A Playful Approach to Literacy
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Description
Explore how rhythmic play can help to engage a student's innate sense of curiosity and creativity around language!
Explore how rhythmic play can help to engage a student's innate sense of curiosity and creativity around language!
Students will expand knowledge about music vocabulary through exploration of The Carnival of the Animals, composed by Camille Saint-Saëns. Students will be able to use key music terms in discussions with their peers and in persuasive writing.
"I Can" Statements
“I Can…”
I can use musical vocabulary to describe music I hear.
I can use musical vocabulary to share my opinion about music.
Essential Questions
Curriculum Standards
Kindergarten:
ELAGSEKW1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are “writing” about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is…).
Grade 1:
ELAGSE1W1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or the name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards:
Standard 1: English language learners communicate for Social and Instructional purposes within the school setting.
Standard 2: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.
Arts Standards
Kindergarten:
MKGM.6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
MKGM.10: Moving, alone and with others, to a varied repertoire of music.
Grade 1:
M1GM.6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
M1GM.10: Moving, alone and with others, to a varied repertoire of music.
Curriculum Standards
Kindergarten:
Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
1.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to state the topic and communicate an opinion about it.
Grade 1:
Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
1.1 Explore print and multimedia sources to write opinion pieces that introduce the topic, state an opinion, give a reason for the opinion, and provide a sense of closure.
Arts Standards
Anchor Standard 6: I can analyze music.
Benchmark GM.R NL.6 I can identify contrasts in music.
Benchmark GM.R NM.6 I can identify the elements of music.
Anchor Standard 7: I can evaluate music.
GM.R NL.7.1 I can listen and respond to music.
Content Vocabulary
Arts Vocabulary
Movement - A self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form
Opening/Activating Strategy
Work Session
Closing Reflection
Allow students to share their opinions with the class. Establish agreed-upon guidelines for sharing and listening.
Formative
Teachers will assess students’ understanding by observing students’ responses during class discussion, students’ identification of the animals in The Carnival of the Animals using musical vocabulary, and students’ discussion of their favorite animals and reasons for their opinions.
Summative
CHECKLIST
Acceleration:
Remediation:
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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*This integrated lesson provides differentiated ideas and activities for educators that are aligned to a sampling of standards. Standards referenced at the time of publishing may differ based on each state’s adoption of new standards.
Ideas contributed by: Sandi Evans. Modifications, Extensions, and Adaptations Contributed by: Peggy Barnes, Candy Bennett, Lindsey Elrod, Jennifer Plummer, and Vilma Thomas. Reviewed by Emily Threlkeld. Updated by Maribeth Yoder-White.
Revised and copyright: June 2024 @ ArtsNOW
Encourage your students to exercise their imaginations and write with courage and conviction. Using music from a wide variety of cultures, students will develop good listening skills and write from the heart using their own voices. This aural exercise will help students think creatively.
"I Can" Statements
“I Can…”
Essential Questions
Curriculum Standards
Kindergarten:
ELACCKW3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
Grade 1:
ELACC1W3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Arts Standards
Kindergarten:
ESGMK.RE.1 Listen to, analyze, and describe music.
Grade 1:
ESGM1.RE.1 Listen to, analyze, and describe music.
Curriculum Standards
Kindergarten:
K.MCC.3.1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, to tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and to provide a reaction to what happened.
Grade 1:
1.MCC.3.1 Explore multiple texts to write narratives that recount two or more sequenced events, include details, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Arts Standards
Anchor Standard 6: I can analyze music.
Content Vocabulary
Character - A person, or animal or other entity that has human characteristics, in a story.
Setting - Where and when a story takes place.
Event - A happening, something that occurs in a story.
Detail - A small, interesting part of a larger whole.
Title - The name of a creative work.
Arts Vocabulary
Dynamics - The volume of sound; how loud or soft it is.
Pitch - How high or low a note sounds.
Tempo - The speed at which a musical piece is played; how fast or slow.
