Reflection # 4

This week we learned how to create our own lesson plans. Were taught the song Tideo and also learned the dance movements to go along with this song. Then we used this song to create our own sample lesson plan to make it easier when we created our own since we would have some type of format to follow when we create a lesson plan from the song of our choice. I am glad that we are working on lesson palns because this is something that we as uppcoming teachers need to be really good at. Another song that we learned was Bow Wow Wow and we were aslo to keep a steady beat while singing the song. we went around the circle and everyone in the class was asked to show the class a differnet way of keeping a steady beat with differnent parts of your body. On friday we wworked with our recorders. We learned a new note in addition tot he three that we already knew how to play this note was, C. When we learned this note we also learned about three new songs to go along with it.

Reflection # 8

This week we learned about the importance out the importance dynamics and we also learned how to use vocal inflections to dramatize the story, The Piglet Brothers. There were certain phrases within the story that were underlined which means they needed some type of sound effect to take place of the word, and some students were required to figure out some type of noise that could b used to dramatize that phrase.
We also had the opportunity to create our own songs and figure how to incorporate dynamics and vocal inflections into the story and then each group had to perform it for the class. I think that it was very interesting t hear the stories that the other groups came up with. We also played the recorder and learned new note F #.
You can’t always assume that children learn in the same way so you must change your style of teaching adapt to your students. You can allow children to work while listening to music or you can teach them things y incorporating it in a song. Whatever you do you must make sure that it is keeping the interests of your students.
We went of the requirements and rubric for our multicultural project and I decided to do mine on African American culture. That is a very broad concept so I want to slightly touch on slavery but I want to focus more on the Civil Rights Movement, and also some present culture which would be Obama being the first black president.

Reflection # 7

I prepared for the midterm by making sure that I was familair with everything that was on the study guide. I reviewed notes and the chapters that i knew would be on the test.
The difficult part was trying to remeber the C and G scales and also solfegee. I think that all of the terms that were on the test were simple because I was very familair with them because we go over them a lot in class. Overall I think the the test was a bit more difficult then i expected it to be. I also think that it was long especially since we were expected to finish in 50 min
The easy part for me was all of the definitions
I usally prepare for an exam 2 or 3 days before
I am learning a lot in this class such as the music terminolgy and i also really like the recorder!!!!

Evaluation

Musicianship (5 pts) ____5_________
In tune, accurate pitch
Accurate rhythm
Appropriate tempo
Phrasing
Expression

Leadership (10 pts) ______5__________
Body language
Facial expression
Voice tone and volume
Eye contact
Intensity (energy)

Preparation (15 pts) ___15______________
Knowledge of music
Knowledge of plan
Written plan
Instruments/equipment ready
Recordings/charts/materials ready

Delivery of Instruction (20 pts) __13___________
Motivation, capturing attention
Sequencing of steps
Verbal instructions
Questioning
Pace of lesson, flow, transition
Flexibility (ability to diagnose and adjust)
Feedback to the learners
Continuity/focus of lesson
Closure
Total Points __38____________

Journal Reflection # 6

What i found most difficult about the presentation was getting up in front of the class and actually making the lesson plans we wrote come to life. i really am not very comfortabke with getting up in groups of people. For me , it is easier to get up in front of a class full of children rather than a group of people your own age.
I dont believe that i spoke or sung loud enough because generally I am a very softspoken person. I alos think that my ending could have been stronger and i could have come up with better questions to ask the class.
The hand movements went very well with the song that i was teaching and i theink that would be something that second graders would enjoy doing.
If i could do the whole thing over again i think that I would choose a different song. There are many other song that would be a better pick when trying to incoroporate musical and non musical concepts into the lesson.

Journal Week #5

This week reviewed our lesson plans and also covered some things that we will need to know for our first test. We worked in detail with our lesson plans and worked in groups on how to present the plan to the class. This was my first time working on a lesson plan and i realized that i didnt put enough detail into it but in my second draft i put in the hand movements and everything else that should have went in my first draft. i think that working in the groups was a good idea becausethe people in my group helped me to see the the things that werent right in my first draft. I am kind of nervous about teaching my song to the class but since it is my first time i l believe this will be a very good learning experience. on friday we learned a new note on the recorder and the class was doing very well and we all sounded very good playing together and also with the piano to.

Journal Reflection # 3

This week we learned many new things but one thing that we really focused on was melody. The definition that we learned is that melody is a variation of high, low and the same pitch. We also learned about the scale that was associated with us learning about melody, this scale is the CDEFGABC. The treble clef sometimes called the G- clef comes at the begging of the 5 line scale. After we learned about these our assignment was to go draw pictures that went to the beat of the song rain, but the catch was we had to place the pictures we drew on the same place on the scale that the note would show up. I think that this assignment helped up to better understand where the notes come on the scale because you actually had to do it for yourself. We also had to learn about whole notes, the half notes and the quarter notes and all if these things were incorporated in our homework in some way. We also talked about the tone you should use when singing song with children. The younger they are the higher your voice should be so they can sing along.
On Friday we got some more practice on our recorders. Last week we learned to play three notes on the recorder, A, B, G. We were directed in class to use these three notes to play the song “Think of a Fly” and we could put the notes wherever we wanted to in the song. I didn’t think that this activity was difficult it was actually a lot of fun because we got to use or own creativity.