{"id":556,"date":"2011-12-02T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/?p=556"},"modified":"2014-07-21T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T15:09:09","slug":"they-keep-singing-this-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/they-keep-singing-this-song\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;They Keep Singing This Song!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>by Mr. Nathan Jones, Elementary Music Director<\/address>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard that statement from many parents since school started back in August. That\u2019s great to hear! Everyone loves music\u2014singing it, moving to it, playing it\u2014even just listening to it. Here are some ways that we\u2019re helping our students love music in new ways this year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>A New Method<\/h2>\n<p>This year, I implemented a teaching method called \u201cGordon\u2019s Music Learning Theory.\u201d That\u2019s just a fancy term for teaching music like we do language. We\u2019re singing from two new books with hundreds of folk songs from around the world. Most are short\u201430 seconds or less\u2014but students love to sing them over and over. This helps them learn facets of music that they don\u2019t even realize they\u2019re learning.<\/p>\n<h2>A New Technology<\/h2>\n<p>For Elementary instrumental music (3<sup>rd<\/sup>-4<sup>th <\/sup>grade recorders and Beginning Band), we introduced the SmartMusic\u00a9 program.\u00a0 This is a computer program that puts music on the screen, then \u201clistens\u201d to the students play, and shows them where they can improve. This has motivated our band students especially.\u00a0 Students proclaim, \u201cLet\u2019s play it again to get a better score!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>New Instruments!<\/h2>\n<p>At the Eagle Auction this year, a gracious parent donated a set of South American and African instruments. These will be a great help as we perform multicultural versions of traditional Christmas songs at the Christmas Spectacular this year. We also plan to study Latin music this January as the students are learning about Latin literature through the \u201cReading Extravaganza.\u201d\u00a0 Our 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and 4<sup>th<\/sup> graders are also learning to play the recorder, which helps the transition from singing to playing band instruments when they get to the 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade.<\/p>\n<h2>A New Focus for 5th and 6th Grades<\/h2>\n<p>This year, our 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> grades have been focusing on how to perform and read music. 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