Friday, January 30, 2015

IL Music Education Association Conference Day 3

8:30-9:30
What's Going on in That Classroom?: The Wonderful and Varied Possibilities of Student-Centered Ensembles 


How do "we" as a class do this? Not "I" as a teacher.

9:45-10:45
Creative Movement for All
A completely interactive session giving ideas for incorporating movement, art, and music.

11:00-12:00
Cooperative Music Learning: Fostering Independence 
Billie Jean by The Bottle Boys, an example of collaboration 
The 4Cs: Critical thinking/Problem Solving, Creativity, Communication, Collaboration 
PIES-Positive Interdependence Individual Accountability 

1:15-2:15
Applying Multiple Intelligence Theory in the Music Classroom: The Math Connection 
Handout on the ILMEA website 
Do More from An Enemy Called Average 
Athenian Model of Education:
Body-Physical Education 
Spirit-Singing, Dancing 
Mind-Mathematics 
Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind:
Verbal-Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Visual-Spatial, Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist
Every child that comes to our door is a portfolio of these intelligences, not one particular one. 
Learning about music does not strengthen Musical Intelligence but does use music to strengthen other intelligences. Doing music does strengthen music intelligence. 
Instructional Strategies:
Explicit, meaningful, intentional, worthwhile 
Johnny Had One Friend: Addition, Estimation 
Patterns: Musical Forms, Literacy 
Algebra and Functions: Mary, Over in the Meadow, Mulberry, Chop Chop
Qualitative Changed: Minka, Riding in a Buggy 
Numerical and Proportional Reasoning: Number songs (this old man, 5 little ...., hickory dock pry dock, over in the meadow), operations (wheevily wheat, muffin man, wishy washy, rig a jig jig)
Ratios/percents/proportions 
Spatial relationships (Bluebird, squirrel)
Sequence Events (Tailor and the Mouse, Clementine, Mouse, Cousin Peter)
Positional Language (Creative movement, Jack in the box, In and out the Window)

2:30-3:30
Differentiate Instruction Using Movement 
Handout on the ILMEA website 
Use gross motor on body to help with fine motor on recorder. Remember to hold if the fingers don't come up on the recorder! 
One side, other side, both sides, alternate
In 2nd grade have students practice moving fingers (left hand especially) to prepare for playing recorders 
Flutaphones for self-contained students who have major difficulty finding/covering holes 

3:45-4:45
Applying Multiple Intelligence Theory in the Music Classroom: The Linguistic Connection  
Learning styles, Personality styles, Gardner's frames of mind
Language on walls:
Assignment on board, instrument names on tubs, etc; Objectives on wall, Composer names/pictures, word wall (different types)
Early Literacy Instructional Goals 
Book: Mama Don't Allow 
Sense of Story and Sequence: She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain, The Fox, Hush Little Baby 
Phonemic Awareness/Phonics: Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go-Catch a little bear and.... (kids make a book and the book goes home from the classroom). 
Every Friday send home a letter encouraging kids to sing, or put it on website. 
Background knowledge/Vocabulary: London Bridge is Falling Down (architect, wood and clay, iron and steel)
Basic Spelling Patterns (Kindergarten): Wake Up You Lazy Bones 
Comprehension Strategies: Prediction, Teach them not to be afraid to give answers...they are not wrong; Infer, Question, Determine Importance, Summarize/Synthesize

5:00-6:00
Collaborative Integration of the National Core Arts Standards into the Elementary Music Curriculum 


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