Assignment#8 Worksheet Chapter 5

Teaching Music through Playing Classroom Instruments (10 pts)

1.Classroom instruments function in a variety of ways. Please list some instruments that play (1) melodies, (2) harmony, and (3) rhythm.
(1)Melodic instruments—A melodic instrument is any instrument that can produce ________. List melodic instruments:____________.
(2)Harmonic instruments—A harmonic instrument can play _____________ or ______________ as accompaniments to songs. List harmonic instruments:___________.

(3) Rhythmic instruments (percussion instruments)—Rhythmic instruments can play the __________________ to songs. They are divided into _________, ____________, and ___________. List rhythmic instruments:

2.What musical concepts could students gain through playing instruments?

3.Playing instrumental accompaniments adds interests and variety to many songs and contributes toward perceptual and motor skills. The choice and use of appropriate instruments in musical experiences can enrich the study of history, geography, culture and people, poetry, feelings and moods, and holidays. Please select one topic from above categories and design an activity using musical instruments.

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Assignment#7

Please read through the article I posted on BB and write a reflection about it. The post (on your blog) is due on Sunday by 11:59. When you write your reflection make sure you include the responses to the following questions.

1.Is it true that just listening (passively listening to )music makes you smart? What does research studies cited in this article indicate? What does the author suggest? What do you think?
2.The author suggests four types of findings to support the belief that music has strong biological roots? What are they?
3.According to neuroscientists, synapses (the junction across which a nerve impulse passes to a neuron or other cell) grow stronger through use and become weakened. How does playing music help synapses grow stronger?
4.Does music help improve reading comprehension? What does the author say about it? What is your opinion?

5.What is the most interesting fact you learn from this article?

Piano stairs - Rolighetsteorin.se - The fun theory

Hi Guys in MUSC373,
Take a look at this creative stairs... figure out where the half step and whole step are...

Worksheet for Chapter 4

Worksheet for Chapter 4
1.What are the differences in vocal characteristics and abilities of children? Give examples that are age specific.

(1a)Preschool/Kindergarten (Ages ___ to ____),
(1b)their Vocal characteristics and abilities Song interests
(1c)song interests:


(2a)Early primary(Ages ___ to ____),
(2b)their Vocal characteristics and abilities Song interests
(2c)song interests:

(3a)Intermediate (Ages ___ to ____),
(3b)their Vocal characteristics and abilities Song interests
(3c)song interests:

(4a)Upper elementary(Ages ___ to ____),
(4b)their Vocal characteristics and abilities Song interests
(4c)song interests:

2.List and explain the techniques for teaching children to sing.



This is due on Wednesday by 11:59pm on your blog.

SG Wannabe - Arirang perf

Chinese music concert

The concert is presented by students from MUSC423/523 (Music of China). In the past three weeks, they have worked with guest ethnomusicologist, Prof. Yao-Hua Wang and guest artist, Prof. Yung-Hsin Chen on learning to sing Chinese folk songs and play traditional Chinese instruments.

Where: Recital Hall in Music Building
When: Oct.11, 5:00pm
Free admission.

video clips

Posted... you should be able to find yours on my blog.

Michelle D

Jessica G

Steve A

Edith P

Melanie C

Illiana

Lauren M

Tom S

Ashley P

Alex G

Dana M

Arielle C

Victoria B

Sam B

Natalie G

Linnea M

Emilie L

Allison M

Amanda K

Carla H

Christina M

Darrell N

Lori L

Stephanie K

Elina S

Mercedes S

Kay Morris

Nichole Robinson

Julie Montalbano

Final draft of your lesson plan

You will submit your final draft on Wednesday (10/7). I will need you to go to writing center to have the staff read your final draft. Make sure you get a feedback form from the staff and attach it with your lesson plan. I will also need to have the sheet music to be attached to the lesson plan. You will lose 5 points if you don't have the music attached.

To make an appointment with the University Writing Center, please visit the link...

http://uwc.niu.edu/

Video clips are coming...

Thu, Oct 01, 2009 -- Video clips are coming...

I am still working on the video clips. They will be coming soon to my blog http://musicingdream.blogspot.com/

will make another announcement when the clips are all uploaded.

Peer-review panel

Panel assignments:
1. Linnea, Natalie, Julie
2. Emilie, Sam, Nichole
3. Dana, Victoria, Elina
4. Lori, Ariella, Ashly
5. Mercedes, Michelle, Allison
6. Christina, Alex, Tom
7. Kay, Jessica, Stephanie
8. Darrell, Illiana, Carla
9. Lauren, Melanie, Amanda
10. Edith, Steve. Edith and Steve, you can decide who else (one more person) you would like to evaluate since your group is short of one person.

Assignment#5

There are two parts in Assignment#5 (20 points).

1. 10 points: Find the clip of your presentation (first name and last name initial) and write a self-reflection about your own teaching presentation. Use the criteria sheet I gave you to evaluate your performance. In your reflection, I want you to answer these questions: (a). What did I do the best? How did I prepare for that so I did well? (b). What did I not do well? Describe the places that went wrong and explain why. (c). If I were given another chance to redo it again, what would I do differently (you can talk about all the aspects of the whole thing including writing the lesson plan, practicing it, and presenting it in class)

2. 10 points: Watch the clips you are assigned (the list will be out soon) and use the criteria sheet again to evalute your peers' performacne. In this evaluation, you will have to tell how this person did in his/her presentation based on the points we talked about in class and assign a grade out of 50 points to him/her. Your evaluation must be specific as if you were the teacher. Simply saying "good job," "awesome," or "nicely done," is not going to be enough. You will not get high scores out of this assignment if you are not specific enough.



This assignment is due on Monday night (10/5 11:59pm) on my blog: http://musicingdream.blogspot.com/

Questions? Ask via email!