Kodály in the Second Grade Classroom : Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century.

Cover -- Series -- Kodály in the Second Grade Classroom -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Framing a Curriculum Based on the Kodály Concept -- The Kodály Concept -- Multiple Dimensions of Music -- Grade 2 Music Curriculum -- Prompt Questions for Constructing a Music Curriculum -- Lesson Planning -- Key Components of Lesson Plan Design -- 2 Developing a Music Repertoire: Students as Stewards of Their Cultural and Musical Heritage -- Selecting Repertoire -- Grade 2 Song Lists -- Lesson Planning -- 3 Teaching Strategies -- Introducing the Tonic Note of the Major Pentatonic Scale -- Half Note -- Trichord mi re do -- Sixteenth Notes -- Major Pentatonic Scale -- Quadruple Meter -- Developing a Lesson Plan Design Based on the Teaching Strategies -- 4 Students as Performers: Developing Musical Skills and Creative Expression -- Tuneful Singing Skills -- Reading Skills -- Inner-Hearing Skills -- Writing Skills -- Improvisation Skills -- Musical Memory -- Understanding Form -- Part-Work Skills -- Instrumental Performance Skills -- Creative Movement Skills -- Listening Examples for Grade 2 Concepts and Elements -- Lesson Planning -- 5 Unit Plans and Lesson Plans -- Transitions in Lesson Plans -- General Points for Planning Lessons -- Evaluating a Lesson -- Unit Plans -- Unit 1: Grade 1 Review -- Unit 2: Teaching do -- Unit 3: Teaching Half Note -- Unit 4: Teaching re -- Unit 5: Teaching Four Sixteenth Notes -- Unit 6: Teaching do Pentatonic Scale -- Unit 7: Teaching Quadruple Meter -- 6 Assessment and Evaluation -- Grade 2 Assessments -- Notes -- Index.

Kodály in the Second Grade Classroom provides teachers with a step-by-step road map for developing children's performance, creative movement, and literacy skills in an organic and thoughtful manner. Each chapter contains key questions, discussion points, and ongoing assignments. Scholarly yet practical and accessible, this volume is sure to be an essential guide for music teachers everywhere.

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