Online Interactive Recorder Fingering Chart

http://www.dolmetsch.com/cfingerchart.htm

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The 4 Horses of Texture from Sweden

Assignment: Lesson Plan #2 - Texture

Presentation Schedule for Texture Lessons

Tuesday, March 13 @ 7:40am: Caitlin Lincourt, James Jones, Ariel Stern, Heather Williams
Tuesday, March 13 @ 5:30pm: , Brian Ingram, Melissa James, Andrea Mitchell, Amanda Writtenhouse, Chad Roscoe, Jennifer Boone

Thursday, March 15 @ 7:40am: Kyle Govert, Adam Allen, Richie Barker, Diana Dailey

Lesson Plan Assignment:

Using the Lesson Plan Format and Lesson Plan Rubric posted on this blog, write a lesson for the elementary classroom using Texture as the doorway in. The lesson must be centered around a listening, composing, or performing experiences where students explore texture. Be sure to fill out the Lesson Plan Format completely including:

• All materials needed (including CD, artist, album, etc. for the music)
• National Standards
• Organization of lesson (small group, large group, partners, individual)
• How you will connect to the students' prior understanding and/or experiences
• Any groundwork you will do to enable students to succeed at solving the musical problems
• How you will assess your students' understanding throughout the lesson, not just at the beginning and end.
• An extension experience. This should be a potential follow up experience either listening, performing, or composing.

For additional ideas on creating lessons with texture as the doorway in, read Chapters 7 & 8 in Wiggins' TMU book.

You may wish to bring a copy of your lesson for each classmate, OR you can wait for my and your peers' feedback and hand out copies after you've had a chance to revise them. You will have approximately 10-12 minutes to teach your lesson, with 3-5 minutes for class feedback and discussion. Your attendance is expected at each class session, unless previously cleared with me.

PLEASE, after writing your lesson, review the criteria on the Lesson Plan Rubric to make sure your lesson is as strong as it can be.

Blog: Your experiences working with texture and Garageband

For Thursday, please add your responses to the following questions as comments to this blog:

1. Describe your experience working with Garageband?
2. What challenges did you run into working with the software? Do you think students would have the same challenges? Why?
3. What are some ideas you have for framing a music learning experience using texture and loop-software?
4. What other musical skills or concepts might a loop-based software environment work well for?

Please read Katie Wood Ray's Read Like a Teacher of Writing and be prepared to talk about how to apply her questions for evaluating how to teach from a piece of writing to how we could teach from a piece of music.

Give your feedback to the draft Indiana Music Standards

The proposed revision of Indiana’s Academic Standards for Music, K-12 is currently online for public comment on the Indiana Department of Education website. The document will remain available for review until March 23 at which time all comments will be considered in preparation for the final draft to be presented to the Indiana State Board of Education for adoption. Your responses and those of your pre-service music education students would be appreciated. To access the online evaluation process, go to http://www.doe.state.in.us and look under Hot Topics or go directly to http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/dg/standards/Eval-Music-Intro.cfm.

Please also forward this information to others as appropriate. Thank you for your interest and participation in this important process related to quality music education for every student in Indiana!

Sarah Fronczek
Fine Arts Consultant
Office of Program Development
Indiana Department of Education
Room 229, State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
Phone: (317) 234-1751
Fax: (317) 232-9121
fronczek@doe.state.in.us

New ideas for Texture piece and popular music

Check out the forum over on my friend Sharon Davis' webpage. One of Sharon's research areas is popular music and popular music processes in the schools. She has some great resources on her site as well as a lesson plan database of lesson ideas related to popular music.

Check it out.

Variations on America!

Click on video to go to YouTube to grab code.

Announcement: Placement schedules and information

Tentative Placements:

Lori Carpenter

Richie Barker --- 1:20 Tuesday @ Franklin - 3rd Grade
Kyle Govert --- 9:15 Tuesday @ Franklin - 1st Grade
Heather Williams --- 8:35 Monday @ Riley - 4th Grade

Debbie Nearpass

Brian Ingram --- 8:35 Monday @ Franklin - 4th
Melissa James --- 9:10 Tuesday @ Sugar Grove - K
James Jones --- 9:10 Tuesday @ Sugar Grove - K
Jenny Boone --- 8:35 Friday @ Meadows - 1st
Amanda Writtenhouse --- 9:10 Thursday @ Sugar Grove - 4th

Amie Ellison

Caitlin Lincourt --- 12:50 Tuesday @ Davis Park - 2nd
Andrea Mitchell --- 9:05 Wednesday @ Ouabache - 3rd
Chad Roscoe --- 8:30 Froday @ Ouabache - 4th
Ariel Stern --- 8:30 Wednesday @ Ouabache - 3rd
Diana Dailey --- 1:25 Wednesday @ Ouabache - 2nd

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Expectations

• You will arrive EARLY to your placement and stay the full time.
• You will notify BOTH the classroom teacher and me if you can not attend your placement IN ADVANCE.
• You will dress and act professionally in accordance with what your cooperating teacher suggests.
• You will actively participate in class activities and view this placement as a learning experience. If you have questions or concerns that come up during your placement, please see me to discuss things.
• You are representing yourself and ISU when visiting these schools. You are also interacting with possible future colleagues and employers. Act accordingly.
• If you' d like, after contacting your host teacher, you may start observing this week; otherwise, start next week. You are not expected to observe during your spring break or VCSC spring break.
  

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Directions to Schools:

Lori Carpenter - Riley Elementary MWF, Franklin Elementary TF

Debbie Nearpass - Franklin Elementary M, Sugar Grove Elementary TR, Meadows Elementary WF

Amie Ellison - Ouabache Elementary MWF, Davis Park TR

Click on the name of the teacher to bring up that teacher's schedule.

Click on the name of the school to go to the Vigo County Schools homepage where you will find directions to the schools.

Assignment: Lesson Plan 1 - Form

Presentation Schedule for Form Lessons

Tuesday, January 30 @ 7:40am: Kyle Govert, Adam Allen, Richie Barker, Jennifer Boone
Tuesday, January 30 @ 5:30pm: Diana Dailey, Brian Ingram, Melissa James, James Jones, Andrea Mitchell, Amanda Writtenhouse
Thursday, February 1 @ 7:40am: Caitlin Lincourt, Chad Roscoe, Ariel Stern, Heather Williams

Lesson Plan Assignment:

Using the Lesson Plan Format and Lesson Plan Rubric posted on this blog, write a lesson for the elementary classroom using Form as the doorway in. The lesson must be centered around a listening, composing, or performing experiences where students explore form. Be sure to fill out the Lesson Plan Format completely including:

• All materials needed (including CD, artist, album, etc. for the music)
• National Standards
• Organization of lesson (small group, large group, partners, individual)
• How you will connect to the students' prior understanding and/or experiences
• Any groundwork you will do to enable students to succeed at solving the musical problems
• How you will assess your students' understanding throughout the lesson, not just at the beginning and end.
• An extension experience. This should be a potential follow up experience either listening, performing, or composing.

For additional ideas on creating lessons with form as the doorway in, read Chapters 7 & 8 in Wiggins' TMU book.

You may wish to bring a copy of your lesson for each classmate, OR you can wait for my and your peers' feedback and hand out copies after you've had a chance to revise them. You will have approximately 10-12 minutes to teach your lesson, with 3-5 minutes for class feedback and discussion. Your attendance is expected at each class session, unless previously cleared with me.

PLEASE, after writing your lesson, review the criteria on the Lesson Plan Rubric to make sure your lesson is as strong as it can be.