Calendar of Assignments
MUSIC IN CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
520:102g
Spring, 2005
Michelle L. Swanson, Instructor




DATE
CLASS TOPIC        
ASSIGNMENT
             DUE             
Week of Jan. 10
WELCOME!
Getting to Know You
Uncommon comm. / Mix-Freeze Group
Name Games (Syllabus 40)

Student
Data
Form

How Children Learn                                            
Three Truths A One Lie
Active Participation I (syll p.4-8)

Chapter 1 (pages 7-13)
Syllabus: 3, 9-10
3 Truths/ 1 Lie
Four Corners syllabus page
Week of Jan. 17
NO CLASS

Active Participation II  
Building a Caring Community                                           
Syllabus: p.4-8, 9-10
Syllabus: p.8 (3 questions)
Syllabus: p. 9-10 (7 questions)
Week of Jan. 24 Elements of Music
National Standards in Music Education
Options for integrating music (p.37)
Syllabus: p. 15
Syllabus: p.16-21
Chapter 1 Quiz

Guidelines for Teaching Music                          
Integrated Learning Experiences                         
Being a Music Maker                                 
Parodies
Chapter 2 (pages 21-38)
Syllabus:  2
Syllabus:  2
Week of Jan. 31
Teaching Music Through Singing
Child Voice -- Who's That Knocking?
Rote Teaching Process
Ideograph
                                      

Chapter 4 (pages 79-92, 98-99)
Syllabus: p. 22
Syllabus: p. 25
Chapter 2 Quiz
Parody

Leading a Song
Teaching Songs to Children (rote-note, note)
Part Singing (additive, lining out, canons, dialogue/echo, call & response, partner)
Chapter 4 (pages 95-115, 125-9)
Picnic (Syllabus: p.71)

Week of Feb. 7
Ideograph Sharing
Experiences with Beat I                                   Olympics  Activity (tempo)                          
Beats= Syllables (Syllabus: p.41)
Chapter 6 (pages 247-255)
Chapter 4 Quiz Ideograph

Experiences with Beat II                                            
Finding Steady Beat                                                                             
Raking Leaves
Poetry
Syllabus:  23
Syllabus:  p.23
Week of Feb. 14
Experiences with Beat III                                               
 Autoharp / Omnichord
Chapter 6   (pages 233-6)
Syllabus: p. 26
Poem W/ Steady Beat

PLS Students (GRADE _____) 
Experiences with Rhythm 1  
Beat Activity                                                    
Syllabus:  p. 24                           
Chapter 3 (pages 62-63)
Teach Activity to PLS Ss
M.A.C. -beat
Week of Feb. 21
Experiences with Rythm / Meter
Farmer John (Syllabus: p. 43)
Monkey (Syllabus: p. 43)
Chapter 3 (57-61)
PLS Reflection
Poem W/ Ostinato

NO CLASS

Week of Feb. 28
Experiences with Melody I                                        Up / Down - high / low
Contour
Chapter 3 (pages 39-55)
M.A.C. - rythm / meter
               

Experiences with Melody II
Treble Clef / Bass Clef
Musical Alphabet
Intervals                                      

Week of March 7
Experiences with Melody III
PLS Students  (GRADE _____)
Melody Activity Teach Activity to PLS Ss

Integrating Songs with Other Subjects / Activities
Discussion: Thematic Unit                                        
Chapter 5 (pages 135-209)
PLS Reflection
Week of March 14



NO



SPRING

CLASS
BREAK
Week of March 21
Experiences with Texture
Experiences with Dynamics
Experiences with Form                                  

PLS reflection
M.A.C. - melody

Experiences with Tone Color I (timbre)
Unpitched Percussion Instruments
Instrument Families (group assignment)
Syllabus: p. 28-29
Chapter 3 Quiz

Week of Mar. 28
Experiences with Tone Color II
Tone Color Groups
Groups Sharing - Instrumental Families

Experiences with Tone Color III 
Bring Supplies
Syllabus p. 33-37
M.A.C - tone colo
Week of April 4
PLS Students (GRADE _____)
Paint Fruit Shakers
Instrumental Activity
Bring Supplies
Teach Activity to PLS Ss

Children's Literature -- examples / assignment / group work time
Syllabus: p. 27
PLS reflection
Week of April 11
Group Sharing

Literature Sharing (groups)

NO CLASS

Week of April 18
Group Sharing - finish
Movement I
Locomotor / Non-locomotor
Pathways        
Travel Song (syllabus: p. 40)
Chapter 8 (pages 326-370)
Literature Sharing (groups)

Movement II
Multicultural folk dances
Music Performance Reports (2)
Week of April 25
Movement III
Chapter 8 Quiz
Review for Final                    

Thematic Unit
Week of May 2

FINALS WEEK
Section 01:  10-11:50 a.m.
Tuesday, May 3
Section 02:  10-11:50 a.m.
Thursday, May 5

Comprehensive Final Exam


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