5/1/2023 0 Comments First note recorder![]() ![]() Some of my fellow music teachers have purchased the colored ones to get the buy-in for the students to practice more. Over the years I have used a variety from Yamaha to LMI to Peripole to Suzuki. While some schools have parents who can afford $5 easily, there are others where that is too much. When deciding what brand of recorder to purchase, one should also consider how much parents in your school would be willing to spend. Our district purchased seven entire classroom sets that are all different colors that are checked out through our department secretary if a school needs them. Students can order recorders through the school, but I also have a classroom set as needed. Personally, I require my students to know the names of the pitches prior to playing the instrument. Regardless of what age is starting the recorder, the process I use is the same. Spiraling the curriculum is key setting a solid foundation with good tone and tonguing, then adding reading rhythms and then melody will give the students a good basis from which to launch future instrumental endeavours.įourth grade is the year our district introduces the recorders to students, but I personally learned in third grade. How exciting that you get to start a fresh recorder program!!! I know this can also be a daunting task when it is also your first year teaching elementary music, but the fundamentals of teaching the recorder are the same as if you are teaching band or orchestra classes. Its not in my curriculum to continue recorders in 4th or 5th grade but I’m thinking of reprising it in 4th grade this year because I’m having a hard time getting them excited about anything else. I keep recorders of who forgot what and when because it is part of their second semester grade. I’ve never had more than 1 or 2 students forget their instrument on Wednesday (partly because their classroom teacher is AWESOME with writing it in the homework book on Tuesday) but I have some extra recorders in my room. It stays over night in my room, and then on Thursday after class they take it home again. Our class meets twice a week and I have the kids bring in their book (with signed practice sheet) and recorder on Wednesday. The parents send in money to buy a recorder and book (Recorder Express) and the kids were super energized to get playing music! Because they already knew GAB, they can play the first 10 pages in the book, including a lot of songs that are familiar. The kids LOVE it! When we came back in January, I continued the unit the way we always do. There is a GREAT recorder practice SMARTBoard lesson by Allison Shapiro called Rockin’ Recorder that has short etudes with background tracks. Rest/playing position, air, fingers, G A B, reading music… The students used my classroom recorders and I taught them notes myself. This year I started in October (but maybe 3 or 4 times a month only) and got all the annoying basics out of the way. Usually the recorder unit starts in January and they learn a song for the spring concert. I tried a new approach this year and have loved it so far. I teach recorders in 3rd grade as a precursor to band instruments in 4th grade. ![]() UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education.Professional Development via Music Educators Journal.NAfME Teaching with Primary Sources Curriculum Units for the 2014 Music Standards.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in Music Education Resources.Virtual Learning Resources for Music Educators.NAfME Academy®: Professional Development Webinars. ![]()
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