February 24, 2022

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - o assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Go to your Newzik App and find:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   💛

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

2. Piano Adventures Lesson Book: (all pieces due next week, as if you were going to play them in a recital!)

   1. NEW PIECE: p. 41, My Invention

      💚

      1. Learn with a forward wrists and curved finger on every note.

   2. Page 38, Driving in the G Clef

      💚

      1. FEB 24th - redo

         1. FORWARD WRISTS on each note! Keep shoulders down

   3. Page 39, Best Friends

      💚

      1. FEB 24TH - redo with the following:

         1. On EVERY NOTE, keep shoulders down, fingers curved and make a forward wrists. Even on Quarter notes!

   4. Page 40, Gorilla in the Tree

      💚

      1. FEB 24TH - redo this piece with the following:

         1. We learned that we need to have a forward motion wrists

         2. We learned that the LEFT hand plays this piece because it’s in the F Clef (bass clef).

3. Flash Cards

   🖤

   • See your video above for instructions!

4. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🖤

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

5. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🖤

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

6. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

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February 17, 2022

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - o assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Go to your Newzik App and find:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   💚

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

2. Piano Adventures Lesson Book: (all pieces due next week, as if you were going to play them in a recital!)

   💚

   1. Page 38, Driving in the G Clef

   2. Page 39, Best Friends

   3. Page 40, Gorilla in the Tree

      1. Using the NFREP charts, learn this two measures at a time. (See the video above)

3. Flash Cards

   🖤

   • See your video above for instructions!

4. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🖤

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

5. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🖤

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

6. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

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February 3, 2022

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - o assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Go to your Newzik App and find:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     💚💚💚🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Stage Presence:

   1. B = Bow:

      1. Walk across the stage confidently and next to the piano, looking out into the audience for 3 seconds. Bow for 3 seconds, then back up and look out at the audience for 3 seconds.

   2. B = Bench:

      1. Fix your bench position by moving it from BEHIND the bench

   3. H = Hands:

      1. Sit on the bench by walking AROUND the bench, NOT over it. Sit quietly with hands in your lap.

   4. B = Beat:

      1. While you’re sitting quietly with hands in your lap, think about the beat of your first piece.

   5. P = Position:

      1. Get ready to play by thinking about bubble hands and place your hands on the keyboard!

3. (1)Dancing with Frankenstein (page 22)

   💚💚

   1. Fix the pencil in measure 2

   2. Sit back on your bench to give your arms room!

   3. practice with the metronome marking 100 per quarter note

   4. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

4. (3)The Happy Stream (page 25)

   💚💚

   1. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

5. (4) Trumpet Song (page 28)

   💚💚🟡🟣

   1. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

6. (2)Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   💚💚🟣🟢🟣

   1. Play with a metronome marking of 60 per quarter note. Focus on your dynamics.

   2. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

7. Flash Cards

   🖤💚🟣🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your video above for instructions!

8. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🖤💚🟢🟣🟣🟣🟢🟢

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

9. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🖤💜🟢🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

10. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

    1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

    2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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January 27, 2022

🟢 - 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     💚💚💚🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Stage Presence:

   1. B = Bow:

      1. Walk across the stage confidently and next to the piano, looking out into the audience for 3 seconds. Bow for 3 seconds, then back up and look out at the audience for 3 seconds.

   2. B = Bench:

      1. Fix your bench position by moving it from BEHIND the bench

   3. H = Hands:

      1. Sit on the bench by walking AROUND the bench, NOT over it. Sit quietly with hands in your lap.

   4. B = Beat:

      1. While you’re sitting quietly with hands in your lap, think about the beat of your first piece.

   5. P = Position:

      1. Get ready to play by thinking about bubble hands and place your hands on the keyboard!

3. (1)Dancing with Frankenstein (page 22)

   💚💚

   1. Fix the pencil in measure 2

   2. Sit back on your bench to give your arms room!

   3. practice with the metronome marking 100 per quarter note

   4. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

4. (3)The Happy Stream (page 25)

   💚💚

   1. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

5. (4) Trumpet Song (page 28)

   💚💚🟡🟣

   1. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

6. (2)Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   💚💚🟣🟢🟣

   1. Play with a metronome marking of 60 per quarter note. Focus on your dynamics.

   2. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

7. Flash Cards

   🖤💚🟣🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your video above for instructions!

8. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🖤💚🟢🟣🟣🟣🟢🟢

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

9. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🖤💜🟢🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

10. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

    1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

    2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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January 20, 2022

🟢 - 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     💚💚💚🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Stage Presence:

   1. B = Bow:

      1. Walk across the stage confidently and next to the piano, looking out into the audience for 3 seconds. Bow for 3 seconds, then back up and look out at the audience for 3 seconds.

   2. B = Bench:

      1. Fix your bench position by moving it from BEHIND the bench

   3. H = Hands:

      1. Sit on the bench by walking AROUND the bench, NOT over it. Sit quietly with hands in your lap.

   4. B = Beat:

      1. While you’re sitting quietly with hands in your lap, think about the beat of your first piece.

   5. P = Position:

      1. Get ready to play by thinking about bubble hands and place your hands on the keyboard!

3. Dancing with Frankenstein (page 22)

   💚💚

   1. Fix the pencil in measure 2

   2. Sit back on your bench to give your arms room!

   3. practice with the metronome marking 100 per quarter note

   4. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

4. The Happy Stream (page 25)

   💚💚

   1. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

5. Trumpet Song (page 28)

   💚💚🟡🟣

   1. SEE THE AUDIO RECORDING IN NEWZIK AND PRACTICE WITH IT EVERY DAY!

6. Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   💚💚🟣🟢🟣

   1. Play with a metronome marking of 60 per quarter note. Focus on your dynamics.

   2. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

7. Flash Cards

   🖤💚🟣🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your video above for instructions!

8. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🖤💚🟢🟣🟣🟣🟢🟢

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

9. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🖤💜🟢🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

10. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

    1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

    2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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January 13, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     💚💚🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Dancing with Frankenstein (page 22)

   💚

   1. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

   2. practice with the metronome marking 100 per quarter note

3. The Happy Stream (page 25)

   💚

   1. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

   2. KEEP PRACTICING THIS IN ORDER TO GET A STEADY BEAT AND NOTES IN YOUR ROUND FINGERS.

4. Trumpet Song (page 28)

   💚💚🟡🟣

   1. see your NEW practice video above for instructions

   2. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

5. Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   💚💚🟣🟢🟣

   1. Play with a metronome marking of 60 per quarter note. Focus on your dynamics.

   2. USE YOUR MUSIC PLEASE :)

6. Flash Cards

   🖤💚🟣🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your video above for instructions!

7. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🖤💚🟢🟣🟣🟣🟢🟢

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

8. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🖤💜🟢🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

9. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

   1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

   2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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December 19, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     💚💚🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Trumpet Song (page 28)

   💚🟡🟣

   1. see your practice video above for instructions

3. Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   💚🟣🟢🟣

   1. Review once a day with the metronome!

4. Flash Cards

   💚🟣🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your video above for instructions!

5. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   💚🟢🟣🟣🟣🟢🟢

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • prepare pages 19, 20 and 21

6. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   💜🟢🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

7. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

   1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

   2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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December 9, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     💚🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Trumpet Song (page 28)

   🟡🟣

   FOUR MEASURES AT A TIME:

   1. 🔴NOTES FIRST: say the names of the notes out loud first using a pen or pencil.

      1. Don’t worry about saying the bass clef C/G at the beginning).

      2. Be able to do this with the correct rhythm.

      3. You probably won’t be able to do this on your first try.

      4. Keep it slow and have some good patience. :)

   2. Now PLAY AND SAY with the correct finger numbers: 3 TIMES CORRECTLY

   3. Now do Expression and Position!

   4. Finally, RHYTHM. Play with a steady beat.

3. Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   🟣🟢🟣

   1. Go to Newzik and find the “Are You Sleeping” PDF.

      1. Practice with both recordings in the PDF

4. Flash Cards

   🟣🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your new flash cards. They are all a step down or a step up from your landmark C cards.

   • Don’t let anyone tell you the names of the notes! Try to find them yourself by using the treble clef and the bass clef

5. THEORY PREP LEVEL

   🟢🟣🟣🟣🟢🟢

   • 00_02 “TREBLE STAFF”

     • 🟡TEACH ME ABOUT A LEGER LINE (page 17 of your PDF)

     • PREPARE page 18

6. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🟢🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 3 and 4 The Dance Band”

7. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

   1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

   2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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December 2, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     🟢🟢🟢🔴

2. Trumpet Song (page 28)

   🟣

   LEARN, TWO MEASURES AT A TIME:

   1. NOTES FIRST: say the names of the notes out loud first with your hands in your lap. Practice matching the notes with your flash cards. Careful to notice if the notes go UP or DOWN by STEP or SKIP.

