Revised weekly schedule starting on Wednesday:
New assignments:
Task 1 of Covid 19 project Assessment Science
Hi all,
Please check in with me tomorrow at 11:30 for some yoga/more explanations on assignments. I have sent your parents an e-mail so that they can help you get set up on Epic books. Please remind them to do this when they can find some time and start finding an e-book that you would like to read.
Please remind your parents to have a look at the letter I sent last week and to get back to me with the answers to my questions as soon as they can. Thanks so much.
Letter from Mr. Wenzek to band students:
Hi again everyone,
Your teachers are all hard at work trying to learn a variety of technologies in a very short period of time to help you with your school work. I would like to have all my band students try this out before I start giving more directed assignments. Your participation is very important!
To start, using Chrome, go to smartmusic.com
In the upper right hand corner, click “login”
On the login page, click the left image
At the bottom of the next page, you’ll see “I’m a student”. Click on “join a class” Your class code is HN2GF-U7KWU. Please do not share this code with kids that are not in your class: if they register, I’ll simply have to kick them out, causing me extra work. This code is for Taylor Park Band ONLY!
Be sure to register with your Burnaby District Email Address (student#@edu.burnabyschools.ca) You will then need to confirm your registration through your Burnaby District email. You’re set to go! You only have two “assignments”, though they really aren’t ones at this time. It’s just an opportunity to try out the program with music you already know. Once you’re familiar with it, feel free to explore.
Examples to try:
Slow down the music to help with practicing.
Speed it up to make it sound funny!
Make loops to isolate bars that need extra work/practice. Use both with and without the metronome. Add subdivisions for even more accuracy.
Listen to your part alone Adjust the “Accompaniment” and “My Part” levels Save recordings, then keep only the ones you like and delete the others…the saved ones should be there the next time you log in. When you are simply looking at the music, click a note, then click either of the little icons immediately next to it: one plays the correct pitch for you, the other shows you the fingering/slide position of the note…COOL!
In the near future, I will have a class meeting in MS Teams with you to better help guide you through SmartMusic and help with specific instrument questions. Details of when the meeting happens will come soon, both through District email and on my website. Stay tuned! If you have any problems or issues, please email me and I’ll do my best to answer your questions. (peter.wenzek@burnabyschools.ca)