From: Marilyn Rippy
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:03:16 -0600
I typically echo read with my younger grade levels (I read - they read),
then we read together, then we listen to the music and follow along with
our reading fingers, then we sing. I found that when students do not know
what the words are they won't participate. So that is how I have upped
engagement. If you have a student that is struggling with reading you can
always assign them a coach. (I like assigning the squirrel that has a good
heart but can't sit still.) Typically by using that process and singing the
song a couple of times the students have it memorized enough to sing and
dance or sing and play an instrument.
I found earbuds do not fit into little ears well. I found headphones
online from Dollar Tree for $1. Yes, they break pretty easily but in the
grand scheme of things... they're a dollar.
For instruments in a typical year; I have 6 of every instrument. My rows
have 6 students in a row. So students practice on the back of the 1st
grade Silver Burdette Making Music book (Keyboard) when they are waiting
for their turn to play a keyboard instrument. Each chair has a number and
each instrument has a number. I do have them rotate through the
instruments so they don't get stuck playing the same one over and over.
They typically get to experience 4 of the 6 before we change seating charts
at semester.
We practice the procedure for each classroom percussion instrument, then I
have the first row students use the instrument first, then when they are
done it gets passed to the person behind them. If you don't participate
and sing out you don't get to play the instrument. EVERYBODY sings and
shows how to play the instrument to be able to play.
I do have a set of 30 triangles and jingles so at Christmas time everyone
gets to play those all at once.
I hope you are having an awesome day!
Marilyn Rippy
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 7:42 AM Chris Badger wrote:
> *How many times should a child sing a song to learn it? 7? 10? * Can't find
> it in my resource books from college. And if it is a source from a few
> years back, I would bet it is more now. Singing/Music Deficit Disorder,
> anyone?
>
> *How do you get children to explore musically when many crave silence in
> the classroom and others are like, this is LOUD and COOL?*
> I love digital instruments and ipads but the kids often DO NOT have
> headphones for volume. (I know what is on my list for next year, earbuds
> ONLY for music class). I am very direct with my preK but I speak of grades
> K-2 in specific.
>
> My workaround is taking turns with one instrument which is not useful with
> short attention spans. It does make them listen. (Teaching mostly in the
> regular elementary classroom). It used to be having headphone splitters so
> I could have mini stations.
>
> Not related. We had a rolling power outage yesterday so internet based and
> electricity based teaching went out the window. I reviewed tempi with my
> third graders and quizzed them on how others told time before computers,
> phones and electricity.
>
> Hope if you had severe weather that you all are warm and safe. Off to
> school!
>
> Chris Ann
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