Week 14

During this week of class we reviewed our knowledge on binary form( AB, verse and chorus) and learned about a new form called Ternary. Ternary is made up of three distinct section in a musical piece.(ABC) then we learned about the concept of Rondo , which is where one section usually A repeats after every new section (ABACA).Also our main focus for the rest of the semester is our multicutural project. I have been getting a lot of get lesson plans together for my country of Brazil. I was think that my additional activity would be to make a rain stick since the Amazon rain forest is located in Brazil.

We learned these concept through a song with hand movements called " Gong to the Zoo" Later, we were divided up into two groups (B and C) and had to create dance moves to the tempo. When the tempo changed we would do the two dance moves.

This is an important concept to learn because we are now able to better understand music composition. also we become more aware of upcoming changes to the current measure/ measures.

Children at many ages can find this helpful when learning a new song. They can hear the piece played on CD and think about the different binary or ternary forms that may be in the piece. They may even learn when to play their instruments and when not to play them.

week 13

During this week of class we finished up the group literature projects. my group actually went twice because our teacher forgot to record us the first time. but that was OK because we got extra credit for it.

We also learned about another music concept called Tempo. Tempo is fast and /or slow. we learned about this concept through a movement lesson. we stared off by listening to different styles of music and passed a ball around the circle to the right. When the music changed tempo we would reverse the direction the ball was going in.

This is an important concept to teach children because music can involve being sung or played at different speeds. I think that a movement lesson can really demonstrate this concept well to children because they can see and feel the tempo.

week 12

This week our main focus was on our group literature project. i was assigned to the social studies group. we all came to the group having two books and choose the book Atlantic that PJ picked out. We thought the story and illustrations were great!!

The easy part of my group was that all the member worked really well together. every one contribute to the lesson with their ideas or insight. We also used all of the class time given to work on our presentation. Members that were unable to meet before class did their part on our group page on blackboard. I did the notes for instrument to words and served as a mentor between Kelly and the group.Since Kelly was unable to access our group's page.

I think the most challenging part came when we were putting our lesson plan together. different people were working on the different lesson plan sections. It became a little challenge when Kelly could not even get into the group's page because she had the notes for our lesson plan that we discussed in class. But we were able to find a way to make it all come together.

the best part was putting our lesson plan to the test and reading the story along with the instruments. it really made all of our hard work worth it. And i can see how children could really enjoy the story more.

This is important for children at any age because they can be creative in ways to make a sound with voice or an instrument. Also children can learn how t play different instrument and the sound that make noise to every day things.

week 11

This week in class we review the concept of binary form. we did a dance where we pretended to be a butterfly. in the first section of the song were moved to the right and when that section changed into the second section we moved to the left. many songs that we already know are in binary form like " this old man". I really enjoyed class this week because it was full of creativity and fun.

During recorder time we learn two new notes D and C. Another big focus this week was playing musical instruments. We learned different types and how to play them. Also we read two story where we incorporate instruments into the book. One story was The Napping House with percussion instruments and Thunder Cake with home-made instruments.

It is important for us to learn these concepts because we need to be able to understand and be able to teach them in different way to children. we are opening up our creative sides to make a dull lesson became more engaging and fun.

All children at different ages get excited about playing music. playing an instrument helps the child to learn through different sense such as feel, hear, and sight. the children can learn about made-made instruments and instruments that they can make in their own classroom or home.

Week 10

This week in class we learned a musical concept called timbre. Timbre is the tone color of sounds. also we learned another concept called binary form. binary is when a piece of music has two distinctive sections such as verse and chorus. We learned this concept through the song/ dance " Hit the road jack".

Also during the week we read another story that we created sounds for. again different students were assigned to words in the story and they had to be creative to come up with a vocal sounds to represent it. my word was cry and i said Whaaaaaaaaa( staring out soft and then getting louder). we also learned how to add songs into our story. for our page turner we sang a song called what would you do with a boo-who baby to the tune of drunken sailor.

All of these concepts were important to learn because they help you to read and understand the music. they can also turn an ordinary story into a class effort and amusement.

This week we learned that music can inspire children of all ages to be creative. they are able to think of an everyday word and come up with a sound to represent that word. Another thing is children can create their own songs using the Melody to songs they already know.

week 9

This week we did not have class because of Spring Break. Our next assignment is to have our country summary and map done by next Monday. I am looking up information on Brazil for my project.

week 8

This week in class we learned different ways to teach the concept of dynamics. we also spent a lot of time going over our requirements for the multicultural project. i have decided to do the country of Brazil. during our recorder session we learned the note F#. then we learned how to incorporate sound into books.

To learn dynamic we read the story Piglet Brothers and used our voices as instruments. in cour class the teacher assigned different students to different words in the story. I had the first word ( at the bottom). the student had create a sound for the word that they were assigned.

It is important to learn multiple ways of learning because you may have students who learn in different learning styles than yourself. putting a story together with sounds helps to make the book more engaging to those who are listening.

Music helps to bring out creativity in children of any age. it can make a basic concept like dynamics more appealing to them. when you add the element of creativity to your lesson and it also helps to stimulate the children cognitive skills. since the students are directed to make decisions about what sounds to create.