Teaching Strategies of Teaching Music, Study notes of Music

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INNOVATIVE TEACHING

STRATEGIES IN TEACHING

MUSIC FOR TODAY’S

DIVERSE CLASSROOM

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the lesson students are expected to:

Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the strategies in teaching music

for today’s diverse classroom

Design personal learning activity for children

Design appropriate assessment tools for assessing music in elementary

level

1. Songfest - This strategy translates the concept/lessons learned into a song. The

class is divided into group of equal number. This serves as a culminating

activity of the lesson

Desired Learning Outcome

Strengthens musical intelligence

Allows the students to turn the lesson into song

Develops unity, teamwork and cooperation

Teaching Procedures

State the objectives and procedures of the activity

Discuss the lesson

Allow the class to group themselves in order to plan and compose the

song as a culminating activity

Let them present their songs

Evaluate the activity

Teaching Procedures

State the objectives and procedures of the activity

Discuss the lesson

Tell them about the tasks to be done. Show them the footprints.

Allow them to do the activity

Evaluate the tasks.

3. Survey - This is the strategy to get the pulse of or the consensus of the entire

class of the opinions community about certain trends issues or concerns.

A mini-survey form is prepared and is given to the class in advance for

the students to accomplish.

Desired Learning Outcomes

Strengthens interpersonal intelligence

Enhances oral proficiency

Encourages one to conduct a mini-survey

4. Voice of the Class - This is a strategy that will designate the voice of the class. Instead

of singing, the member of the class will deliver their thoughts on the

lesson. The class will choose the voice of the group. The voice of each

group will compete with one another to choose the voice of the class.

Desired Learning Outcomes

Enhances oral communication

Strengthens harmonious relationship in class

Promotes higher order thinking skills.

Teaching procedures

Explain the objectives and procedures of the

Form groups depending on the class size

Give the assigned topic of the day

Let the group designate the voice of the group to talk about the topic

Allow the group to present the voice of the group

Choose the voice of the class based on the extent of the discussion of

the said topic

Evaluate the activity

Teaching Procedures

State the objectives and procedures of the activity

Discuss the lesson

Present the hanger with multiple clips and flashcards

Let them complete the activity

Present and display work in class

Evaluate the activity

As educators, we want to appropriately challenge each student—

encouraging higher-order thinking while meeting state standards. Music is

one tool to engage each student and provide a pathway for connections

and deeper understanding. Songs are essentially poems, and have a lot of

meaning packed into few words.

Questions arise as to what the author means, students’ own experiences

are considered from the perspective of that meaning, and this helps

create an environment where students will want to share what they are

thinking and why. This leads into a personal drive to do research to

understand what the author is referring to in the lyrics.

Mathematics can be challenging for students to understand because

the concepts are abstract, which is the main reason it’s important to

provide visuals and manipulatives to students when first teaching a

concept. Musical notes can help teach fractions, changing

instruments but playing the same song can help teach patterns, and

using pitch can help with frequency and ratios.

Science can benefit from songs that teach about the skeletal system

or incorporate mnemonics to help students remember the food

chain. Music can be the content for teaching about sound waves and

having children experience frequency with relation to pitch.

Literacy improves when a student is able to pick up on the patterns in

the structure of language and is able to differentiate between pitches in

words that sound similar but have different meanings. Music can be

utilized as a metaphor to explain elements of a story such as character,

setting, conflict, and resolution, using the melodies, instruments,

tempos, and dynamics as the teaching lens.

Clapping, snapping, tapping, whistling, humming, and stomping are

great ways to make music. For ideas on how to start music simply

by using your body, check out the musical Stomp —for example, the

part of the show in which clapping is the main instrument.

Post anchor charts to refer to for specific dancing songs or yoga

positions.

Movement and Circles Games

The activities in this section are effective in helping children:

Objectives

Demonstrate an awareness of music as part of daily life

Develop kinesthetic pattern recall

Develop spatial recall

Engage in play with “rules”

Exercise cooperation and social interaction

Gain sequential recall

Learn to interact with and communicate with others

Participate freely in music activities

Respond through movement to music