| DATE | EVENTS | TESTS | OBJ. | PERCUSSION | HISTORY | THEORY |
| Aug 25--29 | | 7 essentials | Recognizie a correct tone | Grip Basic Stroke | Writing your own "music history." | Naming the 5 lines and 4 spaces |
| Sept 2---5 | Locker check | ODDS 1,3,5 | Reed prep Reading quarter notes Reading 3 staff notoes | Basic Stroke Snare Set-up | Make a list of what kinds of music you have done. | Drawing quarter notes/rests |
| Sept 8---12 | | 2,4,7, 9 | Assembly of instruments Articulation More staff notes | Parts of the drum Where to hit | Write about how band changess your "history." | Drawing notes on music staff |
| Sept 15--19 | | 6, 8, 10 | Our first song Oiling valves/protecting reeds | Bells | Write a short paragraph about the beginning of written music. | Memorize the names of the lines and spaces |
| Sept 22---26 | Progress Reports | 11, 14 | Reading Half notes The First Five notes | Bells 1000 bounces | Write about the ancestors of school bands | Draw half notes on lines and spaces |
| Sept 29--Oct 2 | | 17, 18 | Breath support Steady Beat Repeat signs | Bass Drum Flam | Write about the history of military bands. | Draw halfl rests on the correct line |
| Oct 6---10 | | 21, 30 | Whole notess Concert clothes | Hiccups | Write about what is hapening now in music history. | Draw whole notes on lines and spaces. |
| Oct 13---17 | Band Pics--Tues & Fri | 31 | Concert Behavior | How TALL are your sticks | Re-write a biography of Mozart. | Draw who9le rests on the correcty line |
| Oct 20---24 | Concert-Monday, Oct 20 | 28, 29 | Unison exercises vs. arrangements | | Re-write the history of your instrument | Draw a time signature, sharps, and flats. |
