans Lesson Plans History Lesson rhythm sheet

Assessments Each block Tools Rhythm Worksheet

(Minimum This allows students to understand upcoming rhythms in the music, listen for
of 1 per different/similar parts than their own, and allows the teacher to gauge where
objective) students are on understanding these concepts. Students will be exposed to new
rhythms each day which will make them more rhythmically literate.

Recorded Playing Assessment or Part Check

This assessment is a great tool to provide individual/small group feedback to
students that may not take private lessons and miss out on that type of feedback.
This would be a chance to address individual problems and/or see if student(s)
are struggling with the music.
 Improv Warm Up
This tool allows students to learn to improvise (starting with rhythms on a tuning
note) that encourages individualistic playing as well as beginning the creative
thought process.
Exit Ticket Error Detection Rubric Composition
Assessments / The exit ticket This assessment This assessment This assignment
Tools + Rationale allows students to allows students to is based around would emphasize
summate what hear not only active listening the “creative”
they learned as when things are and being an aspect of music
well as let correct, but when active participant education.
teachers know if they are not. This in the music Students would
their lesson was is an often- classroom. This be prepared with
clear to the overlooked skill would also allow various
students. It also is in middle/high students to composition
a private activity school band and understand more activities and
so you can get could solve more of what is being would be using
quality individual issues later on in expected of them their prior
feedback from rehearsals. at a music knowledge and
students on how festival. experiences.
they are learning Build Your Own
in the course. R.W.
This tool allows
students to
analyze music in
a new light and
look for new
problem areas in
upcoming music.
This would
develop great
sight-reading
skills.

Fall Concert Winter Concert Contest Spring Concert

ALIGNMENT OF GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND SELECTIONS

Goal/Objective Selection

Students will demonstrate the uses of Providing an authentic music education

elements of music and expressive devices in experience by performing a variety of repertoire.
diverse repertoire.
Students will evaluate the quality and Rubric Assessments
effectiveness of music performances,
compositions, and improvisations, and apply
these criteria in their personal listening and
performing.
Students will apply knowledge of the arts and History Lesson on Native Americans
cultural resources to the study of other
disciplines.
Students will interpret rhythms through sight Rhythm work sheets
reading and knowledge of rhythmic structures
with 85% accuracy.
Students will demonstrate proper techniques Recorded Playing Assessments
needed to perform on the instrument including
but not limited to posture, breath support, and
proper embouchure.
Students will produce a controlled and Recorded playing assignments and improvised
centered tone-quality at various dynamic rhythm warm-ups.
levels throughout his or her practical range.

Students will perform with expression and
technical accuracy in literature with 90%
accuracy.
Error detection allows students to learn valuable
listening skills to play with more accuracy.
Playing tests gives students individual feedback
to grow. Rhythm worksheets allow students to be
more rhythmically accurate.