week 14

week 13

How is the course going for you so far? 

I have learned so much about music and how I should incorporate music into my classroom. The class set up is great, allows for flexibility which is perfect with my very hectic life and schedule. 

2. What are some ways in which you can incorporate music into other subject areas? 

After watching the lessons in class I feel like music can be best incorporated into the reading and mathematics. Using the measures and rhythm of the songs could be used for a math activity, you could also have the students create their own song and use that for a writing reading component.  

3. How has the technology (blog, WVSU online) impacted your learning? Negatively? Positively? 

The blog has been very nice and great to follow. The only issue with my class experience are at times with the videos sometimes they can be a little hard to hear during some of the lessons. Overall the class and the way it is taught and the tools used are wonderful. 

week 12

A Man with a Violin Lesson

1.) Objectives

• Music: Students will use the story to further develop their knowledge of Rhythm.
• Reading: Students will explore the setting in the story.

2.) 

• Introduce the story (A Man with a Violin) and how to locate it on the internet 3-5 mins
• Watch the video 5 minutes 
• Teacher discussion and sorting of students into pairs 3 minutes 
• Student discussion (collaborating)  in pairs 3 minutes 
• Class discussion 8 minutes 
• Activity (instruments) 10 minutes 
• Class plays song as a whole and then has a discussion  10 minutes 
• Closure discussion- 8 minutes 

3.)

Introduction 

• Instruction on where to locate the story, A Man with a Violin, 
• Watched the video 

Body

• Discussion and sorting students into groups (pairs) 
• Groups discuss their ideas (teacher, student discussion) 
• Students played instruments 
• Discussion 

Closure

• Closing discussion summing up the points. 

week 10

week 9

Slam Dunk  #32 page 19

Week 8

Melodic Contour

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Week 5

Rain on the green grass
Rain on the tree
Rain on the house, but
Not on me


Ta ti ti Ta Ta
Ta ti ti Ta Ta
Ta ti ti Ta Ta
Ta Ta Ta Ta

Week 4

1. What is an ostinato? 

An ostinato is the repeated pattern throughout a piece of music. 

2. What is experimental learning? 

Experimental learning is the way of teaching that allow students to be creative and engage intellectually in problem solving. 

3. How can you facilitate students stopping and starting together in rhythm? 

As the teacher you could provide them with visuals such as drawing the rhythm on the board.You could also have the class come together in a circle, like in the videos. This allows the students to watch one another and get involved as a class.  

4. Ask any questions you might have regarding the content of this video. 

When teaching the lessons, how many activities are best? I know in the video you said around 3, is that just for when teaching adults ? 

Week 3

1. One way to introduce a rhythmic poem to students would be through echo imitation; this is when the teacher introduces the content in a specific way and the students repeat it in the same way. It is best to dive right into the lesson therefore giving specific extensive instruction prior to the lesson is not needed.
2. When teaching a rhythmic poem to students it is best to use rhythm to introduce your students to the poem. Repetition and saying each line of the poem with a specific rhythm exposes the students to the words in the poem at a different cognitive level. A higher level rather than they would be if the teacher was just speaking the poem without rhythm.
3.The notes Ta and ti-ti come together throughout the rhythmic poem to create the beat. Ta represents a full note where a ti-ti represent a smaller portion of a note.

Week 2

1.) Define what beat and rhythm are respectively. The beat is steady, non changing and dictates the rhythms speed; how fast or slow. Rhythm is the composition of the sounds and relies upon the beat for the speed. Rhythm also contains moments of rest this allows the rhythm to have "definition" rather than being one tone.
2.) Rhythm and beat do relate to one another, rhythm is controlled/ dictated by the "steady" beat. A rhythm without a beat would have no distinct speed.

Introduction

Hello, my name is Taylor Adkins. I am an Elementary Education major as well as a wife and mother. I have a rotten 14 month old little boy and a silver Labrador retriever named Ruger. I began my college career straight out of high school however I did not start out pursuing a degree in education; I actually started in nursing. After 2 years I had a hard realization that I was not meant to be a nurse, I then switched to education and I have loved every minute of it. I had always wanted to be a teacher but I allowed family to influence my decision ultimately leading me to take 2 years of nursing school. I am now a senior and will be student teaching in the Spring. I hope to gain an understanding on how to use music in my classroom also incorporating non typical methods and fun into the lessons.I have very little musical background and because of this I am slightly nervous for this class. Here is to a great semester :)