Class: 6th Grade Beginning Teacher: Katie Date: May 2, 2023

band Cozzens

Topic: Materials: Score, phone,

Correct notes and rhythms

Standards:

Objectives: The student will be able to perform the correct notes and rhythms of the melody
in the piece, G Force Five, at a steady tempo

Time Activity Possible Procedure

Problems/solutions

20 mins Learning and - Trumpet player - Read through the melody line
playing causing issues, - Get a baseline
correct notes make him play - Have them play note by note
and rhythms more or give him - Ask what each note is
a special task and how to finger it
In sectionals - The low brass - Have michael
can not play the (trumpet player) play
notes, work up to with them
them - Fix anything that
needs to be fixed
- Play measure by measure
- Slowly
- By voices
- Low brass
- Trumpet
- All together
- Play the whole thing
- Have michael focus
on dynamics while
the others focus on
notes and rhythms
- If they are still
struggling back track,
play with them, have
them clap, etc.

Assessment: Listening to them while playing, asking them questions

Reflection:
- I love middle schoolers but they misbehave a lot
- I worry that I won’t be able to manage a whole classroom
- They seem to understand the goal but have trouble executing
Class: 6th Grade Beginning Teacher: Katie Date: May 2, 2023
band Cozzens

Topic: Materials: Score, phone,

Correct notes and rhythms

Standards:

Objectives: The student will be able to perform the correct notes and rhythms of the melody
in the piece, G Force Five, at a steady tempo

- I tend to talk to much, even though I am consciously thinking about not talking as
much.
- It is hard to keep them engaged
- I found myself having to backtrack a lot
- Once they could play it slowly they could not play it at the tempo they needed it to be
at
- Sometimes they could not tell what they were doing wrong
- Once I pointed out they were able to figure out how to fix it.
- They get distracted easily and so do I, so sometimes it is hard to stay on task