Subject: Re: [MK8] Questions about Texas TEKS

Okay, thanks! - Carol
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Barnett, Christine
wrote:
> I look at it the same way Cara does - for me its the ³about² stuff.
> Learning about the history, culture, art, etc surrounding a piece of music.
> The science and math that are the backbone of music. EtcÅ 
>
> Christine Barnett
> Hebron Valley Music specialist
>
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> On 1/7/17, 11:00 AM, "MK8-talk on behalf of Carol Parnell"
> buffetr32@gmail.com> 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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