Song of the Week

Each week, students spend the last few minutes of class listening to a classical piece of music.  They are asked to close their eyes and listen for specific musical elements, and what kind of mood or feeling it evokes within them.

This week, our song was "Canon in D", composed by Johann Pachelbel  (I jokingly have told the students they can remember his name by thinking it rhymes with "Taco Bell").

I asked the students to tell me whether this piece was fast, slow, or somewhere in between.  I also asked them to use an adjective to describe the piece.  The two most popular answers I have gotten so far is "slow" and "sleepy."

Standards Being Met

Kindergarten

MU.K.C.1.2, MU.K.C.1.3

Identify sounds and instruments visually and aurally.

First Grade

MU.1.C.1.1, MU.1.C.1.2, MU.1.C.3.1  

Respond to musical ideas to show how it makes one feel and share responses with others.

Second Grade

MU.2.C.1.2, MU.2.C.3.1

Form opinions about music and discuss it with others.

Third Grade

MU.3.C.1.2

Respond to and compare individual interpretations of a musical work.

Fourth Grade

MU.4.C.1.1, MU.4.C.3.1

Develop effective listening strategies to describe the characteristics of a musical work.

Fifth Grade

MU.5.C.1.1, MU.5.O1.1

Listen to and describe various elements when analyzing a musical work using correct vocabulary.