This week the music rules will be led by a student. I will randomly pick a student to lead the class in reciting the 5 music rules. Each student will get a chance to lead the class. We have a different leader each week.
After the rules we will do our "crew time" activity. We are an Expeditionary Learning school and crew time a time to build community. The students do a crew circle at the beginning of each day in their classrooms, but I also like to have a crew time. I try to do whole group activity to help them learn how to work together. I will often use a beat passing activity (e.g. cup game) or a singing game. This month's activity we are doing Frog in the Middle (see last week's plans on how to play).
This week students will do the activity without the teacher singing for them. Before we start the activity I will go over the Success Criteria and review how to sing the song. A success criteria is a list of what students need to do to be successful. It can included what the expectation is or what the steps are for accomplishing the task at hand. This is also an Expeditionary Learning component.
This week students will do the activity without the teacher singing for them. Before we start the activity I will go over the Success Criteria and review how to sing the song. A success criteria is a list of what students need to do to be successful. It can included what the expectation is or what the steps are for accomplishing the task at hand. This is also an Expeditionary Learning component.
I do vocal warm-ups with all my 2nd-5th graders. Vocal warm-ups helps them to get focused, warm-up their voice, and to develop a good singing voice. We do the same warm-up all month (3-4 lessons) and then I will change them up. It takes about 5-6 minutes to do all of them. Here they are:
Pitch exploration: slide whistle
Song Fragment (echo song): Caney Mi Macaro
Warm-Up: Mah Mah
Tongue Twister: Apes Ate All Eight Apples
Pitch exploration: slide whistle
Song Fragment (echo song): Caney Mi Macaro
Warm-Up: Mah Mah
Tongue Twister: Apes Ate All Eight Apples
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This week I will be introducing all my classes to my Effort rubric. We are an Expeditionary Learning school and having students self assessment themselves is one of the components. We use a rubric of 1-4, 4 being the best.
We will discuss what a 4,3,2, and 1 looks like. You can check out my blog for more details about this.
I have an Effort scoreboard (below). Throughout the class I will move students as needed. At the very end of class I will move students who are a 4. Students can only be a 4 if they were engaged and focused the whole time.
We will discuss what a 4,3,2, and 1 looks like. You can check out my blog for more details about this.
I have an Effort scoreboard (below). Throughout the class I will move students as needed. At the very end of class I will move students who are a 4. Students can only be a 4 if they were engaged and focused the whole time.
We will continue with working "Hello to all the Children of the World". I like to use this song to teach the students about what a refrain is and what a verse is and how verses work.
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We will finish the day with the folk dance Sasha (see last week's lesson for details). Before they leave we will go over the scoreboard and review the things we need to work on for next time.
