https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso en-us 2023-01-18 02:11:34 UTC 2025-04-24 12:58:25 UTC hello@padlet.com altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2433135524 2023-01-04 04:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2433135524 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2433135989 2023-01-04 04:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2433135989 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2433143393 Below are the artifacts of our first teaching interaction which took place before Student Teaching. It was the first period back from their Winter Break, and the students didn't seemed engaged from lack of answer and energy.

After reflecting, I was able to draw takeaways from this as follows

-Have students answer questions in groups before class discussion to avoid crickets 
-Have students playing as much as possible 
-Make use of visual representations along with verbal explanations ]]> 2023-01-04 04:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2433143393 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467980885 Ahead are some artifacts taken from my first two weeks. To be honest, I feel like Allie and I are doing so well in every class. Between elementary school, middle school band, and high school orchestra, theory, AP theory, and pull out lessons, I think that we're doing well in all classes.  We also created a general assessment key that will be workshopped in the future

Elementary- I've never been more exhausted then those first 3 days of teaching elementary, but the second week was much less intensive. We're finding that the more we use songs that the students enjoy and know, the better our lessons go. As well as this, although classes are chatty, we will not resort to classic "classroom management" standards like taking away opportunities or verbally attacking students. Instead we brainstorm how we can get more done and respect all people in the classroom community. 

Middle School- As I'm new to band in all facets, I've spent the first two weeks getting familiar with the instruments, primarily trombone and flute. During the second week, Kim allowed me to work with the flute and trombone lessons on their scales and solos. I was able to diagnose technical problems to have better tone and other such technical issues. There's only one class that is acutal band, as the rest are mixed pull out lessons. I plan to try an improvisation lesson, where students will improv at the same time to stem any nerves of improving in front of everybody.

High School- These students are all so smart and full of amazing ideas. We've begun a soundtrack project with theory, and students are already connecting so many musical metaphors. With AP Theory, the students are playing compositional telephone and composing music from a chosen springboard. We've developed large rapor with all students here, and are able to collaborate well with all of them on their projects. The orchestra has all parts of their arrangement of the piece solid, and we've put them in groups to decide  how the arrangement will sound, the order of parts, who plays what, and many other musical decisions. We facilitate the groups and help to develop justifications and ideas for their decisions. ]]> 2023-02-03 18:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467980885 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467981480 2023-02-03 18:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467981480 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467983390 2023-02-03 18:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467983390 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467984415 2023-02-03 18:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467984415 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467986068 2023-02-03 18:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2467986068 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2472527874 This is a list of the research I did on ESL Learning and how best we can learn ]]> 2023-02-07 22:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2472527874 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476789504 This week was a full of discoveries! I did a lot of research on topics to help my teaching and made tried a bunch of things that worked! ]]> 2023-02-10 18:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476789504 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476790116 This week, we continued the unit but changed a bunch of instructional practices. At Northeast elementary, there seemed to be a lack of engagmenet due to a large population of ESL learners as well as learners who speak only Spanish. After researching ESL practices, I put translations and images with the English as well as teaching around 50% in Spanish. Along with that, I learned a lot about questioning- I tend to ask questions I don't want answers to such as "Who's excited to learn today?" 

We also found the online tool called Google Jamboard, which is a functional whiteboard for all classes that saves, which is great for mindmaps and us since we move classroom in Oak Park

There is one class where many of the students tend to disrespect each other and the teachers in the room. We plan on trying to introduce a Kohn style of classroom where students will help create class agreements and respect each other. ]]> 2023-02-10 18:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476790116 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476803902 This week we worked on getting ready to get towards the end of the project. However, after checking in with the students, many are still stuck on the idea of only making metaphors of the lyrics. We were able to go up to each student and affirm that they have to use the actual music for the metaphors, so it seems it may take more time to get presentations going than expected. We also decided that for their presentation, each student should have an artifact that shows their understanding of the metaphor to show- this can be a drawing, chart, graph, etc. ]]> 2023-02-10 18:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476803902 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476807161 We presented assessment tools with both theory and AP theory to explain how we will be assessing them (Eisner triangle). We also decided to have the students assess themselves on the Eisner processes to have them further reflect. They will be allowed to type out a reflection, record a podcast of them grading themselves, or however best they'll feel like they can reflect. ]]> 2023-02-10 18:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476807161 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476820158 This is the whiteboard that we use to take notes. In this instance, we used it to storyboard, and it got better and refined as more classes came in.]]> 2023-02-10 18:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476820158 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476831124 This week, we were supposed to have students pass their compositions for the first time, but we ended up needing more time. We also used a similar adaptation to the journals that students kept. Next week they'll begin to pass around their compositions ]]> 2023-02-10 18:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2476831124 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2483452661 This week was the Valentine's day and the week before the district's Winter Break, so all of my students were very excited across the board. I struggled with some Elementary school classroom environment. On the upside, I began a teaching an improv unit to my Middle Schoolers, which went really well, along with the high schoolers making great progress on their project.]]> 2023-02-15 13:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2483452661 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2483453113 This week, we finished up our unit! The students learned the melody to their song as well as how to accompany themselves while singing it. We were able to record it and send it to their families as a Valentine's Day present from the students since they wrote it. 

