Journal 2

During class this past week, we created rhymes about ourselves and sang them to a steady beat. We learned that a steady beat was a constant repetition of sound. After singing our rhythms to our fellow classmates, we changed the tempo of the rhymes and sang it in a rhythmic beat. On Friday, we were introduced to the recorder. There we learned how to play to a rhythmical beat with our recorder. We played songs such as "Hey, Hey Whose in Town" and "Three blind mice". We also learned the B, A, and G notes.
We were taught Rhythmic beat and steady beat this week. We learned these concepts and ideas through demonstration. We listened to what the teacher played and repeated to her what we had just heard. We did this by either singing back to her or playing on the recorder. We also learned through discussion. Students were asked questions in class and responded to questions in which we learned different examples for these key concepts in addition to definitions and ideas.
I believe its important we were taught about these key concepts because its the core part of music. Without learning about these key concepts everything else would not fall into place. The concepts we were taught are very important in correlation to becoming a well diverse teacher. It will help us bring music into the classroom. I feel that learning the recorder is a very interesting and fun experience for us to learn. However, I do not know how I would incorporate that into the classroom atmosphere for elementary students. I think that this instrument may be a little to advanced for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd graders. For 4th and 5th graders it would probably be acceptable.
The things that we learned throughout the week were things that we could incorporated in an elementary education classroom. These concepts,ideas, and skills are important for students of this age to learn. Through these skills students may find different strategies of learning. We could also incorporate this musical skills through introducing classmates to each other. We learned songs that could help students learn more about one another. Students should understand and know the basic ideas of music. As students start to understand these basic ideas and concepts they will advance to more complex musical things like the recorder. Overall, students should be learning different forms of music and incorporating them into their daily lives.
Some children songs that I am familiar with are
1. row, row, row your boat
2. Happy Birthday
3. itsy bitsy spider
4. ABC's
5. Ants go marching
6. Rock a bye baby
7. Do your ears hang low
8. fifty nifty united states
9. if your happy and you know it
10. Twinkle, Twinkle little star