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Hello all! Welcome back, if your school year is starting!

This post is basically just a lament, unless you have some resources you can share...

I currently teach Gameplan. I don't love it, but the kids seem to enjoy it ok.

I'd rather be a Kodaly teacher, but I left Level I training thoroughly confused about how to create a curriculum. So I bought American Methodology, Kodaly Today, Conversational Solfege, Sound Thinking, and one of the Katinka Daniels books.

All they gave me was a lot of confusion.

There's not one Kodaly resource, that I know of, that shows you how to create interesting daily lesson plans. There are a LOT of broad overviews, but nothing like Gameplan (or any of the big box programs) that tell you what to do and when.

The Yearly Plans for the American Methodology even states at the beginning that, for novices, the Kodaly approach is confusing, frustrating, and discouraging. YES! I agree! (I even found American Meth...See More
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3rd year Thanks for taking the time to do this. I'm almost done with my list. It takes time to track these skills backwards :) I'll post as soon as I'm done.

(Didn't want you to think I left the conversation...)
Sep 5, 2014
Miss Friday Take you time. Since your goal is to start teaching this in Fall 2015, you have plenty of it. I'll be around whenever your ready.

On 9/05/14, 3rd year wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to do this. I'm almost done with > my list. It takes time to track these skills backwards :) > I'll post as soon as I'm done. > > (Didn't w...See More
Sep 7, 2014
3rd year Ok...I think I covered all that we have been discussing. Let me know how these are. Thanks!

I can sing in 2 part harmony. K: echo songs, 1: call and response, 2: ostinati, 3: rounds, 4: partner songs, 5: 2-part harmony

I can sing the solfege and perform hand signs for 5 of our folk songs.

1: So Mi La, 2: Re Do, 3: low So ...See More
Sep 8, 2014
Miss Friday These look really good!!

I only have a couple thoughts:

For the game/dance sequence, since you like what Gameplan does, use it! (Good teachers borrow, great teachers steal!)

The recorder breakdown seems ambitious to me, but you know your students best. As long as you are confident your fourth grade can master all those no...See More
Sep 8, 2014
Miss Friday Okay, you've got a scope and sequence. Now for the fun/hard/interesting part: You need some repertoire. Specifically, the songs you'll use to teach your goals. Here is another place where a spreadsheet is really helpful for organization.

I've been thinking about how to write this all day because for me, selecting repertoire is not a linear...See More
Sep 9, 2014


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