Kiisten Walthei

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The National Association foi Nusic Euucation has a list of nine National Stanuaius
foi Nusic Euucation that I believe aie impoitant anu can be a basis foi a stanuaius
baseu classioom.

I believe in using multiple means of piesentation, engagement, anu assessment to
accommouate foi vaiying leaining styles.

I believe that technology can be useu in the music classioom anu can help stuuents
exploie music in ways othei than peifoimance. It can also can be a gieat way to
engage anu ielate to stuuents in this technological age.

I love leaining about peuagogy anu taking classes oi going to woikshops clinics.

I believe in offeiing as many peifoiming ensembles as can be well suppoiteu anu
maintaineu.

I believe in giauing baseu on inuiviuual piogiess, not compaiing stuuents. Rubiics
aie a gieat way to asses anu obseive giowth while collecting haiu uata.

Nusic is ciitical foi cognitive uevelopment anu emotional expiession anu shoulu be
consiueieu an acauemic stuuy that all stuuents shoulu have exposuie to.

Nusical ensembles help stuuents leain uiscipline (thiough piactice), woiking in
gioups, emotional expiession, anu achieving goals.

All classes shoulu incoipoiate a compiehensive cuiiiculum that combines music
histoiy, music theoiy, auial skills, playing instiuments, singing, anu sight ieauing.

All ieheaisals, banu anu choial, will have a waim up, choiale woik, sight-ieauing,
anu woik on pieces that will be peifoimeu.












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Class: Banu Sectional
Age: 8
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Conceit u,B, A, anu E anu Chiomatic Scale
Ask stuuents what theii staiting note of the scale is so that tiansposing
instiuments aie cleai on what to play.
Play scale up anu uown with the stuuents on half notes anu enu with
aipeggio in half note.
Bave the stuuents play scale without instiuctoi.
Repeat scale until the gioup sounus homogeneous.
Repeat foi each scale.

Essential Elements 2uuu - Book 2: Exeicises 92-1u2
Nouel how the exeicise sounus by playing the fiist phiase on tiumpet.
Play exeicise with stuuents.
If the stuuents aie having tiouble, bieak exeicise into phiases anu mouel on
tiumpet then have them iepeat aftei you. Talk about vocabulaiy anu
veibalize technique eiiois when necessaiy.
Play exeicise with stuuents again.
Bave stuuents play exeicise without instiuctoi.
Repeat exeicise until the gioup sounus homogeneous.
Repeat foi each exeicise.

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A big pait of my philosophy is the impoitance of lessons. In banu the stuuents get
exposuie to liteiatuie anu piactice playing in an ensemble but lessons stiengthen
theii inuiviuual skills. Anothei laige pait of my philosophy is the National
Association foi Nusic Euucations stanuaius anu this lesson incoipoiateu two laige
ones: 2) peifoiming on instiuments, alone anu with otheis, a vaiieu iepeitoiie of
music, anu S) ieauing anu notating music. Peuagogy of playing instiuments is one of
my gieatest skill stiengths. I enjoy teaching stuuents that founuation of technique
when they aie beginnei anu inteimeuiate playeis. Anothei skill useu in this lesson is
moueling which is also anothei impoitant aspect to my philosophy.

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Theie is motivation foi stuuents in woiking thiough a book anu being able to visibly
see theii piogiess. Being able to see theii piogiess not only gives the stuuents
motivation but a sense of achievement as well. Also, they get a gieat technical
founuation, which will set stuuents up foi gieat musical achievement.