We've been playing with little chunks of melody in grade 2 for a while now - just three note combinations of pitch. We use solfege in the classroom and students are now very familiar with do re and mi and their various combinations! If I sing a certain pattern without using the solfege names, students can tell me which pattern I sang. I thought it would be interesting to let students compose with those melodic chunks and to see what they would come up with.
This video clip is a wonderful window into how the students' are thinking as they compose. You can hear them discussing their choices and trying out different ideas - it's one of my favorite moments from my classroom this year as the students display an authentic appreciation for patterns and melodic direction in their composition.
This video clip is a wonderful window into how the students' are thinking as they compose. You can hear them discussing their choices and trying out different ideas - it's one of my favorite moments from my classroom this year as the students display an authentic appreciation for patterns and melodic direction in their composition.
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