The kids loved this, but we found that many of the students families are only able to speak and understand spanish. Because of this, we had the students translate their own songs into Spanish and try to sing them. Although some of the songs didn't translate into something singable, the students seemed so empowered and happy to bring home something their families would understand. 

On Tuesday, I had a really hard time with the last 3 classes. There were students in every class who refused to sing in Spanish or try to help. When we asked why, they wouldn't answer. We talked with these classes about why we do this and how Spanish is important to a large portion of the community. We also had many problems with students listening to both us and their peers when instructions are given or answers spoken. We had to have a lot of talks needed to be had about respecting ourselves, our peers, and our classmates. I think the week after break is when we'll start Kohn with a lot of these classes.]]> 2023-02-15 13:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2483453113 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487137056 This lesson went suprisingly well. I expected that the students would be nervous to play, but me playing with the track first and failing helped them feel comfortable. I used a Jamboard to track their understanding of how we can improvise more successfully. ]]> 2023-02-18 15:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487137056 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487138622 This is the artifact I created for my presentation I gave]]> 2023-02-18 15:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487138622 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487140085 This project is going so well! We told them that their presentations will be due the week after break, where they'll have 2-3 minutes to present one of their songs, their metaphors, and some sort of artifact. The artifact can be any representation of their thinking and metaphor. Me and Allie gave example presentations on Friday, and the students said that us being vulnerable humans to them was very special and helped them a ton. We also told them their assessment forms will be due the Friday the week after. They're making great headway, and I'm already so proud of them]]> 2023-02-18 15:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487140085 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487142669 The students did phenomenal this week! We finally got the students to pass their compositions for the first time this week, and it went really well. We had to remind them to keep a journal of justifications that relate to their springboard, but it went well. I discovered how to add some audio effects on Soundtrap and am beginning to learn about things such as Auto-Pan, Phaser, Tremolo, Delay, Room, Compressor, Equalizer, and Parametric EQ! ]]> 2023-02-18 15:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487142669 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487145505 When Allie, Kevin, and I were brainstorming ideas for our next AP project, I found an idea we could modify from a 9-12 full HS curriculum I designed for a class. The students originally explored the functions of music in the digital world, but we thought to use Merriam's functions of music and have students look in their own lives for the functions. They then will have to make some sort of graphic to represent the prominence of each function such as a pie chart, and then explain how each example of music serves the function it's labeled as using the musical dimensions and elements.]]> 2023-02-18 15:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2487145505 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502608894 This was the week right after break, so getting students motivated in general took more effort than usual. Elementary started a new unit- music as storytelling. I was allowed to do more with the middle schoolers and improvisation which is coming along nicely. Over the break, Orchestra began playing their arrangement, theory is presenting their projects, and AP are on their 3rd pass! ]]> 2023-03-03 13:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502608894 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502617401 This week we started a new unit- Music in our stories. We use the question "How does music help tell stories?" to frame and guide our learning. We started with students listening to a reading of the book "Giraffe's Can't Dance" without music and then with music, noticing how the playlist of music helped to tell the story. After, they connected the music and story with movement, doing dances inspired by the type of music and animals in the story. We then moved to learning Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da by The Beatles. We listened once to pick out the characters and their relation to each other and learning the words. 

Notice the jamboards filled with student ideas here! 

The students at Northeast really struggled with behavior today, which I think may have come from a lack of ESL stuff, which should be gone]]> 2023-03-03 13:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502617401 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502620460 Here is a concept map of the unit that is growing more and more. It shows the concepts and connections in the unit growing as we build more and more on it]]> 2023-03-03 13:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502620460 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502624662 This time, I found what I imagined to be more relevant  examples of musician's improvising such as a Guitar Solo and a rapper freestyling. I think the students were just being shy but nobody raised their hand when I had asked if anybody knew rap music. 

The teacher is wonderful but I think the class is so structured and impersonal that the students don't want to connect to the instructors. I was told that I had to cut my improv lesson next week to try conducting the band piece.
As well as this, the freestyle had the word "herpes" in it, which I didn't deem innapropriete as they're learning about their bodies and STD's in their health class. However, after class I was told this was way too inapropriete as if the rapper had said a swear word. ]]> 2023-03-03 13:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502624662 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502632485 These are a list of the different ways that students figured that they could improvise successfully. 

