Hi, Tami,
I'm trying to figure out what to do, also, but it's with my fourth graders. I think I'll do "class belts" when the class masters a piece. That way the piece can have multiple recorder parts, xylophone, drums, etc. I just don't want to take time in class to do testing in fourth grade after we did it for six months in third grade! (Granted it was only part of the period, but I seldom have that much interest. I didn't hear anyone complain until the last 2 weeks of school.)

So, I'll be scouring MK8 and Recorder Classroom for ideas of songs as well as Orff books...

Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: Tami Mangusso
To: list@recorderclassroom.com
Sent: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:08:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [RECL]Continue Recorder Karate


I have always done Recorder Karate with just my 4th graders, but this last year my 5th graders begged me to continue it. I never did because I just didn't take the time to work it out. Since I am on summer break now I am thinking of creating a Recorder Karate for my 5th graders. Finding the songs won't be the problem. What I am wondering is, do I have them finish the belts they didn't get in 4th grade and then create 7 or 8 degrees of black belt or should I create a whole new list of songs and create new colors. I am leaning towards creating new songs with new colored belts. That way I don't have to hear the same old songs with two grade levels. Also with the Recorder Classroom magazine, there are some great songs that would work well for Recorder Karate. I would just pick so many measures for them to play from a song (E.g. I would have them play on of the variations that "B Cool" has (RC vol 1. No. 1) or play measure 7-19 from "Zippy Toad,
Waders of the Lost Park" recorder 2 part).

How would you do it?

Tami Mangusso
Aurora, Colorado



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