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Strategies are the teacher’s playground because they
are an opportunity to be creative, motivational, and fun. Outcomes
establish what you want your students to learn and strategies
become the vehicle for how you are going to teach your student
so they achieve the outcomes. It is not enough to write
interesting teaching strategies. Because students’ learning
preferences vary greatly, one strategy does not fit all. Therefore,
when you design effective strategies, consider the following
approaches to planning and writing strategies:
Use Verbs for Writing Teaching Strategies:
Act
Analyze
Arrange
Articulate
Bow
Choreograph
Clap |
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Classify
Compose
Conduct
Describe
Design
Discuss
Draw |
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Evaluate
Identify
Improvise
Interpret Journal
Listen
Move
Notate |
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Orchestrate
Play Record
Reflect
Research
Sight-read
Sing |
Learning Styles:
Visual – write on blackboard, use handouts,
have students write in music
Auditory – play
intervals, read out loud, model parts, and phrasing
Kinesthetic – clapping,
bowing, moving, stepping, physically describing
Student-centered Strategies
Students interpret music, conduct sectionals, design rehearsal
strategies, lead warm-ups, give opinions, listen and critique,
determine shape of phrases, discuss in small groups, give feedback
to partners
Warm-ups
Start with outcomes in mind and then design warm-ups that prepare
students for performing with understanding during rehearsal. You
should have both short and long-term goals in mind.
Take out the Piece- How many different ways can
you refer to your piece?
Rhythmic motif
Form
Historical Background
Composer
Articulation |
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Key Signature
Tonality
Meter
Language
Modulation |
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Texture
Genre
Compositional Device
Style Period |
Introducing the Piece – You only get one
chance to make a good first impression! Start with:
Reading the text
The heart
Telling an interesting anecdote |
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Talking about the composer
Playing important themes |
For further information, visit Chapter 3 from Shaping Sound
Musicians.
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