Expectations:
Overall in music class, students are expected show appropriate participation and try. Three guidelines we try to follow are...
"Check Triple Threat" Music Expectations....
1. Respect - respect the teacher, your neighbor, yourself, and instruments
2. Responsibility - students are responsible for creating a positive learning environment by following direction and handling equipment with care.
3. Really Kind - Students are encouraged to share instruments, the class space, thoughts, and ideas.
GRADING:
Students are assessed through various activities in the classroom both performance and standards based. Assessments are both performance based and conceptual based. Music assessments strive to center around group activities, both nurturing and fun. I strive to offer a variety of assessments to appeal to a versatile learner whether they be kinesthetic, verbal, aural, or visual learners. Within the new grading system, students are graded on a 4-1 number scale on three elements:
Overall in music class, students are expected show appropriate participation and try. Three guidelines we try to follow are...
"Check Triple Threat" Music Expectations....
1. Respect - respect the teacher, your neighbor, yourself, and instruments
2. Responsibility - students are responsible for creating a positive learning environment by following direction and handling equipment with care.
3. Really Kind - Students are encouraged to share instruments, the class space, thoughts, and ideas.
GRADING:
Students are assessed through various activities in the classroom both performance and standards based. Assessments are both performance based and conceptual based. Music assessments strive to center around group activities, both nurturing and fun. I strive to offer a variety of assessments to appeal to a versatile learner whether they be kinesthetic, verbal, aural, or visual learners. Within the new grading system, students are graded on a 4-1 number scale on three elements:
- Understanding of music concepts - recognizes and identifies music terms and symbols
- Competency/performance of music skills - how student applies music concepts in performance based activities
- Appropriate behavior in music activities