tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69913052387680479382024-03-13T07:25:17.230-07:00CREATIVE MUSIC CLASSROOMS with THOM BORDENEducational Activities and Musical Manipulatives for the General Music Classroom TeacherThom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-56793799151860785002020-08-01T20:26:00.000-07:002020-08-01T20:26:01.968-07:00FILE FOLDER FUNWelcome back!<div>As many of you may know, I have recently begun sharing ZOOM sessions with FILE FOLDER FUN activities. I thought that since we are all returning to school shortly, this might be the time to return to blogging so that many of you have access to the file folder games on your own time frame.</div><div><br /></div><div>Watch this space as each week, I'll share more about the file folder games we have done, add additional activities for new file folder games and share the LIVE how-to sessions for your to make your own.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's so nice to hear from so many of you over the summer and I look forward to sharing more ideas with you each Saturday or Sunday.</div><div><br />Be well.</div><div>Thom</div>Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-90345152813570510372017-11-18T22:58:00.001-08:002017-11-18T22:58:09.851-08:00.Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-43129560819536639792017-11-11T21:48:00.001-08:002017-11-18T22:57:54.430-08:00...Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-5496004909054396412017-11-04T19:44:00.001-07:002017-11-04T19:44:22.209-07:00New post on MondayThom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-36108634160988616102017-10-28T21:57:00.001-07:002017-10-31T12:36:49.344-07:00CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - BOOKS TO SING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin</i></b><br />
Adapted by Sonali Fry<br />
Illustrated by Sanja Rescek<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">To create a B Section, you will need 4 cut-out pumpkins (or four wooden painted pumpkin shapes from your local craft store). On each pumpkin, draw a single line and place a colored-in circle above or below the line. This will create a set of high-low pumpkins. Place magnets on the back for an magnetic white-board experience or simply use a pocket chart with a high and low pocket. Place the four pumpkins in a line and sing the high-low pattern after each verse in the story (there are 2 complete verses in this board book). Invite students to move the pumpkins around to create new hgh-low patterns and sing again.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Enjoy and keep singing.</span>Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-766352027360215152017-10-21T23:03:00.000-07:002017-10-21T23:04:08.850-07:00GR 4Check back on Sunday evening or Monday for another classroom activity - this time from GR 4! Hope you have been successful with these past few weeks of postings.Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-59756298671122185912017-10-14T10:49:00.001-07:002017-10-16T13:08:40.117-07:00MELODY / GR 3 D-R-M and PREPARING LA,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Spooky Hour</i></span></b><br />
Written by Tony Mitton<br />
Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So I'm looking for a book that I could reinforce <i>m-r-d</i> patterns and still prepare <i>low la</i>. This book can be easily sung with simply <i>m-r-d</i> for the first three phrases of each "hour," then simply sing a reverse <i>m-r-d</i> pattern on the fourth phrase ending on <i>low la.</i></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Day of the Dead - El dia de los muertos</span></b></i><br />
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Written by Bob Barner<br />
Illustrated by Teresa Mlawer<br />
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As my second grade students are still working with half note and <i>do</i> patterns (prepare) - I am working with song selections and activities that allow for exploration of these concepts.<br />
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While reading this story, I am beginning with a simply ta ti-ti rhythmic pattern that can be played on rhythm sticks (i.e. Day of the Dead - ta ti-ti ta rest). I will then change the rhythm pattern to include half note rhythms (i.e. Dead, dead, day of the dead - long-beat long-beat ta ti-ti ta rest).<br />
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As we create new rhythm patterns using bones, students can cut out miniatures of the pattern and tape them into the story to create a play-along they can share at home.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pumpkin Party</b></span></i><br />
Written by Maudie Powell-Tuck<br />
Illustrated by Gill Guile<br />
ISBN: 978-1-58925-206-6<br />
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This happy rhyme is a perfect Halloween treat to reinforce steady beat while preparing "ta" patterns as the entire book can be read in simply quarter note rhythms. There are a few times were the rhythm of the text includes a "ta rest" -- simply add the word "and" and you can keep the steady pulse beat with text throughout the story. Each 2-line phrase will give you an 8 beat text phrase and a 7 beat text phrase - ending on "ta rest."<br />
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For example - "Pump-kin cos-tumes, pump-kin hats, with spark-ly stars and dang-ling bats. (rest) "<br />
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Create a B SECTION by placing 8 pumpkins in 2 single lines of 4. Invite students to say, "BOO" as they tap each pumpkin. After students have been successful several times, and after other "ta" songs have been introduced and the quarter note has been presented, invite students to turn the pumpkin over (nothing on the back side during first experiences). Students will say, "Shhh" on each of the "silent" pumpkins. Eventually, the reverse side of the pumpkins can have a quarter rest written on them.<br />
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Add a simple chord bordun to accompany the reading of the story. Add simple <i>so-mi </i>pumpkins to create a pumpkin melody to sing as a B Section between each page in the story.<br />
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<b>EXTENSION</b>: Give students a copy of the attached pumpkin page (image below) - inviting them to create their own 4 beat pattern in the pumpkin's sign (yes, it will all be quarter notes). Place all of the pumpkins on a bulletin board fence to create a Halloween scene of rhythm pumpkins.<br />
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<i>Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus</i></div>
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Written and Illustrated by Mo Willems</div>
