What?
I remember taking a creative movement acedemic class my first or second semester of college and I thought it was the weirdest thing ever. But I learned in that class and in this lesson that it really works for some kids and it's really not that weird in schools when its done right.
So What?
In field, this week actually, Chris and I are planning a lesson using "flocking" with military positions used during WWII. After spending time in our class I know that they'll really like it.
Now What?
It will take a lot of preparation and time to create lessons using dance, but I think that in the end they will be rewarding as the students will enjoy them and learn what has been taught.
And....
the group project was great. Everyone participated and worked on our lesson. It was fun!
Sorry this is so late!!!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Reflection #4 - Music
What?
I think it's very important that music should be included in the classroom. Music is heard every day all over the world, I think it's important that students learn about it and how to appreciate it. I learned a lot from creating this music lesson. It's hard to create a song, even with the help of the tune of a folk song, and it's even harder to teach it!
So What?
I definitely plan on using lessons like these in my classroom someday. I think it's a clever way to teach students how to remember things because we ALL know all the lyrics to our favorite songs and won't be forgetting them soon!
Now what?
Now every time I hear a clever song with lyrics that could be used in my classroom I'm going to take note of it. I plan on saving a bunch of cute songs to use in my classroom. Now that I know how to use the USOE resources I'll have all the tunes for all the folk songs and can write lyrics to whatever I need to teach my students!
And of course, it was a lot of fun working with Chris on this assignment. She's a good worker! She and I wrote the lyrics together using a book that I checked out from the Provo Library. She's my field partner so we have to get used to teaching well together and I think we did great on our presentation!
I think it's very important that music should be included in the classroom. Music is heard every day all over the world, I think it's important that students learn about it and how to appreciate it. I learned a lot from creating this music lesson. It's hard to create a song, even with the help of the tune of a folk song, and it's even harder to teach it!
So What?
I definitely plan on using lessons like these in my classroom someday. I think it's a clever way to teach students how to remember things because we ALL know all the lyrics to our favorite songs and won't be forgetting them soon!
Now what?
Now every time I hear a clever song with lyrics that could be used in my classroom I'm going to take note of it. I plan on saving a bunch of cute songs to use in my classroom. Now that I know how to use the USOE resources I'll have all the tunes for all the folk songs and can write lyrics to whatever I need to teach my students!
And of course, it was a lot of fun working with Chris on this assignment. She's a good worker! She and I wrote the lyrics together using a book that I checked out from the Provo Library. She's my field partner so we have to get used to teaching well together and I think we did great on our presentation!
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