This week in music we continued to work on our final projects. Having optional submission dates is very helpful because it kept me on track for the upcoming final submission date. On Wednesday we took a trip outside and learned a new song that correlated withthe passing of the egg shakers. This was a good way for children to really get involved in the song.
Overall, I have learned a lot of great ways to incorporate learning about Sweden into creative, fun lesson plans.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
MUSC 373 Journal 13
This week in music we got to watch other group’s multicultural presentations and also present our own. Our group presented our lesson plan on the grouchy ladybug.
It was really interesting watching everyone’s presentation. I got to see some new great ideas and read some awesome books!
It is very important to incorporate music into student’s curriculum because it allows them to be creative and interact in the lesson. When making this group project and it was great to see how all the pieces came together. We were able to incorporate the importance of friendship, how to tell time, the names of different animals, and the use of musical instruments. Once music is incorporated into a lesson, the options of teaching students new skills are endless!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
MUSC 373 Journal 12
For our group project we were assigned social skills. We found the book “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle. This book is about a Grouchy Ladybug and how he goes through the day trying to pick fights with other insects/animals but always decides that they aren’t big enough to fight. He keeps flying on and then finally ends up back on the same leaf with the Friendly Ladybug and he shares dinner with him. This book incorporates the importance of social skills along with reading time, counting, and more.
To accomplish creating a lesson plan, we met as a group and went through each section of the lesson plan and collaborated. Next, we assigned each group member a task: Ellen- Typing up story and picking animals and bolding them I the story. Michelle- Typing up the lesson plan that the group made. Tiffany- Picking an existing song and creating lyrics that go with the book. Peter- Creating a big clock that students can change the time on.
The most exciting part of the process was seeing the finished project and how everything came together!
Children can benefit from this story/activity/lesson plan because they can learn the importance of being nice and a good friend even if someone is having a bad day, they can learn to read time, counting, and more! Also they can learn to incorporate instruments into the story and associate them with characters. (If the students are more advanced they can learn the value of different notes and how to play the right beats etc.)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
MUSC 373 Journal 11
One of the books we read this week was about Thunder Cake. This book was a story about a girl who was frightened about thunder at first, but then was able to overcome her fear! On Friday, we brought in garbage and made sounds effects to the quickly approaching thunder. This correlated with each different thunder boom that was written out in the book. This allows children to be creative their sounds effects and actively participate in the story!
We also added music to the story about Chicken Little. We assigned different musical instruments to each character in the story, Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Cocky Locky, The King, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, Turkey Lurkey, and Foxy Loxy. We also assigned sounds and instruments to the acorn falling and the sky falling! We also sang the song, “It Hit Me On the Head,” by Linda High and assigned instruments for a bunch of people to play that created the melody. Throughout the song students were responsible for their particular character. This kept them focused, on task, and excited for their character to show up in the story. Also, by having students participate in playing and making up the song, this also keeps them on task and focused. This also helps them remember the story and what it was about because they are actively participating and have a song to remember! They are learning to sing, play instruments, and give sounds to certain characters or objects!
We also learned about binary form which is two contrasting sections, A and B, or chorus and verse. A lot of the pop music today is in binary form, chorus then a verse etc. Some examples of singers that have their music in binary form are Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, and Rascal Flatts.
On Wednesday, our two songs and a rhyme were due for out multicultural project. My country is Sweden and I found three sounds that were in Swedish and English too!
On Friday our annotated bibliography for our children’s book group project was due. At the end of class, we also got to meet with our groups for the group project. We also learned a new note on the recorder, F and C. We are now able to practice all the songs in our “Do it! Play Recorder” book.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
MUSC 373 Journal 10
It is very important to incorporate music in the classroom to help students spark their creativity. When telling stories, it is very important for teacher’s to incorporate music. Instead of just telling a story by reading it aloud, you can have students participate and come up with noises/music to go along.
The Listening Walk got the entire class involved. Students were able to come up with their own sounds –ducks, car accelerating- etc. and there was no wrong answer! When the story was read, certain words were left out and then students filled in. This encourages students to use their imaginations and be creative. It also helps students stay focused and helps them actively participate in class. They then also associate the story with the sounds and are able to then remember it better!
We also learned how to use an existing song- What Do We Do with the Drunken Sailors- and change the lyrics so that they are appropriate for the class and lesson. The words were changed to, What do we do with the Boo Hoo Baby. When reading the story, the students got to fill in and add the song in with the story.
On Wednesday, we went over the rubric for our group project and at the end of class, we to the music library and we shown the books for out Multicultural project.
