Mr. Baum - Music
Course Description
Grading Policy35% Effort
(Preparation Participation Conduct) 25% In class work 20% Homework/Projects 20% Assessments Music classes will receive a number grade on report cards |
In music class, students will experience music through a multi faceted approach to help address all of the New York State educational standards for music as well as enrich the school’s dedication to addressing the Common Core Learning Standards. It is my goal to make music an effective supplement to the school wide curriculum in order to prepare our students with the skills needed to succeed in the real world. I believe music education provides opportunities to develop creative thinking, teamwork, self-confidence and an understanding of what makes us both unique and alike as members of a global community. Music also fits in well to the Renzulli Schoolwide Enrichment Model which focuses on helping each student to develop his or her own unique set of talents.
For in-classroom instruction, we will be exploring a variety of topics to broaden students understanding of what music is. We will learn that music is not just a subject in and of itself, but can be looked at through the scope of several other disciplines such as science, math, history, social studies, language arts and more. This approach aims to help contribute to the school’s instructional goals of engaging students in high quality discourse to improve their performance in both written and oral responses. In 7th grade, students will also be given an opportunity to experience music making through technology resources provided by the school. We will be using Sonic Pi, a coding environment used for music making, as a vehicle for composition and understanding music theory. Students will have the chance to write their own songs as well as learn basics of computer programming. |
Contact email - lbaum@thebellacademy.com
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Homework, practice assignments and upcoming performance assessments will be posted on the calendar page the day they are assigned.
Contact via email for any questions or concerns.
Contact via email for any questions or concerns.
WHat's going on in class
Unit 1 - Art vs Artist
Students will be discussing whether we can experience music/art without taking into consideration who the artist is that created it.
Essential Question: Can we separate the art from the artist? Can we experience a piece of art without being influenced by what we know about the person who created it?
Week 1 - Students are presented with the essential question and write their initial response to this question.
Students will be discussing whether we can experience music/art without taking into consideration who the artist is that created it.
Essential Question: Can we separate the art from the artist? Can we experience a piece of art without being influenced by what we know about the person who created it?
Week 1 - Students are presented with the essential question and write their initial response to this question.
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Week 2 - Students decide which side of the argument their initial response falls on.
Students then read and analyze first article to gain insight on one side of the argument.
They will provide the writer's point of view and evidence from the text to support this.
Article Assignment Sheet
Students then read and analyze first article to gain insight on one side of the argument.
They will provide the writer's point of view and evidence from the text to support this.
Article Assignment Sheet
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Week 3 - Students discuss analysis of first article.
Students then read and analyze second article to gain insight on other side of the argument.
They will provide the writer's point of view and evidence from the text to support this.
Article Assignment Sheet
Students then read and analyze second article to gain insight on other side of the argument.
They will provide the writer's point of view and evidence from the text to support this.
Article Assignment Sheet
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Week 4 - Students work in groups to analyze different points of view on our essential question.
Each group is given two paragraphs to summarize. All groups share summaries with the class.
Article
Each group is given two paragraphs to summarize. All groups share summaries with the class.
Article
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Read summaries given by groups for each paragraph. Create a single summary for each paragraph based on the ones provided by class groups.
Assignment sheet
Read summaries given by groups for each paragraph. Create a single summary for each paragraph based on the ones provided by class groups.
Assignment sheet
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702 Group summaries given in class