Teaching Academic Skills Through the Exploration of Music
Sloan Edward Williams III
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K-2
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1. See K-2 section in goals, strategies and objectives. “Star Wars” is the best suited for use with of this level of students. 8 The first day should be spent with just introductory games. Often It is easy to take a simple song and have each students substitute their first name for a phase or line of the song. Turn-taking sldlls might follow by having the whole class singing each other’s name going around the room or circle. Next activity might be to have the class sing musical numbers. This game is best done in a call and response fashtion. (Sing: 1,2,3,4,5, using a major tetra chord; have the class repeat what you sing.) Musical Nerf Herders Game, is where you have the class divide into small groups and tell them that each group is a herd of Nerfs. Each Nerf makes a beeping sound. Most students know that it is there cue to make BEEP, BEEP sounds. The goal is to have each group BEEP the same way (which, if the teacher is lucky, will also be at the same pitch). If mastery does not happen the first time round, don’t fret. Soon you will have a regular Nerf Choir by the end of the week.
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2. Have the class work on simple patterns. The next class you might have the class make movies with stickfigures. Have small 2’ X 2” cut up and have color markers for all students. Have students draw ten pieces of paper with one placing the arm in a different place on each piece of paper. Have students hold ten papers together in one hand, like playing cards and bingo: movies! If you have time left have each student make up a little tune to go with the movie that they made.