Create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional, electronic, and nontraditional sound sources

Procedure

Teacher expressively reads a folk tale that contains several examples of repetitive text , adding props to enhance.
Students name repeated phrases of text.
Students (on their own) walk around the room and experiment vocally with melodies that fit the text. They regroup and share their melodies. Teacher notates melodies, using iconic notation that students can understand.
Students select and sing their favorite melodic composition for the text. Process is repeated for all text phrases in the story.
Teacher writes out selected compositions in standard notation and students use these pieces in a performance retelling the story.

Standards Code

Imagine, Plan & Make
Cr1.1.1a With limited guidance, create musical ideas for a specific purpose.
Cr2.1.1b With limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation to document and organize musical ideas.

Suggested Assessment

Teacher uses an observational checklist to assess student abilities to create and sing the melodies.
Plus - Student improves/sings a melody that is phrase-like and can be easily repeated by self and others
Check - Student improves/sings a melody that uses the singing voice but may not be easily repeated.
Minus - Student does not sing a melody but uses a speaking voice instead.

Enduring Understanding

CR1.1 The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sources.
CR2.1 Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.

Essential Question

How do musicians generate creative ideas?
How do musicians make creative decisions?

Notes/Resources/Accommodations

Suggested folktales:
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, Eric Kimmel

Additional Instructional Ideas

Improvise question/answer phrases (instrumental and vocal)
Improvise four measure phrases in turn on mallet instruments
Create body percussion composition
Explore creative ways to make sounds on classroom instruments
Create sound pieces from traditional and nontraditional sources (ex. juice boxes, shoe boxes)
Create an instrumental composition that contains two simultaneous parts