It's great for them to set a long term goal that
is obtainable and not so easy it doesn't really
mean much once obtained anyway. That's
why I made mine harder. I want it to "be" a
real honor to achieve the belts, like something
huge has been accomplished. 100% of them
are continuing with it as they get to choose to be
in that program or not. The regular music
class is not recorders but general music using
all the instruments so more diversity in class.

One of the students is motivated by the idea
if he reaches black belt he will get to "teach"
others in the upper grades when they do learn
recorder basics in class. He can be a team captain
and work with a small group if we have a challenging
song to work out.

Juanita


On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:11 AM, wrote:

> I would like to see it, Sarah. This is my first year of using RK and I
> started it with my 4th graders as they started recorders. They are asking
> to
> do it again next year. I had 39 out of 200 students reach black belt this
> year and I think I'm going to let the other kids continue to black belt in
> 5th grade. But I need something for the 39 that are already there!
>
> Susan in Poquoson VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list@recorderclassroom.com [mailto:list@recorderclassroom.com]On
> Behalf Of Sarah Amrein
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:53 AM
> To: Recorder_Classroom
> Subject: RE: [RECL]Continue Recorder Karate
>
>
> I do my recorder karate for 2 years - 4th and 5th. MY coworkers and I do
> the same one and it is white through black and then 8 degrees of black
> belt.
> after the degrees one of my coworkers created an alto recorder karate. I
> have not had any kids get there yet but she did a few years ago. I expect
> the 4th grade to get the to purple or green by then end of the year and
> then
> I expect the 5th to get to the black by the end of the year.
> I do 1 test a month during class time and then in May, after all my
> choirs and other groups are done - I have extra testing during lunch
> recesses. I had 2 5th graders get to the 6th degree black.
> now we created our own karate belts so they progress faster than the
> original, however, I use the original for my special ed kids. the slower
> progression to new fingerings is key for my self contained sped class.
> if anyone wants to see what I have - I have most of it on Sibelius and I
> can make things into PDFs.
> Sarah Amrein Antioch Illinois
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