I tried something different this year. Interest had started to wane
towards the end of the year, so I let those who achieved black belts
start on alto recorders. That was a new challenge for them and
inspiration for others.

Ona from North Dakota

On 6/9/09, Juanita Bellavance wrote:
> 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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