In music, students receive participation grades each day they attend music. If for some reason your child is not present, he/she will be marked absent. (They may be within the school but not in the music classroom, for example, your child may be at the nurse not feeling well.) In our thirty minutes of time, we perform a variety of musical activities: singing, playing instruments, moving to the music (dance) and much, much more. I do expect students to try all activities. Participation is 100% of the student’s semester grade.
Participation includes:
M: Make wise choices so you and other may learn
U: Use good manners and be respectful
S: Sing, speak, or play as directed by the teacher
I: Involve yourself in ALL activities
C: Care for others and musical equipment
When students follow the classroom expectations they will be allowed to participate in the Wheel of Names. Each student's name is placed on the wheel. At the end of the class, if a student was chosen by the wheel and has followed all the classroom expectations, he/she will have 30 seconds to play an instrument of their choice all by themself. They will choose from many of my personal instruments which may include: ukulele, guitar, piano, drum set, vibraslap, wind chime tree, and the gong. Once they have had an opportunity to play an instrument their name then comes of the wheel. Once all the names on the wheel are gone, we start the process all over again!
When a student is present and follows all the expectations, he/she will receive a 10/10 in the grade book. As we continue through class if your child needs to be redirected, the child will loose 2 points. If you child looses points, I will notate in Powerschool as to which expectation was missing. If a student needs to be redirected twice for the same infraction, he/she will then serve a time out within the classroom. If a third rediction is needed he/she will be sent to the office. We use instruments within the classroom. I teach the students how to "care for the musical equipment". If a student does not care for the musical equipment and an instrument is mistreated, that is an immediate office referral.
TSC GRADING SCALE
A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C:70-79 D: 60-69 F: 59 or below
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