Recorders for 3rd Grade Musical Success

School:: Lake Park Elementary
Subject:: Music
Teacher:: John Stein
Students Impacted:: 85
Grade:: 3
Date:: August 4, 2025

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Goal(s)

The students will learn to play a wind instrument, apply their note reading skills and perform in a group. The students will also learn to assess/improve their own performance. The students will learn to develop an appreciation for instrumental music performance and instill an interest in them to learn another instrument in the future.

Project Description

Several weeks will be spent teaching the students the correct posture, hand position and blowing technique. Following this they will learn the basics of reading music and actually perform some music on the recorder at their 3rd grade music program. This will be the 1st musical experience for the students to play a wind instrument.

Expected Outcomes

Playing a musical instrument is always a good exercise for the brain. Besides the obvious musical gains the students receive from playing an instrument, it also teaches them the skill of self discipline and working together with other students in an educational setting. At the conclusion of our recorder study, the students will get to take their recorders home. This will be the 1st experience for the students to play a wind instrument. Also, for those students who decide to eventually play a woodwind instrument, they will have learned the left over right hand position that all woodwind instruments use. The students' ability to read and play music will improve. Both the students' right side and left side of their brains will be working together. They will physically be doing something, reading notes, blowing air thru the instrument, listening to themselves and making judgements and adjusting their performance, counting the rhythms, and playing music with others. Playing the recorder will work both sides of the brain and have each student doing 5 or 6 things at once!

Purpose of Funding

These recorders are a plastic, beginner level instrument, and appropriately sized for 3rd grade students. Each student will receive their own and will receive about ten to twelve weeks of instruction.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	100 MIE 205 Recorders @ $5.75	$575.00
2	Tax	$46.00
	Total:	$621.00

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