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As a new school year approaches and the pandemic continues, I know many students are in need of something to lift their spirits right now! I created this new Music Assignment Book to include practice goals for students, reference sheets, and even spaces to highlight positive elements from music lessons. Students need this right now!
The Music Assignment Book Includes:
1. A beautiful, colorful cover to brighten anyone’s mood!
2. Fifty-two weeks of assignment pages with space to make a practice goal for the week
3. A practice log is included with each weekly assignment.
Teachers and set the weekly practice goal as a particular number of days to practice, or set the goal as a total number of minutes for the student to practice during the week.
Use the empty box at the end of the weekly schedule to award students. Younger students may enjoy receiving a sticker if their weekly goal is met. Other ideas include giving students a letter grade or stars based on how their weekly goal was met. For example, the teacher can tell the student they receive 3 stars if the goal was met, 1-2 stars if the goal was partially met, or 0 stars if there was no practice.
If teaching online lessons, students may write down their own assignment and discuss their practice with teachers the following week. Students can then grade their own practice!
4. An appendix with:
- Common musical terms and tempo markings (Great reference for online lessons)
- Rhythm charts with note and rest values for simple and complex meter
- Students can record composers they learn within the four musical time periods
- Space to notate favorite pieces and special achievements (Students really need to highlight anything positive right now!)
- Blank staff paper
- Blank paper for notes
Lauren teaches piano to students of all ages in New Orleans, LA. Teaching is her passion. She enjoys creating resources for her students and is the author of Ready for Theory®.
