Tim Ketterer's Teaching Portfolio

Canada Unit: I’se the B’y Dance, Bonavist Harbour

 

Student Teachers: James Gerrard, Tim Ketterer, Sarah Famiglietti

Grade Level: 6

Date of Lesson: May 13, 2010

 

 

Content Standards:

Standard 1: Singing alone or with others a varied repertoire of music.

Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Student Learning Objective(s) 1. Students will be able to accurately perform     the dance steps to “I’se the B’y” while     singing.   2. Students will be able to accurately sing the    correct pitches, rhythms, and words of    “Bonavist Harbour”.   3. Students will be able to correctly identify     the meter of the song.   4. Students will be able to identify Canada’s     history, geography and culture in relation to     the song.

Assessment:  1. I will monitor to see if the students have     learned the dance and if they can accurately     perform the dance in time. 2. I will also monitor to see which students are     struggling with singing and dancing at the     same time. 3. Observe each student and informally assess     his or her ability to sing the melody     accurately with correct pitches, rhythms, and        words. 4.  Students will listen and sing “Bonavist      Harbour” and be asked what meter they      think it is in. 5. Students will be asked what they have     learned about Canada’s history, geography     and culture in relation to the song.

Learner Background: Students will have already learned the song I’se the By in its entirety as well as the difference between simple and compound meter in lesson one.

 

Classroom Learning Environment: 

X	Standards of Behavior
X	Routines
X	Procedures
	Group Work
X	Transitions
	Other
X	Instructional Arrangement

           

Standards of Behavior:  I have noticed that the standards of behavior have been set high, although there are moments when the students will chat with one another during instruction. I expect all students to listen quietly while I model the dance for them and when they repeat what I have shown them. Students will be expected to be respectful, attentive, and participate in the activities of which they are asked.

Procedures and Instructional Arrangement: Being organized with my teaching procedures and my instructional arrangement will help the students learn and remember the steps to the dance. Students will be seated according to the teacher prior to my lesson.  They are accustomed to learning songs by rote and singing along with the entire the class.

Transitions: Students in this classroom are used to smooth, fast transitions.  

Instructional Model/Strategy: 

The students will be arranged seated on the floor facing the teacher and the board semi-close to each other and the teacher.  This will help them focus on learning the song.

Direct Instruction: At the beginning of the lesson, the students will be introduced to Canada, its culture, history and geography of Newfoundland.  They will also be introduced to a popular Canadian song.

Inquiry: Students will be asked what their prior knowledge of Canada is.  Students will discover what 6/8 meter is through singing “I’s the B’y” and feeling the macrobeat through an ostinato on their bodies. 

Concept Formation/Concept Development: While physically participating in the learning of the song and performing an ostinato on their bodies, they will understand the concept of 6/8 meter be able to feel the macrobeat.

 

X	Direct Instruction
	Cooperative Learning – specific strategy
X	Inquiry
X	Concept formation/Concept Development
	Discussion
X	Other

Materials/Resources: 1. Recording of I’se the By   2. Map of Bonavist Harbour   3. Pitch Pipe

Modification/Accommodations of resources (IF needed)

 

	Students Will:
Initiation	-The lesson will open with singing “O’ Canada” -Listen and answer the question: “What is the name of the song we learned last time?” -Students will sing “I’se the B’y” while keeping the pulse. -Listen and answer the question: “What meter is ‘I’se the B’y’ in?” -Listen and answer the question: “What is 6/8 time?” -Listen as I explain that there are many dances in 6/8 time, and that they will be learning one today. 1. Listen as I explain that there is a dance that goes with “I’se the B’y” and we are going to be learning it. The students will be informed that they need to pay full attention as I teach the dance, and that there cannot be any talking.
Lesson Development	TRANSITION 2. stand and form a circle in the center of the room. 3. watch as part one of the dance is modeled for them and answer the question “What word am I saying as I clap?” (her) 4. perform and sing the first part of the dance. 5. watch as part two of the dance is modeled for them and answer the question “What am I saying when I clap?”  (‘za) 6. perform and sing the second part of the dance. 7. watch as I model the first and second     parts of the dance. 8. perform and sing the first and second part       of the dance. 9. count off in two’s        -1’s face left        -2’s face right 10. watch as part three of the dance is       modeled for them. 11. perform and sing the third part of the          dance        - lead with their left foot and link their            right arms with their partner.        - link their left arms with their next            partner 12. watch as I model the last part of the dance and answer the questions, “What word did I stop and face forward on?” (around) “What word was I saying when I clapped?” 13. perform and sing the final step of the         dance.        -stay with their last partner with their            arms linked.        -unlink their arms as they sing             “around the circle.”        -clap on the final beat of the song 14. perform and sing the whole dance at a       slow tempo while singing. 15. perform and sing the dance a various          tempos, as they get comfortable. (I will       informally assess when it will be       appropriate to proceed to a faster tempo) 16. listen as I explain that they will be       learning a new song from Newfoundland.     TRANSITION 17. look at the map of Canada and     Newfoundland         and listen as I describe: a.     where Bonavista Harbour is and b.     that Bonavista Harbour is a town in Newfoundland 18. listen as I explain that “I’s the B’y” was         about sailing and fishing, and be prepared       to answer the question, “What do you          think ‘Bonavist Harbour’ will be about? 19. listen as I sing through the song and be       prepared to answer the question, who is         fishing together in this song? 20. listen as I sing through the song and be       prepared to answer the question, there are      “_____ from Carbonear”? 21. listen as I sing through the song and be       prepared to answer the question, who       went to church every Sunday? 22. listen as I sing the verse and then echo          me. 23. listen as I sing the chorus and then echo       me. 24. listen as I sing both the verse and chorus       together and then echo me. 25. listen as I sing the second verse and echo          me. 26. sing the whole song with me and then        sing as a group without my help.
Closure	27. raise their hands if they can tell me:     a.  Who is fishing together in this song?     b.  There are “_____ from Carbonear”?     c.  Who went to church every Sunday?     d.  What meter do you think the song is in          and why? 28. listen as I explain that they will be       listening to recordings of “Bonavist       Harbour” that have the entire song, and       they will be able to hear the different       instruments that are used in Canadian folk       music.