ARTS EDUCATION TEACHER HANDBOOK

ELEMENTARY ASSESSMENT ITEMS

BAND QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT

Student's Name_______________________ Date___________________

Dear Parent:

The following is a quarterly report of your child's progress in Beginning Band. Each item is graded on the following scale:

1 = Poor
2 = Fair
3 = Good
4 = Excellent
n/a = not applicable at this time

All of the items are then averaged for your child's quarterly progress grade in band.

Please sign at the bottom of the form to show that you have seen this report. Also, please write any comments or questions you may have and return this to me as soon as possible.

_____Consistently practices at home and turns in practice record each week
_____Demonstrates ability to read notes on the staff
_____Demonstrates knowledge of fingerings/slide positions
_____Demonstrates knowledge of note and rest values
_____Demonstrates abilities to sightread simple melodies
_____Demonstrates abilities to sightread simple rhythmic patterns
_____Demonstrates knowledge of musical symbols and terms
_____Performs with proper tone quality
_____Performs with proper embouchure (mouth position)
_____Performs with proper articulation (tonguing)
_____Performs with proper hand position
_____Performs with proper posture
_____Percussion only: Uses proper sticking
_____Percussion only: Demonstrates knowledge of rudiments (rolls, flams, paradiddles)
_____Attends class with instrument every day
_____Attends class with book every day
_____Attends class with pencil every day
_____Improvises simple melodies and rhythmic patterns
_____Performance on worksheets
_____Performance on written tests and quizzes
_____Shows respect to other students
_____Shows respect to teacher

_____Total

_____Average for this quarter

Parent's Signature_____________ Teacher's Signature_________________

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