Music Genre Project

We have spent several weeks learning about music genres, what makes a genre unique, and how to defend our musical preference in a musical way. (This unit is based on Band Slam clips from the Grammy Hall of Fame.) As a final project the students develop a CD cover for their own "band". This is the back of the cover and they do a creative artistic design on the other side! Look in the next few weeks for some samples!!

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Hallway wall for everyone!!

I am soooooo excited about the music staff in my hallway at school. The caption is "Each of us a single note, together we create a masterpiece at DSE!" Each note has a student's name and each color is a different class. I am thinking I will leave it up the whole year as a teaching tool, but we will see how that goes.

Love this for 5th grade first day. They struggled with the activity, then we discussed that they had been taught all these things throughout elementary school and that they will all be on the district music test in February. This led us to a discussion about paying attention, practicing, and retaining what they learn while in the music room.

Anchor charts

So... I'm not sure if anchor charts are for the students or serve as a visual reminder for me. I love the active listening one I made and can refer to to correct or redirect students, it hangs near where I stand in the room. The other chart reminds me what to have the kids look for when examining a new piece of music.

Creative Clutter and Music

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