Joseph Lesley

Music teacher | York University Teacher candidate

[Joseph Lesley @MrJDLesley]

For our last lesson James and I mainly focused on sight reading music. This allowed him to feel more comfortable tackling new musical concepts on his own for the future. @YEPeducation

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@patriciab101999 @YEPeducation That looks super tough on the core and legs! It’s great to see her progress and enthusiasm in wanting to lead the lesson! Great work!

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@heymspathak @YEPeducation Your cat is adorable, honestly started thinking of the “just hang in there” cat poster when I saw your lesson was on motivation. But in all seriousness, with the lockdown and the shorter days it’s definitely hard to feel motivated during these times so it’s nice to do use on that

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@JuliaForget1 @YEPeducation The omelette looks so good! They both look super healthy and like a great way to start your day! Great work!

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@Olivia60298111 @YEPeducation Great idea to get them active in between learning. It gives them a much needed break and allows them to get some energy out so they can focus better. Awesome work!

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@Mr_Tricarico @YEPeducation Sight reading is so important, especially when beginning music. It’ll definitely help futher down the road in higher levels so he can start learning music faster! Great work this week Mark!

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@AleciaH11 @YEPeducation This is such a cool idea! It’ll definitely help her with her form for both squats and planks! Very innovative, great work!

[Joseph Lesley @MrJDLesley]

This week James was kind of stuck with his scales and was fumbling a lot the technique. We spent around 30 minutes just working on them. I showed him that some of the scales and chords have the same fingering patterns which made them easier to remember. @YEPeducation

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[Joseph Lesley @MrJDLesley]

This weeks lesson, James and I focused on a few of the harder bars from faded and how to practice those difficult sections efficiently. We upped the speed of the scales to 70bpm from 60bpm and we are now playing all the scales at two octaves each.

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@Maria_C0397 @YEPeducation Woah, that’s so impressive! How did Jonathan find the gridding exercise? Also how do you plan to incorporate shading for the next lesson? Great work this week!

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@patriciab101999 @YEPeducation I really like that you’re incorporating assistive machines into the program to help out with some of the exercises! How does she find it? Great work!

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@sophia_teach @YEPeducation I remember learning to cite books and articles and would always mess up. It’s great that you’re teaching her this, it’s so important for academia. Great work!

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@Olivia60298111 This is such a creative exercise to bring those shapes into a real environment! Awesome job!

[Joseph Lesley @MrJDLesley]

@YepDominika @YEPeducation This is definitely a good lesson to practice grammar and to see those subtle differences in the sentence! Great work!

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@Mr_Tricarico @YEPeducation I remember doing this when I first started piano lessons and I still use it sometimes to remember key signatures today! I was doing this verbally with my learner, but I should definitely try it visually to see if it helps them out more. Great work Mark!

[Joseph Lesley @MrJDLesley]

@heymspathak @YEPeducation What a great lesson! I think a lot of people could benefit from this one as it allows them to think about who they are becoming as an individual and in relationship to others. Great job!

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@ValeriaPisani5 @YEPeducation That’s awesome that you’re teaching her those phrases! They can definitely be useful when traveling and staying in hostels abroad. Keep up the great work!

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@LenaSwan7 @YEPeducation I really like that you used this lesson as a review to make sure everything was absorbed. Such an important part of learning to reviewing previous knowledge. Awesome job this week!

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@RucasMatthew @YEPeducation That looks amazing! I always get hungry looking at your posts. It looks like your mum is really getting the hang of cooking more complicated dishes! What are you planning on cooking up next?