self-evaluation

I do not think I did all that well singing. I did try to use my head voice, but I am not a professional singing so i was not as in pitch as I should have been. I did keep the correct beat with the music and the rhythm. As far as the leadership category I felt that I had very good body language to the students, I could have lost my notes to keep all the focus on them. But I do feel like I did keep the students engaged. Even though I was a little bit sick I stayed as positive and upbeat as I could. I had a good volume and tone throughout. I could have know the music a better because I should have youtubed the song to understand how to sing it better. Again I should not have used my lesson plan, it only hindered my focus on the students. I know I could have done the lesson without it. I tried to be as ready as I could have been. I would in the future be more prepared with the music and really practicing the lesson with others. I think I had good delivery of my lesson. I was slightly inhibited because I was sick but I did try my best to teach the lesson and get the students motivated. I think I did do well with the procedure of my lesson with the way it flowed. I think I did well with the verbal instructions of my lesson. I did the best with my questions because I did not leave any open ended questiosn they were all directed questions. I think my lesson could have been a little bit longer but doing the song Hey Betty MArtin, after two other students went, there wasn't much else I could do with the song. I could have given more speicific feedback to the students instead of just good jobs and things such as that. I did well with the closure, reviewing with the students the concepts we had just learned during the lesson.

A) I found the singing the most difficult part of this presentation. Not being a very good singer, it was a little nerve racking getting up in front of the class and singing a song on my own. It's hard to be in pitch when you are not a good singer and to sing in head voice which is so much higher pitch than anything I am used to.

B)The main thing that did not go well with this presentation was the singing because I did not sing the song very well alone and in pitch. I also don't think it was a good idea to use my lesson plan while I was teaching, because that took me away from the attention of the students.

C)I think the actual lesson it self went very well because the lesson it self was very well planned and the students understood it all. This shows me that I did convey the lesson well because they understood it. I also didn't ask any yes or no questions which is a big no, no with kids this age. I also did well with my closure with reviewing what we learned, rhyhmic pattern and tip-toeing.
D) If I were to do this lesson again I would do a few things differently. I would have researched my song more so that I would be able to sing it better for the class. Also so that I would have been more in tune and on pitch with how the song should be. I would also not use my lesson plan while teaching so I can devote my focus on the students and their learning. Another thing that I would have changed would have been that in the end I would have had the kids sing the song with the motions a few more times so that they would fully get it and know the song better.

Journal 5

This week we did a lot with lesson plans because we are presenting our lessons this coming week. We prepared a first draft of our lessons and got them back with some critques. Then we also had peer critques. We got into groups of three and went over our lesson plans with each other. I am not extremely happy to be doing these lessons this week because they are singing lessons. I am not a big fan of singing in front of people so I am a little nervous about doing this. It does help that we are in smaller groups so we are not having to do this in front of everyone. I am just hoping that everyone else is as nervous as I am.
These lesson plans will help us in the future with planning lessons for our classrooms. This may not be the exact formats for lesson plans in other classes but it does help us with some idea of what we are supposed to be doing in the future. Also by doing thesse lessons we are being prepared for teaching in the future although I don't think I will be singing to my students.

This week we did a lot with singing. We learned about singing in pitch and how to sing along with the rhythm. I get kind of embarrassed having to sing in front of everyone aloud so I am not looking forward to having to teach or singing lessons. WE also learned about different rest notes and what they look like and their values. We also learned how to do different activities to go along with the songs we are singing like with Tideo. We have also improved on our rhythmic pattern abilities with coming up with new ways to keep the rhythm. Today we learned the note C for the recorder and we learned numerous new songs to play.
Learning more about notes and where they are in regards to pitch are important to learn because in order to do any type of singing we need to know notes and their value as well as where they are in regards to pitch. Learning to sing in pitch can help your overall singing abilities and make you a better singer. Kids need to learn these things to help with any musical situations either with singing or playing an instrument. Also kids need to become better at keeping rhythm so that they can adapt to other situation that involve it. If they can keep a beat and rhythm while singing it will be easier for them to do so while playing an instrument.

journal 3

This week we did begin to learn about different note notations such as whole, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes. We also learned what a treble clef was and how to draw them as well as what notes are on the treble clef, which are CDEFGABC. Also this week we learned meter and that the top number is the beats per line and the bottom is the quarter note. Melody is the combination of various pitches that can be high, low or the same. We learned the placement of the notes on the staff.
Most of these concepts are basic fundementals for which music is built upon so these are the things that will always be a part of what we are learning or teaching. These are also important concepts for us to be able to understand so that we are able to teach these things to children. Everything we learn and teach from here on out are going to expand on the notes we learn, the notation, as well meter and pitch. We can learn to read music and play music on instruments by undertanding the notes and how much each note is worth. These are also reasons why we need to learn these concepts.
It is extremely important for kids of all ages to learn all of these concepts for the fact that they will need this knowledge in the future with music. Even if they are not pursing music any farther in life, this basic knowlegde can help them in so many other ways as wells. Kids can use the writing of notes to write music and also to learn to read music, then also can use these notes to play music.