Chapter 13 Reflections

This chapter has many good technology plans for students to experience creativity. As I choir teacher, I love the lesson plan that forces students to cut and paste solfege syllables to create songs. This is something that makes solfege immediately practical to them. They would have already listened to the syllables several times in class, practiced them and even used them to sing sections of songs being learned for later in the year. Then, when they sit down to do this project, they will hopefully make the connection between the sounds and how it is used in music. Some students may have already understood how the syllables work, but this creates another form of explanation for those students who are still confused about the concept.

One project not in this chapter I would like to have my students experience is the project that involves the keyboard and using specific keys on the keyboard to practice rhythm and develop creative improvisation skills. Students will be allowed to practice keeping a beat and create their own ideas in the fourth measure of the lesson. The national standards used for this would be 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, 3. Improvising melodies and accompaniments, 4. reading and notating music, 6. listening to, analyzing and describing music, 7. Evaluating music and music performances. The creative principle to explore would be to facilitate improvisation would lead this activity and I believe it is a good way to build trust among the students.