Hello Families,
Thank you again for sending in photos and videos of your children’s work. I can’t say enough how pleased I am at what they created at home and under the circumstances. The videos were particularly amusing. Thank you to each of you for supporting them in this learning activity. Please continue to email me your photos at kmccormick@sd79.bc.ca
The Unit “Musical Junk Art” pieces offers modes and ways of experiencing and learning, providing your children opportunities to think and feel as they explore, problem solve, express, interpret, and evaluate the process and the results.
I remind you to make certain to reinforce their knowledge of the categories of musical instruments as students will be introduced to the various types of instruments as they move forward in their arts education.
Again, categories of instruments can be organized for primary students into strings, keyboards, wind (wood and brass) and percussion.
Some students remembered to identify the category of their work. Congratulations!
Unit II, Music Interpretation
Beginning next week, Monday, May 11, 2020, and over the following 2 weeks, students will be expected to listen to one of the following pieces of music and interpret their understanding of what the artist is communicating.
Students are expected to ‘tell the story’ of what the music says to them through a work of art (drawing, painting, sketch) or a written paragraph, 2-4 sentences, that you may scribe for them if need be.
This Unit is open ended, however questioning strategies and comparison of types of music (Beethoven’s 5thvs. Beethoven’s Fur Elise) will help students focus and understand the variation of musical composition including the use of instruments, the tone, beat and rhythm, and the effects music has on them, conscious or otherwise. It also supports their understanding of various ways of storytelling and communication that is found throughout history and cultures.
This activity asks children to explore and express their imaginations as well as supporting them making connections to the world around them. If you or your child prefer to interpret a specific piece of music that is not suggested here, please feel free to do so, however I ask that it not have lyrics and that you title the response whether it be written, sculpted, painted, danced or drawn.
Pieces suggested for this Unit are;
Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
Beethoven’s Fur Elise
Vivaldi’s Spring
Enjoy! I know they will do a fantastic job.
