Subject: Music
Grade: 5
Technology tools: Computer
Tools used: Audio Creator/editor
Activity type: Lesson
Mrs. Moore, a 5th grade teacher, gave me a list of reading strategies from Open Court that were set to silly children’s melodies.
We were learning about jazz and blues in 5th grade music, so I taught the students what a 12-bar-blues pattern is, we sang a 12-bar blues song, and then they played the patterns on the barred instruments. I then assigned the Open Court songs to two or more students in a group. Our objective was to discover what an “arranger” does to music. The group had to re-write the song so they could perform it to a 12-bar-blues riff.
I have these recorded through the free software called Audacity and we are going to decide which recording is the best for each reading strategy and use them in a 12-bar-blues piece to remember the reading strategies for the EOGs. I have recorded the students and put them in a folder on the shared drive at Viewmont. I am so pleased with what they have created!
I saved them as .wav files but I want to figure out how to put them on my webpage and then make a CD of them for future use. I had the students sit at my computer and use the Audacity software as they were recording. I know this is a free download, so some of them may be able to make use of it at home.
Wanda Logan, Viewmont Elementary
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