From: Carol Parnell
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 11:00:27 -0600
Thanks, Cara!
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Cara Coffey wrote:
> For this standard, I teach about the connections between music and the
> other subjects. Here are some examples:
>
> When discussing the divisions of a whole note, we relate to fractions in
> math. Math also comes up when discussing time signatures and completing
> measures/drawing bar lines according to the TS.
>
> Reading comes up frequently when we discuss vocabulary from the song (like
> the SSB which has a lot of words with unfamiliar meanings like ramparts) We
> also discuss the songwriter's purpose as well as summarizing what the song
> is about. Musically, it gives students a greater understanding of how the
> text relates to the music (dynamics, tempo, articulation) while bridging
> the concepts taught in ELA.
>
> I'm also planning my second Science of Sound night right now that focuses
> on how sound is created, how different instruments create sound, the
> relationship between shorter/longer and higher/lower, etc.
>
> When teaching a song from another country, we discuss the region, find it
> on Google Earth, talk about the climate, discuss cultural aspects of the
> music that identify with that music. I did a Christmas Around the World
> with each grade having a couple different countries, we compared and
> contrasted holiday traditions as well as music that the students had heard
> before or not.
>
> For health science, we discuss similarities between vocal health and
> general health factors (exercise, water, no smoking, no drugs, etc.)
>
> I hope this helps. I can give more examples when I'm actually looking at my
> lesson plans.
>
> Cara
>
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> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:30 AM Carol Parnell wrote:
>
> > For all my Texas teaching friends, my school is working on a description
> of
> >
> > essential standards for each subject, which includes a description of
> what
> >
> > the TEKS look like in the classroom.
> >
> > My question is about 5C - "identify the relationships between music and
> >
> > interdisciplinary concepts": what does this look like in the classroom?
> In
> >
> > other words, how do you present this concept to your students? I'd
> >
> > appreciate your ideas! Is this just using music to teach other subjects,
> >
> > like math facts or state capitals, or is it something else? - Carol in
> > Texas
> >
> >