On Friday, we learned a new warm-up activity that included learning the hand jive and free dancing. During the free dancing, a student judge walked around to look for the people who were the most creative and funny! After the song was over, the two pairs that were chosen went in the middle of the circle and did the hand jive and danced for the class! This is a great way for students to get warmed-up and excited for learning. This encourages students to be creative and have fun while doing this. It is important for students to learn how to be creative because it stretches their brain and when they are creative, the remember concepts and ideas longer.
Also on Friday, we learned a new note on the recorder- E. Now we know B, A, G, F#, D, C, & E. We practice playing the new notes in the book “Do It! Play Recorder.”
The Listening Walk got the entire class involved. Students were able to come up with their own sounds –ducks, car accelerating- etc. and there was no wrong answer! When the story was read, certain words were left out and then students filled in. This encourages students to use their imaginations and be creative. It also helps students stay focused and helps them actively participate in class. They then also associate the story with the sounds and are able to then remember it better!
We also learned how to use an existing song- What Do We Do with the Drunken Sailors- and change the lyrics so that they are appropriate for the class and lesson. The words were changed to, What do we do with the Boo Hoo Baby. When reading the story, the students got to fill in and add the song in with the story.
On Wednesday, we went over the rubric for our group project and at the end of class, we to the music library and we shown the books for out Multicultural project.
On Friday, we learned a new warm-up activity that included learning the hand jive and free dancing. During the free dancing, a student judge walked around to look for the people who were the most creative and funny! After the song was over, the two pairs that were chosen went in the middle of the circle and did the hand jive and danced for the class! This is a great way for students to get warmed-up and excited for learning. This encourages students to be creative and have fun while doing this. It is important for students to learn how to be creative because it stretches their brain and when they are creative, the remember concepts and ideas longer.
Also on Friday, we learned a new note on the recorder- E. Now we know B, A, G, F#, D, C, & E. We practice playing the new notes in the book “Do It! Play Recorder.”
Sunday, March 8, 2009
MUSC 373 Journal 8
This week in music, we read a story and learned how music can be directly connected with it. We also split up into groups and created a song that included musical sound effects, singing, whispering, shouting, and making a noise with your body (clapping etc). We also learned a new note on the recorder, f, and practiced the fingering so that we would get used to playing this note. We also talked a little bit about the talent show and assigned people to help run it!
It is very important to encourage children to be creative in your classroom. It is also important, as a teacher, to let children have opportunities to be creative. As a teacher, it is important to present new information for children to work with. To help children spark their creative side, as a teacher you must present information that students can hear, touch, taste, and smell. Just don't have students sitting in their desks and completing worksheets! Create lesson plans that allow students to come up with their own solutions to problems. Also challenge students with lessons/assignments that will really make them think outside of the box. Once you allow your students to be creative, they will have much more interest in the lesson that you are teaching. Instead of presenting the information in a boring way, actively engage your students by allowing them to stretch their brains. Children love to think of new ideas and also love to solve problems. They would much rather be active and engaged then sitting at their desks listening to a teacher lecture. They will also remember the lesson that they participated in and remember the information better!
When music is played in the classroom, students have many different ideas on how to interpret the song. Some may want to move to the music through dance, others may want to sing, and still some can come up with elaborate stories about the song. When music is incorporated in the curriculum students vividly remember certain parts of the song. Music can help students in many subjects such as math, reading, science, and more! Once music is introduced student’s minds are turned on. Instead of the daily routine of listening to the teacher and participating in class, music can help students stay focused and on task. Students have very active brains, and are always making up stories in their minds. By stimulating their brains with music and incorporating curriculum in the music, students can really benefit and remember the lesson more efficiently!
For my multicultural project, I am going to have my students learn about Sweden. I am going to teach them about the history, show them where Sweden is located on a map (in relation to the United States), learn about its traditions, and interesting facts about the country. I will also incorporate a Swedish recipe in my lesson so that students can taste and learn about food from another country!
Overall, I learned great ways to incorporate music into the curriculum. I believe that music can be an effective tool in helping children excel in school!
It is very important to encourage children to be creative in your classroom. It is also important, as a teacher, to let children have opportunities to be creative. As a teacher, it is important to present new information for children to work with. To help children spark their creative side, as a teacher you must present information that students can hear, touch, taste, and smell. Just don't have students sitting in their desks and completing worksheets! Create lesson plans that allow students to come up with their own solutions to problems. Also challenge students with lessons/assignments that will really make them think outside of the box. Once you allow your students to be creative, they will have much more interest in the lesson that you are teaching. Instead of presenting the information in a boring way, actively engage your students by allowing them to stretch their brains. Children love to think of new ideas and also love to solve problems. They would much rather be active and engaged then sitting at their desks listening to a teacher lecture. They will also remember the lesson that they participated in and remember the information better!
