Scribd
Upload
41 views1 page

Classroom Teaching Reflection: Music Lessons

The teacher taught two music lessons - one to a 6-8th grade class and one to a 3rd grade class. For the 6-8th grade lesson, they taught the tenor part of a chorale and the students learned it quickly. For the 3rd grade lesson, the teacher taught a fiddle tune but noticed in the video that they counted off before students were ready and forgot some fingering instructions. To improve, the teacher needs to provide more detailed lesson plans, give clearer instructions, and move around the classroom more when teaching, as standing still made the 3rd grade lesson difficult.

Uploaded by

api-452845216
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
41 views1 page

Classroom Teaching Reflection: Music Lessons

The teacher taught two music lessons - one to a 6-8th grade class and one to a 3rd grade class. For the 6-8th grade lesson, they taught the tenor part of a chorale and the students learned it quickly. For the 3rd grade lesson, the teacher taught a fiddle tune but noticed in the video that they counted off before students were ready and forgot some fingering instructions. To improve, the teacher needs to provide more detailed lesson plans, give clearer instructions, and move around the classroom more when teaching, as standing still made the 3rd grade lesson difficult.

Uploaded by

api-452845216
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Classroom Teaching Reflection

Date of the Lesson: 4-28-21

Student’s Name: Matt Christensen

Video Link: Uploaded to box

Describe your assignment (one secondary class/two elementary classes).

I taught 6-8 (not recorded) and 3rd grade (recorded).

How did you prepare for the class?

For 6-8th grade, I taught the tenor part in a four-part chorale book. I went through the book and figured out
fingers and potential challenges for each instrument. I also made sure I could play each part of the chorale. I
made a short lesson plan that used echoing and whole-part-whole to teach the part.

For 3rd grade, I taught the fiddle tune. I looked at the fingerings for each instrument and wrote the notes on
the board for the tune, the variations, and the accompaniment.

What went well?

The 6-8th graders learned the tenor part very quickly. This allowed me to review the other three parts of the
chorale and play them together with the class. The students were responsive and energetic while I taught.

The 3rd graders were responsive to my instruction and slowly improved throughout the lesson. I thought I
modeled well, and the students were very impressed. The students were euthanasic and even wanted to solo.
They were also were very supportive of their classmates. I thought I did a good job at including every
instrument and I gave the students options of how they wanted to play. I did a good job at counting them in.

What did you notice when you watched your video?

I noticed I counted off the class to play before everyone was ready. I messed up a violin fingering but luckily
the students corrected me. I thought that the class had played that piece before. I should have broken the
song up into parts before playing it. The student that was good at double stops forgot their instrument. When
I tried to teach double stops, my lesson started to fall apart.

What do you need to do to improve?

For 6-8th grade, I can be more critical. They played the chorale fine but there were still things that could be
improved. I also forgot to tell the high strings to play A with their fourth finger because they had G#s in the
piece. I need to make clear instructions in my lesson plans so I do not forget things like fingering and bowings.

3rd grade was difficult. At points it was so bad I did not know where to start. I felt out of my comfort zone
teaching students that young. At points it feels more like babysitting than teaching music. I forget that I can
talk while I am playing my bass. I can call out note names and rhythms for the students if they are struggling.
Moving around the class would help, but I stood still with my bass.

You might also like