Notice that all of the ways are grounded in musical connections and from the examples we had listened to. ]]> 2023-03-03 13:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2502632485 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2505079109 Wednesday and Thursday had us making the final preparations for the project, but many of the students ended up being less prepared than expected. Because of this, we had whoever was ready to present Friday present as models! Most of the presentations were pretty good, but many had artifacts that didn't relate to the musical metaphor. 

So far, if I had to change one thing about how this project was done, I would've structured it with a Thinksheet beforehand to structure their thoughts and main ideas. It seems the students are struggling so this extra scaffold would have helped immensely. ]]> 2023-03-06 12:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2505079109 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2505082137 I first had imagined passing the project once a class, but it seems that the students are going to need more time which is okay. Wednesday we were able to finish the second layer, but Friday Soundtrap didn't work, so we did some AP Exam review. The projects however are really cool and students are justifying all of their decisions in relation to the springboard and previous layers.
 
I've also figured out many of the distortion and reverb effects this week! ]]> 2023-03-06 12:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2505082137 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2508523962 Here is the map of the collaborative arrangement we made with the 1st Period Orchestra at the High School. Students spent a few weeks in groups talking about ideas for the arrangement centered around form as well as expression, which were tracked on the board. Me and Allie put their ideas together to make one complete form and will use their ideas of expression to guide their playing. ]]> 2023-03-08 12:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2508523962 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2508525498 2023-03-08 12:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2508525498 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2511809109 This week we continued Music in our stories. We read the book Down by The Cool of The Pool and imagined how music would go with the different plot points. After, we continued learning Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da and got to the second verse while exploring the story.

Notice the jamboards filled with student ideas here! 

The students at Northeast were much improved this week, I think due to prior discussion about how we can all have fun in music! ]]> 2023-03-10 13:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2511809109 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2511812514 This week was a bit of a struggle. Truthfully, I forgot I was teaching the students a new scale and note, so I focused on learning the culture and context of the piece I was working (Carnival by Michael Sweeny). 

I adjusted well but didn't do the best job I could've. The teacher didn't come down to hard on me and seemed to miss the point of giving the context.

After researching Music from the Santiago Carnival Cubano and found a lot of context that the teacher didn't give. The students weren't very responsive but I think that's because of the subdued atmosphere from the teacher.]]> 2023-03-10 13:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2511812514 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2511826968 Insert 

Here is the recording and organization of the arrangements  that the students generated. ]]> 2023-03-10 13:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2511826968 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523567610 This was the week went really well with students on all fronts building on their momentum. Students began presenting their work in Theory which was so exciting. However, Tuesday was a delayed opening due to snow, and we have to rememeber which classes need to be put on track in the Elementary School. I wasn't allowed to look at improv this week due to the students learning a new scale in the band setting. ]]> 2023-03-20 13:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523567610 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523568884 This week we continued Music in our stories. We use the question "How does music help tell stories?" to frame and guide our learning. The students read a new story called "Down by The Cool Of The Pool", analyzed story elements, and broke down the different moods. After this, we talked about what a happy song might sound like and generated ideas.]]> 2023-03-20 13:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523568884 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523874850 This week the students began presenting for each other. While they were all on time, many of the projects were lacking a clear musical metaphor passed the lyrics. As well as this, many artifacts were not up to the parameters we set. A thinksheet and outline would help with all of this. Many of the students weren't ready however, to present by the deadline despite there being a lot of time to get it done

We finished up creating an assessment sheet for the projects as well!


]]> 2023-03-20 16:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523874850 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523874976 This week we finished the 3rd layer and will spend next week finishing the last and their journals


]]> 2023-03-20 16:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523874976 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523875166 The students finished up their ideas for how to modify the arrangement, and we were able to play it through recorded. Next week we'll watch Kevin teach a piece and begin arranging Golden Hour for the students ]]> 2023-03-20 16:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523875166 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523882896 This week was quite exciting in that elementary was beginning composing and the HS students are finishing their first projects. We lost a day on Friday as it was a conference day, so some of the HS things were pushed to next week.

The Elementary classes were generally improved in getting through things which was good, but I struggled in the Choir. I had a memory slip and taught something wrong, which took all of class to re-learn. This was really disheartening to be honest]]> 2023-03-20 16:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523882896 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523887615 This week we continued Music in our stories. We use the question "How does music help tell stories?" to frame and guide our learning. The students reviewed "Down by The Cool Of The Pool" and story elements, and broke down the different moods. After this, we talked had students make musical decisions and add details to the skeleton composition we provided them. ]]> 2023-03-20 16:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523887615 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523893365 Here are the links to all their working compositions!]]> 2023-03-20 16:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523893365 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523895967 This week, I worked on Carnaval, the band piece the students are working on. After researching it, I found that history of where it came from and that it had some implications that were racist. I've been mulling over how to go about telling the teacher in a way to inform and not attack them]]> 2023-03-20 16:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523895967 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523896555 This week the students finished presenting for each other. After seeing all the projects, it's clear how much some scaffolding would help to greatly increase the quality of the work produced.

