Lighting the way
Brooks Middle School language arts teacher and key leader Karrie (Hartman) Lesac is this year’s recipient of the Lewis University Education Lumen Award. She will be honored at the Fall Recognition Ceremony on Dec. 1 that begins with a 5:45 p.m. reception in the cafeteria of the St. Charles Borromeo …
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Targeting Music: Year 2 (Schott)

• Published by Schott 80 Pages
• Year 2
• Composer: Jo Brockis

(age 6-7): In this third book of the series, the programme for Year 2 develops more sustained and challenging learning experiences. Attuned to the National Curriculum, content is organised through the musical elements: sound, silence, dynamics, rhythm, pitch, timbre, texture and structure. Introduction * MODULE 1 DYNAMICS: Lovely things * Lovely things (development lesson) * The animal kingdom * I can sing quietly * In the distance * The wheel never stops * MODULE 2 PITCH: The up down song * Little red bird: a Manx lullaby * Little red bird (development lesson) * Happy Divali * Chanukkah candles * Gentle donkey * MODULE 3 RHYTHM: Oliver Twist * Oliver Twist (development lesson) * I’m a magician * Are you sleeping? * Sur le pont d’Avignon * Poems and stories as stimuli for composing * MODULE 4 TIMBRE OR TONE QUALITY: Lots of different sounds * Lots of different sounds (development lesson) * Ting, tap, crash * Sound discoveries * Sounds from across the world * Moving mode * MODULE 5 TEXT

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From Church to Fine Home
As quixotic as it sounds, buying a former church and converting it into a home is not uncommon. A casual Internet search turns up plenty of hits, and the concept is common enough that the headline “Divine Restoration” turns up more than once.
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