Observation Day 3

Observation Day 3

Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Melanie Paul

Arrived-8:50 AM

First Period- 9:05 AM

Fifth Grade General Music

Morris Dance- will be auditioning students today

• dance with wooden swords- taken from Old English tradition
• May Day/May Pole- dance with ribbons etc
• Tells students they will miss a few Gym periods for this- will be performing it at Field Day

• if you're someone who isn't willing to miss Gym, probably not the best person for this
• talks about “the secret of the star”- only the people who are dancing will do it
  - are urged to not talk about it or tell anyone- keep secret until performance
• looking for people that are collaborators, able to work together as a group and not simply as individuals
• takes out wooden swords- will audition them in two groups of six in class, will let them konw by Monday
• auditions them doing the first four counts of eight
• addresses that she will use alternates- will learn the entire dance and movements, and will jump in if need be.
  FREE PERIOD

First Grade General Music

• has students sit on either side of the projector
• says they'll be adding on to the song they made last week
• uses sol-mi patterns, reviews them with students
• goes back to Quaver- musical internet program
• fit in sol-mi patterns to Quaver
• students clap along, without Mrs. Paul even asking
• she stops singing with them and they still do it- very responsive
• very respectful and so enthusiasic
• shows them the repeat button, explains it, and then plays their song to show them it in action
• asks them what tempo means, explains how they can use it in their song
  - says that a lot of words in music are Italian or Latin
  LUNCH
  Second Grade General Music
• introduces them to Quaver- haven't used it yet
• uses the Song Brush program- use paint brush(different colors for different instruments), and then it forms a song.
  -Can also see the song in proper sheet music notation
• goes into the Studio, and Grooves(garage band type program)
  - does Tutorial so it gives the students a basic introduction
• Asks them if they think Quaver is a real person or not
  - shows them the video of her meeting him at the NAFME All-Eastern Conference
• created their piece
  Fifth Grade General Music
• explain that because they had a field trip last week, they are having a make up class of sorts today
• doing the West Africa lesson that she did with her first class on Monday
• experienced initial difficulty getting it started but then it worked
• video explains instruments specific to Uganda
• she then also shows them the “Jazz for Cows” video