Sunday, April 28, 2013

About Me

Welcome to my portfolio! My name is Catherine Carter, and I am a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire having just earned my Bachelor's of Music in Music Education. My student teaching internship was spent between Barrington Elementary School in Barrington, New Hampshire and White Mountains Regional High School in Whitefield, New Hampshire. I currently reside in Lancaster, New Hampshire, where I am an active participant in many music and theatre groups, both community and professional. I am a member of the National Association of Music Educators via the UNH chapter, and I am an adjudicator for the New Hampshire Theatre Awards. In my portfolio you will find my resume, examples of lesson plans that I used throughout my internship experience, as well as recordings from both my senior recital and performances from throughout my college career. Please do not hesitate to contact me either by email (cmw84@wildcats.unh.edu) or phone (603-581-9123). I look forward to meeting you!

Second Grade Lesson Plan



Overview
Little Bunny Foo Foo Second Grade: This is a lesson plan that combines the classic children's story Little Bunny Foo Foo with an instrumental accompaniment. Students will sing the refrain of the story, and express the musical directions that they hear in the story (up and down) on their instruments.

Standards addressed

I Can
Keep a steady beat
Show which way the music is moving
Play Sol La Ti Do
Procedure
Warm Up: Little Bunny Little Bunny you're a goon! Shh!
Which words sound like tee tees? Which ones sound like tahs?

Procedure
1. Sing through Rhyme Story doing the hand motions
a. Bunny hopping for Foo Foo and Finger shaking for Fairy
b. Sweep with left hand for scooping
c. 3 claps for bopping
d. patting quickly on laps while I say the other parts of the story

2. Move to mallet instruments in two groups to learn coda  

3. Story with Instruments
a. Woods and metals tap F and C on first part (Foo Foo Forest)
b. Glocks scoop up w/gliss
c. Woodblocks tap for bopping
d. mallet instruments roll quietly while I say the other parts of the story and strike C on the word "Goon!"

e. Last part "Bun-ny Foo Foo You're a Goon!"

Assessment
Students should be able to:

a. Keep a steady beat both on their laps and on the instruments
b. Illustrate melodic direction with body movement and on instruments
c. Play a rhythm other than the steady beat. 
d. play a roll on a mallet instrument
e. Identify a Coda (tagline) at the end of a piece and play Sol La Ti Do

Materials
Chart

2 Soprano Xylophones
2 Alto Xylophones
1 Bass Xylophone

1 Soprano Metallophone
3 Alto Metallophones
1 Bass Metallophone

2 Glockenspiels
5 Woodblocks