tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1440295614715567054.post6152867098958445540..comments2024-02-02T02:24:03.828-08:00Comments on Stay Tuned! : Jellyfish NPP Composition Project!Steph http://www.blogger.com/profile/03700267377810551848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1440295614715567054.post-21172806359601810002014-01-19T08:29:40.755-08:002014-01-19T08:29:40.755-08:00Aw thanks David! I'm glad you're excited a...Aw thanks David! I'm glad you're excited about it! It was sooooo much fun and the kids truly loved it. I find that when I create activities that involve music, movement, poetry/text, and art, students really get a deeper understanding of the imagery we are trying to portray and composing becomes so much more meaningful! Collaborating with your art teacher is a great idea. Being a Music teacher here in Manitoba, I am fortunate and see my students three 30 minute periods over a six day cycle. I know in many American schools, this is not the case. I would highly recommend working with your art teacher if you have limited time with your kids.<br /><br />In terms of rotating kids in and out, I only did that during the ribbon choosing, placing and gluing part. Students had a partner that they rotated with. With 6-7 students at each centre, I had a popsicle stick rhythm centre, a rhythm writing (with dry erase sheets) and then the "centre" where they came to me to complete their compositions. Simple centres so that I didn't have to leave my centre to help the others out. I could focus on the compositions. I did this with grade one students, so many needed one on one help with placing ribbons on the glue, etc. They were each able to finish in ten minutes though!<br /><br />Let me know what you come up with! I would love to hear how it goes for you!Steph https://www.blogger.com/profile/03700267377810551848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1440295614715567054.post-81757496232629083362014-01-19T07:36:54.004-08:002014-01-19T07:36:54.004-08:00This is SOOOOOO COOOOOLLLL!!! I love the idea of ...This is SOOOOOO COOOOOLLLL!!! I love the idea of this and I'm already thinking of ways that I can adapt it in my classroom. I'm trying to figure out how you rotated kids in and out and how I could adapt that since I already have rotation sorts of things built in for a few classes. I was also thinking that this could be something that I did with my art teacher as a collaboration. She could be teaching about color theory and how colors blend together to create other colors. OR she could be teaching about watercolor or a famous artist like Monet or Degas and relate the color blending to that. Then I could take the lesson and make it musical with the nonpitched percussion. Gosh. There are so many possibilities! Thanks so much for sharing this idea!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107075871858777173noreply@blogger.com