Blog #2 Music in the Classroom

After watching the three videos (Same Love by Macklemore, Truly Brave mash-up by Bareilles/Lauper, and People Like Us by Clarkson), I want you to pose at least two questions for the group about what you heard and saw, and I want you to come up with one lesson idea (written up in purely idea format; i.e. I could teach a lesson on making connections by having the students list personal connections they have to some lyric in one of the songs – you can get a little more specific and for younger kids, you’d provide a much stricter guideline). Examples of questions: How could you use this/these song(s) in your class/content area – target it to a specific content area. Your goal: What deeper messages are at play in the songs and how could you use this to get kids to think/write/react? When might you use one or all of these songs in your classroom? Why would you use one or all of these songs in your classroom? Be specific and answer ALL questions!

Post by Wednesday, June 3rd at midnight; respond to each classmate by Saturday at midnight. 

Blog #1 Articles

After reading the three articles (1. What Is Content Reading, 2. How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas, and 3. Teaching Reading and Writing in Content Areas), list 2-3 things you learned from EACH article. Add commentary about at least 2 ways the information from EACH article can help you teach cross-content materials in your content area. 

Post by Thursday, June 4 and respond to each classmate by Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Your responses should be thoughtful, deep-thinking comments, not just "I agree..." If you choose to start with "I agree" state what you agree with and why.