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How To Facilitate Effective Small Groups
by Note Knacks MusicMusic class is not the usual place for students to work in small groups. We don’t see them very often or for a long period of time, so we cram in as much as we can in the time we have. Usually, the fewer the transitions, the better! So why bother trying it out? Having […]
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A Composition Process: Part 2 ….What Measure Should Go Where?
by Note Knacks MusicAfter we sang their compositions a couple of times, I asked the students if they liked the order of their measures. One first grade boy mentioned that he wanted the measure with the gray to be last, so we switched the last measure with whole note measure. We sang it through to see if we […]
A Composition Process ~ Part 1
by Note Knacks MusicYesterday the boy choir and I played around with the measures they composed a couple of weeks ago. I taped each work to the board in no particular order for us to sing. My goal was for students to think about choice. Both groups were able to switch measures around, but only the first graders […]
How Many Sixteenths In This Group?
by Note Knacks MusicYesterday our boy choir students created rhythms. I did not specify a time signature, so they were able to create any rhythm they wished, as long as two eighth notes and four sixteenths were next to each other. One second grader created a 5/4 rhythm that consisted of 1 half rest, one quarter, 2 eighths, […]
Create A “Morning Message”
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