When music is played in the classroom, students have many different ideas on how to interpret the song. Some may want to move to the music through dance, others may want to sing, and still some can come up with elaborate stories about the song. When music is incorporated in the curriculum students vividly remember certain parts of the song. Music can help students in many subjects such as math, reading, science, and more! Once music is introduced student’s minds are turned on. Instead of the daily routine of listening to the teacher and participating in class, music can help students stay focused and on task. Students have very active brains, and are always making up stories in their minds. By stimulating their brains with music and incorporating curriculum in the music, students can really benefit and remember the lesson more efficiently!
For my multicultural project, I am going to have my students learn about Sweden. I am going to teach them about the history, show them where Sweden is located on a map (in relation to the United States), learn about its traditions, and interesting facts about the country. I will also incorporate a Swedish recipe in my lesson so that students can taste and learn about food from another country!
Overall, I learned great ways to incorporate music into the curriculum. I believe that music can be an effective tool in helping children excel in school!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
MUSC 373 Journal 7
This week in music we went over presentations and songs and reviewed for the test. To review for my test, I printed out the study guide and answered all of the questions using the text book and the readings online. Once all of the questions were answered, I continued to look over the completed study guide and readings. The most difficult part in studying for this test was memorizing the solfege hand gestures. I was very confident with note names, values, and other music terms.
This semester we have covered a lot of material.
The first week, we wrote a journal that described our musical experiences and abilities. We then learned how to create a rhyme using four beats per measure:
My-Name-Is-Ellen
I-Love-To-Snowboard
Flying-Down-The-Mountain
It-Is-So-Exciting
We presented this rhyme to the class while one of our classmates kept the steady beat. Next, we presented this rhyme again to the class and we tapped the rhythmic pattern of the rhyme.
The second week we learned about steady beats and rhythm. We also learned how to use the hand drum and rhythmic sticks to tap to our beats. Also, we learned how to play the recorder and learned the notes B, A, and G.
The third week we learned how to draw pictures that corresponded with music. We learned how to place the pictures on the staff in higher and lower positions to indicate that the music goes up and down in pitch. We also learned to make the pictures larger and smaller indicating that the notes have different values. This week we also learned about melodies in music and learned more about the recorder. We also learned musical symbols, note names, and note values.
The fourth week, we learned how to write a lesson plan and also learned songs that could also include dancing! We also learned new songs and notes on the recorder (B, A, G, and C).
The fifth week, we wrote our first lesson plan, and learned a new note, D, on the recorder. We also learned new musical concepts.
The sixth week, everyone presented their lesson plans to the class. We all had a turn to teach and participate in the lessons. It was awesome to see everyone’s creative ideas and teaching styles!
Last week, the seventh week, we briefly went over songs that were taught in people’s lesson presentations and also reviewed for the test! On Friday, we took the test.
Looking back on how much we have accomplished so far and being able to go back to previous journals and reflect is very beneficial. It helps me remember everything that I have done and learned. I am looking forward to all the new concepts that I will be learning next semester!
This semester we have covered a lot of material.
The first week, we wrote a journal that described our musical experiences and abilities. We then learned how to create a rhyme using four beats per measure:
My-Name-Is-Ellen
I-Love-To-Snowboard
Flying-Down-The-Mountain
It-Is-So-Exciting
We presented this rhyme to the class while one of our classmates kept the steady beat. Next, we presented this rhyme again to the class and we tapped the rhythmic pattern of the rhyme.
The second week we learned about steady beats and rhythm. We also learned how to use the hand drum and rhythmic sticks to tap to our beats. Also, we learned how to play the recorder and learned the notes B, A, and G.
The third week we learned how to draw pictures that corresponded with music. We learned how to place the pictures on the staff in higher and lower positions to indicate that the music goes up and down in pitch. We also learned to make the pictures larger and smaller indicating that the notes have different values. This week we also learned about melodies in music and learned more about the recorder. We also learned musical symbols, note names, and note values.
The fourth week, we learned how to write a lesson plan and also learned songs that could also include dancing! We also learned new songs and notes on the recorder (B, A, G, and C).
The fifth week, we wrote our first lesson plan, and learned a new note, D, on the recorder. We also learned new musical concepts.
The sixth week, everyone presented their lesson plans to the class. We all had a turn to teach and participate in the lessons. It was awesome to see everyone’s creative ideas and teaching styles!
Last week, the seventh week, we briefly went over songs that were taught in people’s lesson presentations and also reviewed for the test! On Friday, we took the test.
Looking back on how much we have accomplished so far and being able to go back to previous journals and reflect is very beneficial. It helps me remember everything that I have done and learned. I am looking forward to all the new concepts that I will be learning next semester!
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