Music Lesson Record for Teachers
Keep every pupil's progress and payments in one place, so a term's work can be shown to a parent or written into an exam entry without hunting.
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Music and performance · MU-20
Pupil Practice Assignment Sheet
A free printable music practice assignment sheet — the teacher sets this week's pieces and what to listen for, the pupil keeps a diary of each session.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Send the pupil home knowing exactly what to work on and why, and come back with a record of what they actually did.
Who it is for
Instrumental and singing teachers and their pupils, and parents supporting a child's practice at home.
How to use it
- Fill the header in the lesson, including whatever practice time was agreed.
- Write each piece or exercise with the bars and the one thing to listen for.
- Send the sheet home in the music case.
- The pupil writes a diary row for each practice session — what was done and what was hard.
- Bring it back to the next lesson; the diary tells the teacher where to start.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: The sheet that goes home after the lesson — what to practise this week, what to listen for in each piece, and a diary the pupil fills in for the teacher to see next time. Practice time is whatever teacher, pupil and household agreed — no target of ours.
Write-on lines: Pupil · Instrument · Week beginning · Next lesson · Teacher · Agreed practice time · Bring next time
This week's assignments — set by the teacher — 'listen for' is what turns repetition into practice
Table, 4 rows: Piece / scale / exercise · Bars / section · Listen for / work on · Tempo
Practice diary — filled in by the pupil — one row per session
Table, 7 rows: Day · Time spent · What I practised · What went well / what was hard
Write-on lines: Parent / carer seen · Question for the teacher next lesson
Questions
Why does it not say how many minutes to practise?
Because the right amount depends on the pupil's age, level and week, and it is agreed between teacher and household. The sheet has a blank for that agreement and no figure of its own.
Why a 'listen for' column rather than just the piece?
Playing a piece through five times is repetition; playing it listening for the rhythm in bar twelve is practice. The column is the teacher's instruction for what to attend to.
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