In the next lesson Mrs Nuzman wanted to focus on Social Studies. Since it was right before Thanksgiving we decided to teach the kids Turkey in the Straw. Previously the children had learned the words for the chorus of the song.
We reviewed those words and then talked about how the children listened to music and what they did for entertainment. Then we talked about how in historically people would have to sing and play their own music instead of being able to listen to an iPod. And for entertainment people would all learn dances and then dance to the live music.
Then they all got up and we learned a modified version of the Virginia Reel. We started using walking. As they got better at the dance, I challenged them to really listen to the music and make sure they were clapping on the right counts. Once they had that down we changed the skipping to walking.
It was a lot of fun because as part of the dance we had 16 counts where the head couple got to do their best turkey walk impression down the middle of the two lines. This was a really exciting part of the lesson. It was fun to see the students try to think of new ways they could do their turkey walk as we challenged them to look for new ways. To up the stakes we had Mrs. Musil, who was observing that day, pick a few of the best turkey walkers.
We reviewed what we had discussed at the beginning and then the students loved it so much they asked if they could do the dance two more times.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Action Reaction
Our goal for this lesson was to lead up to our future project of making Rube Golberg machine's with the kids as some of the moving parts. To do this we wanted to get the kids moving and thinking about how they can use the movements they have been given and use them to pass movement along.
Introduction
To start out we reviewed our action words from the last lesson. Then we talked about their science words.
While we did this we moved the words and applied them to the locomotor words they had learned last time and just previously reviewed.
Action Reaction Section
We then stood in a circle and talked about action and reaction. Then past the movement around the circle. Up until this point in the lesson things were going pretty smoothly. I wasn't sure how the last section would go or how would be the best way to do the action reaction section--with the full class or in groups or possibly a completely different way.
We talked about safety and respect; how to pass an action in a way that is not unkind and then started.
In the moment we decided to do it as a full class....it did not go as well as I had hoped... :\ Some of the girls were not as involved or not confident at this point to make their own decisions. A couple of the girls didn't know how to react when the movement was passed to them and as a result shut down. It was a bit disappointing.
I think it would have been better in smaller groups possibly. I was also thinking about some of the different dance terms that might have facilitated better passing of movement, such as energy words. Talk about passing sustained movement. We could also talk about swing and sway.
Introduction
To start out we reviewed our action words from the last lesson. Then we talked about their science words.
MOTION: occurs when an object or person moves from one place
to another
ENERGY: is the ability to do work. You need energy to make
an object move.
PUSH: is a force that moves an object. Often, pushing an
object moves it away from you.
PULL: is a force that moves an object. Often, pulling an
object moves it closer to you.
FORCE: is the push or pull on an object. Force makes the
object move or change direction.
WORK: happens when a force is used to move an object, moves
another object
SLIDE: is the movement of an object to smoothly glide or
slip over a surface without rotating or flipping.
ROLL: is the movement of an object that turns over and over
in a circular pattern.
STRAIGHT: is a type of direction or path an object can move.
CURCULAR: is a path or direction, in the shape of a circle,
that an object can move
ZIG-ZAG: is a type of direction or path an object can move
with a back and forth diagonal motion.
FRICTION: is a force caused when two objects rub against
each other. Friction causes objects in motion to slow down.
Action Reaction Section
We then stood in a circle and talked about action and reaction. Then past the movement around the circle. Up until this point in the lesson things were going pretty smoothly. I wasn't sure how the last section would go or how would be the best way to do the action reaction section--with the full class or in groups or possibly a completely different way.
We talked about safety and respect; how to pass an action in a way that is not unkind and then started.
In the moment we decided to do it as a full class....it did not go as well as I had hoped... :\ Some of the girls were not as involved or not confident at this point to make their own decisions. A couple of the girls didn't know how to react when the movement was passed to them and as a result shut down. It was a bit disappointing.
I think it would have been better in smaller groups possibly. I was also thinking about some of the different dance terms that might have facilitated better passing of movement, such as energy words. Talk about passing sustained movement. We could also talk about swing and sway.
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