October 7, 2021

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • 🟣Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book

    • Start learning this by using your landmark notes.

  • 🟣Flash Cards

    • Practice finding ALL the C’s on your keyboard. Remember that UP is to the right and DOWN is to the left.

  • 🟢🟢Air Wrist Master

    • We need three lessons in-a-row with good “air wrists.” Then you will become an Air Wrist Master!

    • We need three green dots.

  • 🟢🟢THEORY PREP LEVEL

    • PREPARE 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF” Pages 16 - 17, in your NEWZIK App!

    • WAIT to do page 18 with Dustin because we need to learn this in a special way.

  • 🟢🟢🟡“SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

    • Prepare “Day 6: March on DEF” and “Day 1” The Dance Band”

  • ⚫️Ear Training

    • Play two notes and identify them. Then play one of the two and identify it.

  • ⚫️Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • ⚫️Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • ⚫️Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 32 of 32

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • 🟢Air Wrist Master

    • We need three lessons in-a-row with good “air wrists.” Then you will become an Air Wrist Master!

    • We need three green dots.

  • 🟢🟢THEORY PREP LEVEL

    • PREPARE 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF” Pages 16 - 17, in your NEWZIK App!

    • WAIT to do page 18 with Dustin because we need to learn this in a special way.

  • 🟢🟡“SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

    • PREPARE PAGES 3 AND 4 OF THE PDF WITH GOOD AIR WRISTS ON EACH LONG NOTE.

    • 🟢🟡FIX: Air Wrists are needed on EVERY long note. So, half notes, dotted half notes and whole notes.

    • 🔴Watch your video about Air Wrists below.

  • ⚫️Ear Training

    • Play two notes and identify them. Then play one of the two and identify it.

  • ⚫️Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • ⚫️Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • ⚫️Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 31 of 32

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • 🟢MEMORIZE N.F.R.P.E.

    • Great job! Review this in your mind once a day so you can tell me again next week.

    • What if you had to tell your friend about NFRPE? Why do we use it? What does it help us do?

  • 🟢THEORY PREP LEVEL

    • PREPARE 00_01 “THE STAFF” Pages 12, 13, 14 and 15 in your NEWZIK App!

      • QUIZ NEXT WEEK: Steps, Skips and Repeats. Be able to show me on the staff and on the keyboard.

  • 🟢POSITION:

    • Great job on this assignment!

  • 🟡“SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

    • 🟡FIX: Air Wrists are needed on EVERY long note. So, half notes, dotted half notes and whole notes.

    • Watch your video about Air Wrists below.

    • Prepare pages 2 and 3 of PDF

  • ⚫️Ear Training

    • Play two notes and identify them. Then play one of the two and identify it.

  • ⚫️Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • ⚫️Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • ⚫️Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 30 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • MEMORIZE N.F.R.P.E.

    • Go to your NFRPE PDF in Newzik and be able to teach me about this next lesson!

  • THEORY PREP LEVEL

    • PREPARE 00_01 “THE STAFF” Pages 9, 10 and 11 in your NEWZIK App!

      • Practice memorizing note names on the keyboard. Test next lesson!

  • POSITION:

    • “AIR WRISTS” (forward wrists)

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

    • After you have studied the NFRPE page, start this assignment and follow the NFRPE instructions!

  • Assignments below are optional for now:

  • Ear Training

    • Play two notes and identify them. Then play one of the two and identify it.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 29 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • THEORY PREP LEVEL

    • PREPARE 00_01 “THE STAFF” THREE PAGES

      • Practice memorizing note names on the keyboard. Test next lesson!

  • POSITION:

    • “AIR WRISTS” (forward wrists)

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

    • Practice memorizing one - two measures at a time.

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Ear Training

    • Play two notes and identify them. Then play one of the two and identify it.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 28 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • THEORY PREP LEVEL

    • PREPARE 00_01 “THE STAFF” THREE PAGES

      • test next week on where all the keys are on the keyboard.

  • POSITION:

    • “AIR WRISTS” (forward wrists)

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

    • Do all of the My Inventions and listen / practice with my audio recording.

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 27 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • THEORY PREP

    • PREPARE 00_01

  • POSITION:

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Do all of the My Inventions and listen / practice with my audio recording.

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 26 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • POSITION:

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Do all of the My Inventions and listen / practice with my audio recording.

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

    • Practice playing quarter, half and and whole notes with the metronome.

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster. (And Beat boss)

    • Warm up practice

2020-2021 Lesson 25 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • POSITION:

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Do all of the My Inventions and listen / practice with my audio recording.

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 24 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • POSITION:

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Finish day 5-6 in Gorilla

    • Move on to Invention

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 23 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • POSITION:

    • WRIST UP

    • ELBOW JUST RELAXED IN FRONT OF THE TUMMY

    • BUBBLE MACHINE WRISTS: gently raise your wrist as you play the note.

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Gorilla in the Tree

    • When you count, say the number as soon as you play the note / at the same time.

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 22 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • New Game Next Week

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 21 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • New Game Next Week

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 20 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • New Game Next Week

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 19 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • New Game Next Week

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cookie Game.

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster.

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 17 & 18 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cut out the little circles in your Cookie Game!

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 16 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cut out the little circles in your Cookie Game!

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 15 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cut out the little circles in your Cookie Game!

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!

2020-2021 Lesson 14 of 32

Go to your Newzik App and find:

  • “SIGHTREADING 00 06-25”

    • Follow the instructions for Day 6

  • Cut out the little circles in your Cookie Game!

    • Practice looking at the notes moving UP, DOWN OR REPEATING!

  • Major Minor Mr. Monster

    • Practice identifying Major (happy) and Minor (sad) sounds by having Ethan play a Major or Minor triad. Draw a Happy or Sad face on the monster depending on what you hear!