This week I started taking over more and more of my cooperating teacher classes. I am finding it hard to plan for general music lessons. And an even harder time getting my lessons to work. What I think will be fun and engaging isn't, and the concepts are either too hard or too easy. But I am working with my cooperating teacher and getting an idea of how to teach a general music class.
I have not had a lot of experience in general music, so instead of splitting my time between general music, band, and choir I decided to stay with my general music placement so that I can see more of it and hopefully start to learn how to run a general music class more smoothly as well as learning what a good general music class looks like.
This week's chapter is about social justice and the part that stuck out to me most was the part that said that all children have the right to an education. I feel strongly about this and started to think about my placement, the special needs students are included in the general music class and if they need their aid or individualized attention that aid goes with them to music and participates in the class with them, the main focus is for the student to receive the same music experience as the rest of their classmates. I think that this is so important in their schooling because some days those students have bad days and spend the day away from their classmates but when they come to music sometimes they enjoy it and they settle back into their day and turn their day around. The music class is a fun stress-free environment that every student should have a right too.
Holly, you said that what you are planning is seemingly not working, that it's either too hard or too easy. Can you give some examples of what you are trying? Are these ideas that you have discussed with you CT before you actually try them? Is staying with the general music something that your CT is letting you decide?
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