Duration - The length of time a sound lasts; how long or short.
Timbre - The quality of a sound (round, brassy, sharp, bright).
Form - The structure or pattern in music; how the sounds are put together.
Rhythm - A pattern of sound which can be repeated to a regular beat.
Opening/Activating Strategy
Warm-Up: Moving to Music
Work Session
Classroom Tips:
Closing Reflection
Ask students: How did the music inspire story ideas in your mind? Which elements of the music were most important to you in creating your story? What did you like about this activity? What was easy or hard about this activity?
Formative
Summative
Student stories as written or drawn show clear evidence of having characters, settings, events, and titles.
Acceleration:
Add in the concepts of conflict/problem (“a challenge that the main character faces and must resolve”) and/or protagonist and antagonist (“the main character in the story,” and “the character who is opposed to or in conflict with the main character”) as elements that the students must clearly develop in their stories.
Remediation:
Work as a full class to develop the first story. Then develop more stories as a full class, or have students work in small groups.
Take care to choose musical selections that are not too challenging or jarring.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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*This integrated lesson provides differentiated ideas and activities for educators that are aligned to a sampling of standards. Standards referenced at the time of publishing may differ based on each state’s adoption of new standards.
Ideas contributed by: Janice Akers
Modifications, Extensions, and Adaptations Contributed by: Peggy Barnes, Candy Bennett, Lindsey Elrod, Jennifer Plummer, Vilma Thomas, and Barry Stewart Mann.
Revised and copyright: Date updated @ ArtsNOW
Students will explore the life cycle of plants and animals by assuming the roles of various plants and animals in the cycle. Students will use tableau to dramatize their place in the life cycle. After the students share their tableaus, they will write a monologue from the point of view of their plant/animal.
"I Can" Statements
“I Can…”
I can use tableau to explore the life cycle of an animal or plant.
I can demonstrate the life cycle of animals or plants through tableau.
Essential Questions
How can tableau be used to explore the life cycle of an animal or plant?
How can I demonstrate the life cycle of animals or plants through tableau?
Curriculum Standards
Grade 2:
S2L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the life cycles of different living organisms
Arts Standards
Grade 2
TA2.CR.1 Organize, design, and refine theatrical work. a. Use imagination to create characters. b. Contribute and collaborate in planning a theatre experience.
TA2.CR.2 Develop scripts through theatrical techniques.
TA2.PR.1 Act by communicating and sustaining roles in formal and informal environments.
Curriculum Standards
Grade 3
3-LS1-1. Develop and use models to describe how organisms change in predictable patterns during their unique and diverse life cycles.
Arts Standards
T.CR NL.1 I can identify basic story elements in simple stories, plays and scripts (e.g. plot, character, setting, theme, etc.).
T.CR NL.1.2 I can identify basic character qualities from a prompt.
T.P NL.3 I can use body and voice to communicate character traits and emotions in a guided drama experience.
T.P NL.3.3 I can participate collaboratively in guided drama experiences.
Content Vocabulary
Arts Vocabulary
Opening/Activating Strategy
Work Session
Closing Reflection
Formative
Teacher will assess understanding through class discussion, group discussion, reflection questions, observation, class reflections/discussions, and tableaus.
Summative
CHECKLIST
Acceleration:
For example, the students with the life cycle of a butterfly should be in this order: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly. Remediation: Pair students who represent the same stage of the same type of life cycle together to create a character that represents their stage of the life cycle. |
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Resources/Other Sources |
*This integrated lesson provides differentiated ideas and activities for educators that are aligned to a sampling of standards. Standards referenced at the time of publishing may differ based on each state’s adoption of new standards.
Ideas contributed by: Author unknown. Updated by Ashley Bailey Katy Betts.
Revised and copyright: August 2024 @ ArtsNOW
Student will do various activities that are based on the ve senses and how they relate to each of the four seasons. They will be recording these activities in a notebook or journal. They will use writing, drawing, and other interactive methods to learn about the topics in question.