To The Teacher |
National Standards For Arts Education |
Effective Teaching Checklist |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Posture - Breath - Tone - 5 Basic Vowels |
Theory: Rhythm - Beat - Note Values (quarter, half, whole) |
Sight-Reading: Rhythm Drills |
Theory: Basic Notation (staff, clefs, note names) |
Sight-Reading: Note Identification |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Breath Support (diaphragm) |
Theory: Measure - Meter - Barlines |
Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills |
Performance: Accompanied Song |
Sweet Music in the Night (unison) |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Practice (posture, breath, vowels) |
Theory: Review |
Theory: Whole Steps and Half Steps |
Sight-Reading: Whole/Half Step Practice |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: Indian Summer |
Tenor Bass: Love's Lament |
Mixed: Kyrie Eleison |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Practice (posture, breath, vowels) - Articulation |
Theory: Sharps and Flats - Key of C Review - Key of G |
Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills (key of G practice) |
Theory: Accidentals - Key Signature |
Sight-Reading: Pitch Drills (key of G practice) |
Performance: 4-Part A Cappella Canon |
Sun is High |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Practice (Posture, Breath, Tone, Articulation) |
Theory: Melodic Intervals |
Sight-Reading: Melodic Interval Practice |
Theory: Harmonic Intervals - Chords |
Sight-Reading: Interval Practice - Pitch Drills |
Performance: Accompanied Song |
The Spider and the Fly (SA, TB, or SATB |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: The Breathing Process |
Theory: Triads - The Tonic Chord |
Sight-Reading: Tonic Chord Practice |
Theory: Rests (quarter, half, whole) |
Sight-Reading: Rhythm Drills - Pitch Drills |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: Jubilate Deo |
Tenor Bass: Jubilate Deo |
Mixed: To Make A Prarie |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Review |
Theory: Review |
Performance: Accompanied Songs |
Treble: Fond Affection |
Tenor Bass: The Rainbow |
Mixed: How Doth the Little Crocodile |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Vocalization |
Theory: Meter- Dotted Half Notes |
Sight-Reading: Changing Meters |
Performance: Accompanied Song |
Three Nursery Rhymes (unison) |
and much more! |