November 5, 2015 Music

I got to go in today and observe a 5th grade music class.  The teacher is responsible for organizing the Veteran's Day celebration and the 5th grade classes are the ones who will mostly be presenting it.  It was really neat to see all the different things that went into making a assembly like this one and I didn't really know or understand all the work that went into one.  That being said the 5th graders who had solos did wonderfully when their parts came and the students did a wonderful job singing they all sounded really superb.  One of the songs they did was America and the teacher was going to have a select few students play the Orff instrument however, that did not go over well.  The students got lost at multiple points in the song and many of them were either off on their notes or off on their tempos.  The teacher made the decision at the end of the class to do away with them because she didn't have enough time to really teach the students and get them to be confident playing it.  I don't blame her most of the students had never played an instrument and none of them understood what conducting was so I think she will have to take baby steps with these students.  I had a thought of fun with these students today, they all seemed very excited about their upcoming performance.  I am just sad that I will not be able to see them perform it.  They have worked so hard.