Journal 3

Throughout this week, we have learned about melody. We were able to learn melody both through singing and playing on the recorder. We learned and started a new song to get to know one another and each others names. We learned about the C-Scale and were able to learn the treble clef. We also learned about the beat of each note. We did this by making pictures according to the song. We would make big pictures to emphasize one beat or two smaller pictures to emphasizes two beats. We applied all these different ideas towards a lesson plan. We learned the different things to put in a lesson plan in addition to the what to consider while teaching the lesson. While learning this, we were able to know about each grade level and what they are capable of doing. We also learned the different things students should be learning at those different ages. We are starting to be able to combine different ideas and thoughts that we are learning into different age groups and lessons.
All these things we learned this week, were taught to us in a variety of ways. We learned melody through singing to one another. The instructor presented the information to us and we would repeat the information back to her through question and answer or singing. We always learned this information through each other. Some of our classmates were able to give us information on things we may need to know. I feel that students this week were critiqued unfairly. Some students were trying hard and still were not getting the encouragement they needed.I This is causing students to doubt their abilities in music. Students were being called out on their weaknesses rather then being encouraged to try. We also learned information through reading the chapter. The chapters cover the majority of information on lesson plans and students abilities in different grades.
All these concepts are extremely important for us to cover. Being an elementary teacher, these concepts will help us to present information to our students in different ways. I think it is also important so that we know what students musical abilities are capable in different age groups. These different ideas will help us bring music into our classrooms.
All these different techniques and ideas are important for students to learn. I feel that students should be very diverse with different ways of learning. Music can incorporate a numerous about of different things in the world. From different culture ideas, communication, education, people, places, and things. These musical concepts are very important to children learning in elementary schools. We learn these different ideas to help our students learn and express emotion. As we continue on in the semester I feel that we will increase our knowledge of how students can interpret different ideas and concepts.