   2. Now PLAY AND SAY with the correct finger numbers: 3 TIMES CORRECTLY

   3. Now do Expression and Position!

   4. Finally, RHYTHM. Play with a steady beat.

3. Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   🟢🟣

   1. Go to Newzik and find the “Are You Sleeping” PDF.

      1. Practice with both recordings in the PDF

4. Flash Cards

   🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your new flash cards. They are all a step down or a step up from your landmark C cards.

   • Don’t let anyone tell you the names of the notes! Try to find them yourself by using the treble clef and the bass clef

5. 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.

6. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🟣🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 2 The Dance Band”

7. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

   1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

   2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

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November 18, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

     🟢🟢🔴

2. Are You Sleeping? Piano Adventures Performance Book, p. 26

   🟣

   1. LEARN, TWO MEASURES AT A TIME:

      1. NOTES FIRST: say the names of the notes out loud first with your hands in your lap. Practice matching the notes with your flash cards. Careful to notice if the notes go UP or DOWN by STEP or SKIP.

      2. Now PLAY AND SAY with the correct finger numbers: 3 TIMES CORRECTLY

      3. Now do Expression and Position!

      4. Finally, RHYTHM. Play with a steady beat.

3. Flash Cards

   🟣🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your new flash cards. They are all a step down or a step up from your landmark C cards.

   • Practice saying and playing the cards out loud.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🟣🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 2 The Dance Band”

7. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

   1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

   2. 🟢The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

8. ⚫️Ear Training

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

9. ⚫️Cookie Game.

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

10. ⚫️Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

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

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

    • Warm up practice

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November 4, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

   • 🟢🔴

2. The Happy Stream: Piano Adventures Performance Primer Level pg. 25

   🟣

   1. NOTES: 2 to 4 measures at a time. Repeat as many times as possible!

      1. Say “down a skip, up a step, down a step” etc.

      2. Say the names of the notes OUT LOUD once every day.

      3. Play and say the names of the notes out loud. SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW!

3. Flash Cards

   🟢🟣🟢🟣

   • See your new flash cards. They are all a step down or a step up from your landmark C cards.

   • Practice saying and playing the cards out loud.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 2 The Dance Band”

7. REPERTOIRE REVIEW PIECES: Review once a week with your music.

   1. 🟢Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book Primer Level pg 22

8. ⚫️Ear Training

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

9. ⚫️Cookie Game.

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

10. ⚫️Beat Boss

    • Turn on the metronome

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

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

    • Warm up practice

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October 28, 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:

1. Lesson Focus for Toby:

   • How did you do with coming to the piano and being respectful?

   • 🔴

2. Dancing with Frankenstein in Piano Adventures Performance Book

   • Assignment Progress: 🟢🟢🟣

   • Last week with this assignment:

     • Be able to play with wrists up and fingers curved. What about shoulders? DOWN! :)

3. Flash Cards

   • Assignment Progress: 🟢🟣

   • Place a bass card and a treble card on the music stand at the same time. Play them both!

   • ”The Scary Game” is when we place all the cards on the music stand in a row, and time yourself to see how long it takes you to play all of them.

     • 16.30 seconds Try 1

     • 18:07 seconds Try 2

     • 14.37 seconds Try 3

4. 🟣🟢🟢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.

5. 🟣🟢🟢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.

6. “SIGHTREADING 00 26-37”

   🟢🟣🟢🟢🟡

   • Prepare “Day 2 The Dance Band”

7. ⚫️Ear Training

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

8. ⚫️Cookie Game.

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

9. ⚫️Beat Boss

   • Turn on the metronome

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

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

    • Warm up practice

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October 21, 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

  • Assignment Progress: 🟢🟣

  • So good!

  • Practice with the video I made for you! Our goal is to have this done in two lessons from now.

  • To pass off:

    • Raised wrists

    • Correct notes

    • Correct beat

• Flash Cards

  • Assignment Progress: 🟢🟣

  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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