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ISBN: <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">978-0-786-81988-1</span></div>
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This wonderful story begins with bus pictures on the inside cover. Invite children to sing the high/low patterns of the buses (high-low-high-low-high).</div>
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I always tell the children that the author, Mo Willems, actually wrote a bus song for us to sing. They love the idea that there is a song to begin the story.</div>
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As you sing through the story, invite students to sing, "No way!" on <i>s-m</i> each time pigeon asks to drive the bus.</div>
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Once the story is complete, give each child the opportunity to create their own bus song. I give each child a single rhythm stick and a set of 4-5 buses that have been printed, laminated and cut out. They must place the buses above or below the rhythm stick (like traffic). As the story is retold, I use my pigeon plush (recently bought a new one at Kohl's for only $5) to move around the circle to listen to each child's bus melody. Children sing high/low patterns they have created.</div>
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EXTENSION: Have children listen to the pigeon sing high low patterns and then build what they hear. This is a very elementary example of aural melodic dictation!</div>
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<br />Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-61353928303181804512017-09-16T23:18:00.001-07:002017-09-16T23:18:33.266-07:00.Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-19544701808039030122017-09-09T21:39:00.001-07:002017-09-09T21:39:17.824-07:00.Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-46708203328049434672017-09-02T23:33:00.001-07:002017-09-02T23:33:01.783-07:00.Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-35813490995670247762017-08-26T12:34:00.001-07:002017-08-26T12:34:47.803-07:00.Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-45674929805814110362017-08-19T23:14:00.001-07:002017-08-19T23:14:14.068-07:00STEADY BEATThom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-22720464767566378652017-08-12T15:49:00.001-07:002017-09-26T10:36:06.611-07:00WELCOME BACK!I hope that all of you have had a restful summer season. As many of you know, in the past, my posts have focused primarily on RHYTHM and MELODY. This summer, a teacher and friend asked if I would consider doing something more grade level specific.<br />
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While the activities in the past have always connected to the grade level concepts that are being taught in my classroom, I decided to accept the challenge. So ... this year, I will focus each post on a different grade level activity directly from my teaching.<br />
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I hope this is useful for you as we go through the year together. As always, there will be links to children's books, ideas on how to make manipulatives, and of course downloadable files of things that I've created for my classroom.<br />
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Please feel free to share the blog with new friends.<br />
Thanks for your continued support.<br />
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ThomThom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-15063347513312072592016-03-26T23:32:00.001-07:002016-03-26T23:32:39.285-07:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-15372639718568097722016-03-19T21:09:00.001-07:002016-03-19T21:09:01.676-07:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-90687963436684385212016-03-05T20:23:00.001-08:002016-03-05T20:23:59.405-08:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-2915492107199440022016-02-20T21:53:00.001-08:002016-02-20T21:53:51.586-08:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-52481335535122687302016-02-13T23:30:00.001-08:002016-02-13T23:30:44.579-08:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-17841314557928123552016-01-30T21:30:00.001-08:002016-01-30T21:30:43.957-08:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-28221473844442944462016-01-23T21:52:00.001-08:002016-01-23T21:52:13.680-08:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-41678334496868207692016-01-09T20:16:00.001-08:002016-01-09T20:16:44.174-08:00Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991305238768047938.post-17746839992326362312015-12-27T21:15:00.003-08:002015-12-28T12:19:14.669-08:00CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - BOOKS TO SING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>10 Playful Penguins</b></i><br />
<b>Written by Emily Ford</b><br />
<b>Illustrated by Russell Julian</b><br />
<b>ISBN: 978-0-545-79439-8</b><br />
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Learning to count with 10 playful penguins can be quite a treat as each penguin finds new friends to play with along the way. The repeated phrase "Yes, please!" says another one." lends itself nicely to the folk song <i>Johnson Boys</i> - though serious adaptation to the text is necessary to allow the book to be sung. Still -- all in all - a playful way to engage penguins into your January lessons and classroom.<br />
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For GR K, we will be creating a B SECTION using penguins with patterns on their tummy. Each penguin will have a single line with dots above or below the line so that students can begin reading/singing high/low patterns. These are also going to be available in SMART board format towards the end of the month so that students can manipulate and create their own melody patterns.<br />
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Additionally, for GR 1, we will be created a B SECTION using penguins with <i>sol-mi </i>patterns on their belly. Each penguin has a single line (4 dots <i>sol</i> and <i>mi</i> are placed above and below the line) or a double line (4 dots <i>sol</i> and <i>mi </i>are placed on the line). While we have already begun singing <i>la, </i>our literacy is not quite ready for reading and creating -- but hopefully that will come before the end of the month. :) These are also going to be available in SMART board format towards the end of the month for creation process.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Playful-Penguins-Emily-Ford/dp/0545794390/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451319475&sr=1-1&keywords=10+playful+penguins">CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE 10 PLAYFUL PENGUINS FROM AMAZON.</a><br />
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Enjoy the book and keep singing!Thom Bordenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841088045096896835noreply@blogger.com0