So I always put the title as "Day .." even though it should be week. But it's too late for me to change it now. So far I feel like I've learned a lot in the class. I feel better about going out and teaching in the real world. My only thing is incorporating the standards into my lessons. So far when I have gone to other schools to help out, I have actually gotten to do a lot in front of an ensemble. I have been able to play with the ensemble, teach the ensembles, have private lessons with them, and even conducted for a concert.
I've always enjoyed teaching people how to do things, rather it's rock climbing, how to solve a rubik's cube, or play an instrument. I've had three piano students and three violin students. I've been taking piano and violin lessons for about six years. I understand what my students are going through because I've been through the same. But when I get up in front of a class I'm used to just kind of winging it. I rehearse with them until I find a section or technique that calls for attention and I try to make a learning experience for the whole class.
This whole taking standards and using them. I'm okay with it to an extent. From what I hear from a lot of teachers, they make a lesson plan or just copy and paste a lesson plan from the year before. So I'm still a little confused as to how and what I will do about that.
I understand what you mean about incorporating standards into lessons but I think that it does not necessarily have to be a direct link. I think that the standards can be hidden within the lessons so that the students learn but in a way that is not strictly standards. In math the standards are pretty straight forward, I'm sure that music is a little more complicated. I'm sure when you are unpacking your standards it will make more sense and you will teach a great lesson that your students will enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteI get what you are saying. However, those teachers you are talking about come up with a lesson from somewhere. They don't just pull the lesson out of thin air. Like Caroline said, the standards are not necessarily what you tell the kids you are doing, like what we did in class today. We started with a building block of the final standard. I probably need to take you all through the entire lesson progression, so that you all can see what teaching a full standard looks like. That may help you think through how all of this does work, even in music. In fact, when you are teaching like you describe, you are probably teaching a standard. As you work through the standard course of study in your discipline, you will probably start seeing connections.
In your next blog, try to connect to the NCTCS, too.
Dr. C
Hey Billy,
ReplyDeleteI understand what you are talking about. From being in music classes in high school, it does seem like we just rehearse are music until something falls apart, and then work that section. I think that planning is the solution of this. We should just run music every day. We should teach concepts of music that are linked to the NC Essential Standards. I really wish I would have had teachers that did this when I was in school. We learned stuff, but not everything we should have...
I can see where it would be hard to incorporate standards into a music class! Being English, standards go hand in hand with everything that we teach. I hope this semester helps you!
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