Purpose:

1) To relate general pedagogical knowledge to music education

2) To develop strategies for rote preparing for group performances
3) To become acquainted with the teachers at the school

Materials:
- Markers/chalk and board
- KWL sheets
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M:
1) Introduce self
2) Explain purpose
a) You CAN do this - if you have ears and a voice, you can sing
3) Vertical venn diagram
a) Include; sequencing, literacy, modalities/differentiation, best practices
4) K and W of KWL
a) Center of VD, and individual strengths
b) (Transition with Ws)

I:
1) First, do no harm
a) Singing should never hurt
b) Look for tension in the neck, heads at weird angles, etc
c) Volume is secondary to health
d) Sing where it’s comfortable
2) So, more than one way to skin a cat
a) Roughly a million, and we’ll work on one way to do it
b) Rote (as opposed to reading)
i) Listen
ii) Echo
iii) Add together
iv) Finish
c) Listen
i) Whole thing first (loo loo, or whatever)
ii) Have questions for engaged listening
(1) “What song is this?”
(2) “Raise your hand when I sing the highest note”
(3) “Raise your hand when I sing the lowest note”
- or -
(4) Activities like keeping the beat, etc.
d) Echo
i) SMALL CHUNKS based on the music
(1) Follow the fingers (point me or you)
 ii) Then add words, maybe before putting pieces together
iii) *Repetition is crucial*
e) Add together
i) Not all at once
ii) Listen for mistakes
f) Finish
i) Identify any mistakes, etc.
ii) Make it musical!

P: Model with SVG National Anthem

- Write lyrics on board and have S divide up words
- DISCLAIMER: Switch from T to S

A:
- Pick a hymn/song and divide up based on the MUSIC, NOT TEXT
- Form groups of 3 and L, E, and maybe A
- If time, even performances!

Post:
- L of KWL
 Saint Vincent, Land so beautiful,
With joyful hearts we pledge to thee
Our loyalty and love, and vow
To keep you ever free.

Chorus:

What e'er the future brings,

Our faith will see us through.
May peace reign from shore to shore,
And God bless and keep us true.