WeEk 5

In this week's class we focused a lot on our lesson plan for our singing presentation. We turned in a draft on our lesson and got it back with helpful suggestions on how to improve your lesson plan. Then we were able to meet with other students and share our lesson plans and ideas. I also learned that our presentations are going to be post right here on our blogs. I feel that I am ready to do my singing lesson on " Five Little Frogs" , i mean i am a little nervous but once i start i will be fine. In class we were also taught different ways to teach a lesson and i am going to use the two phrases method to introduce my song to the class. I also found my song on a CD at my work and i think it will be a good idea to play it once we are dancing to the movements. this week i learned about Kodaly and his approach in music. while I was in choir we did a lot of warm-ups using solfegge. Then in our recorder lesson we learned a new note "D" and talked about sharps.

To learned how to write a lesson plan, as a class we did a mock one for the song on Tideo. This way when i went to write my own I had an example that I could follow. I found it really helpful the packet we got on how to teach a song. I am even incorporating an idea into my own lesson. at the end of class we were able to meet in groups of three to share our lesson. when learning about Kodaly's approach, i received a packet and we discussed his approach as a class. Also we sand and did hand movement in solfegee. then we did some examples of "rhythmic duration syllables"( quarter note = ta). in our recorder lesson we played through a review song and then were introduced to the note "D". We played a song that our teacher made up including the notes B,A,G,C, and D. It was fun because you had to think of the notes she was calling out while you were playing.

It is important to learn ab0ut Kodaly's approach because when doing solfegge you are able to sing the correct pitches of a note by looking at the music or someone doing the hand movements. then we can understand note value when you place the rhythmic syllables under the notes. To make you feel more comfortable about doing a singing presentation in front of the class it is helpful to get information on different ways to teach a song.In class we recieved a packet on different teaching methods for songs. It is also helpful to share your lesson with people who you are going to be presenting to. This way you kind of practice your song /lesson with an audience.

Kodaly's approach of rhythmic syllables are important for children to learn because it helps one to learn the value of different notes. As a teacher you could teach a new song to your class by going through the notes saying the syllables of the note and learning the rhythm of the song. Solfegee is helpful to children learning different pitches of a song . This allows children to have a visual of the hand movements to different notes.By putting the hand movement and solfegge together children are able to have a better tonal memory. Also you can tell children to begin a song on "do" and they will know what the first pitch is suppose to sound like . Then you can replace "Do" with a word like "five" and have them sing five .