Journal One

Journal One

During the first part of this class, we learned many concepts of music such as pitch, rhythm, rests, rest counts, meters, and melody. We learned that songs have rhythm. We learned how to keep the steady beat of the rhythm by tapping our legs or hands to the beat. We sang songs with a high pitch. One example could be “Bee Bee Bumble Bee”. That song had a very high pitch. We learned how to take turns singing in pitch. When we were called on, we would sing “my name is Amanda” and then the next person would sing their name in tune also. Non-musical skills that we learned would be to follow directions, socialize with the class, and we learned everyone’s name. Music can help students learn educational topics such as math, history, science, art, language arts, ect. Music can basically teach any subject though songs and melodies. An example of how history can be taught through music is learning the president’s names in a song. We learned how to write a lesson plan in the correct sequence. One classroom management skill that we learned was how to take attendance. If the class is misbehaving and you want to calm them down, music usually works. Sing an attendance song, so that way everyone has to participate and enjoys listening to the music as well. Music sooths the mind and can send out a relaxing vibe. Songs such as Tideo, could get the children all involved at once. We also learned the rhythmic beat to Tideo, which helped us understand how many measures were in a beat. Hands on experience are the best way to teach music. Students will get bored if they are taught through lecture everyday. Getting the students as musically involved as possible is the best way to help them grasp the concepts of music. All of your students should be up and moving around and singing. Rhythmic sticks are also a great way to keep the class interested and also teach the steady beat. It also helped me understand the rhythmic notation and how fast and slow the notes were. If it had a 16^th note, that meant that we would move our rhythmic sticks faster. If we had a 8^th note, that meant that we would move them slower than the 16^th note. I am a very hands on learner, so that activity was helpful for me. I also learned about the musical notation and how to write a lesson plan by reading my text book. But I learned the most by hands on experience in the class. It is important for me to learn music concepts and skills because I am going to be a teacher soon. I am going to use music to teach my lessons. I am going to be an elementary school teacher, so no matter what subject I am teaching, I can use music to help teach. It is important for elementary school children to learn music concepts and skills because music is such an important part of our everyday lives. Music is everywhere. Songs develop social skills. Even as early as the “Patty Cake” song. Children learn through music such as the “A,B,Cs”, counting songs and many other educational songs. Music energizes children and realistically, children need to not be lectured 24-7 and have fun learning for once. The only problem I have had in this class is that I have had no experience with music notation what so ever. I did not know the FACE or Every Good Boy Does Fine. I have to memorize those things and then I think I will be good. I enjoy this class because it is not like my other classes. I enjoy singing, moving around, and actively participating.