We sent out the assessment sheet on Wednesday and Thursday and called it due by classtime, so their responses should be very interesting. ]]> 2023-03-20 16:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523896555 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523898835 This week we finished the last layer and will spend next week listening  to the products and filling out their own assessment sheets. 


]]> 2023-03-20 16:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2523898835 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533051269 This week was quite exciting in that elementary was beginning composing and the HS students are finishing their first projects. We lost a day on Friday as it was a conference day, so some of the HS things were pushed to next week.

The Elementary classes were generally improved in getting through things which was good, but I struggled in the Choir. I had a memory slip and taught something wrong, which took all of class to re-learn. This was really disheartening to be honest]]> 2023-03-27 12:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533051269 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533065675 This week we continued Music in our stories. We use the question "How does music help tell stories?" to frame and guide our learning. The students reviewed their composition today and moved on to the next section, where the song sounds more nervous. As well as this, we finished off learning Obla-Di Obla-Da and beginning talking about how to draw this]]> 2023-03-27 13:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533065675 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533069844 Here are the links to all their working compositions!]]> 2023-03-27 13:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533069844 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533074029 On Friday we began to introduce the brand new project! This is a general description of the project here

]]> 2023-03-27 13:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533074029 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533079318 This lesson was dedicated to scaffolding ideas of how to represent ideas, action, and emotion from film through music. We watched two different scenes with music in the background and had students talk about musical metaphors they observed. After connecting these to elements, we put on a score with no film and had them talk about what they heard and what it might connect to! ]]> 2023-03-27 13:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533079318 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533080036 We had presentations this week that went really well! Students did a great job of explaining their decisions and connecting them to the springboard
 


]]> 2023-03-27 13:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533080036 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533091399 I rehearsed the piece Berseus on Wednesday and Friday and had a wonderful time! Instead of the usual approach of just running, listening, and error correcting, I approached the time from a student centered approach. We analyzed what the piece was about and made our musical decisions accordingly . I also brought up students to listen for errors and balance and had them give input on how to make it better!]]> 2023-03-27 13:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2533091399 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539778192 This week had us making great headway on new projects for Theory and AP Theory. I also began middle school choir and had a blast there. 

I noticed myself starting to feel a little burnt out with elementary the first day due to behavior, but I realized that I can only do so much as I only see them one day a week and I came in during the middle of the year. ]]> 2023-03-31 11:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539778192 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539778553 This week we continued Music in our stories. We use the question "How does music help tell stories?" to frame and guide our learning. The students just about finished the last part of their compositions where they sound sleepy, so we will read the story with their compositions our last day next week. As well as this, we began drawings for Obla Di and tried to implement their connections between musical ideas and artistic drawing elements! 

I'm realizing that I have to start to frame conversations about class environment in many different ways, and not just "How can we make sure we have fun and also learn in music class?"]]> 2023-03-31 11:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539778553 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539780837 Here are the links to all their working compositions!]]> 2023-03-31 11:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539780837 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539781523 I came into the placement with them in the middle of arranging a piece for them to sing! I initially wanted to work on rhythmic ostinatos with them for the arrangement, but decided to work on how our breath affects the dynamics of the song. We explored different dynamics and how they would affect the arrangement, which was really cool. ]]> 2023-03-31 11:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2539781523 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2542103922 Today the students began really working on the film-rescoring projects by filling our their thinksheets! This ewas done in order to help scaffold all of their ideas. This will help them think about what they'll be composing later on instead of not knowing what to do. They all finished the first 3 questions during class and all shared their answers to question one with each other.]]> 2023-04-03 11:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2542103922 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2542104083 This week we really cleaned up who had the melody and making sure that every part could be heard. As well as this, I ran 8 minutes of rehearsal with the other orchestra and had them create a narrative that we're trying to tell here with their playing and different dynamics specifically ]]> 2023-04-03 11:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2542104083 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2542105550 We ended up taking the extra week to really hone in on filling out assessment sheets and locking in the ideas of musical metaphors 


]]> 2023-04-03 11:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2542105550 altamif203 https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2557231441 This was the last week before break! We wrapped up our units in the elementary school with great success. We also began setting ourselves up to begin the second project with the AP students and are in the midst of the theory film re-comp project. As well as this. the middle schoolers are making great headway in their arrangement ]]> 2023-04-17 16:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/altamif203/1ap5ma9gb33hgsso/wish/2557231441