Re: who gets band? advice!
Posted by AmyIdaho on 5/09/08
I've been dealing with a 5/6 combo class for 2 years. 5th grades have to play recorder, but 6th grades don't. I tried doing seperate things in those classes but it just hasn't worked. Therefore, from here on out, that class will all play recorder. It won't hurt the 6th graders to continue reading music and playing it on recorder. I also let them pull out their band instruments and read the recorder music with the recorder kids (this only works on C instruments though). They've also played along on my xylophones. On 5/08/08, Mags wrote: > Our school goes up to Grade 8, and we have an instrumental > program for grades 7 and 8 only. Next year, however, there > will be a grade 6/7 class. We are unsure of the best way to > deal with the two grades and the instrumental music > program. > > There are other classes with grade 6 students, so we kind > of feel that to offer the instrumental music to only those > 6s is unfair. But with our schedule, there is not really > any way we can offer the music to half the class. We don't > have anywhere else to put the rest of the class! > > Has anyone had this situation before? Does anyone have any > suggestions on the best way to schedule music so that it is > fair and do-able? > > I'd appreciate any ideas or suggestions you can give! > > Thanks in advance.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- who gets band? advice!, 5/08/08, by Mags.
- Re: who gets band? advice!, 5/09/08, by AmyIdaho.
- Re: who gets band? advice!, 5/09/08, by Donna music/TN.
- Re: who gets band? advice!, 5/09/08, by Rachel/CA.
- Re: who gets band? advice!, 5/10/08, by LaurieA.
- Re: who gets band? advice!, 5/15/08, by Mags.
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