From: Barnett, Christine
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:48:53 0000
I look at it the same way Cara does - for me its the about stuff.
Learning about the history, culture, art, etc surrounding a piece of music.
The science and math that are the backbone of music. Etc
Christine Barnett
Hebron Valley Music specialist
https://sites.google.com/a/staff.lisd.net/hebronvalleyelementarymusic/
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On 1/7/17, 11:00 AM, "MK8-talk on behalf of Carol Parnell"
wrote:
>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >
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