School Song

Hello teachers!

I am so excited that you are getting your older kids composing.  Writing your own songs can be freeing and a unique way to express yourself.   While many students simply write a song and move on, a few students really take to composing.  I love seeing some of the creative songs my students come back with!  This step gets kids toes wet.  They are provided with a good amount of structure to make song writing just a bit less intimidating and from there they can have the confidence to do a lot more on their own.  

If you have any questions or need some clarification, my email address is meyerkm2012@gmail.com.

Miss. Meyer

Standards

Ohio Music Education State Standards:

8th Grade

3PR - Improvise, compose and arrange music.
4PR - Demonstrate the common beat patterns used by conductors.
5PR - Read, write and perform rhythmic (including dotted rhythms) and  melodic patterns in a variety of meters.
7PR - Demonstrate and use technology and media arts to create, perform and research music.

HS 1 (beginning)

6PR - Improvise over drones or simple chord progressions.
7PR - Incorporate technology and media arts in performing or recording music.
8PR -  Compose and notate a simple melody as well as a melodic variation using traditional or digital media

Credits

Thank you 8th graders, for being the first to use my webquest and helping to work out the kinks.

Thank you Mrs Francis allowing me to use your name and pictures from the school website.

Thank you to pexels.com for their copyright free pictures

Thank you to Kent State University for introducing me to WebQuests

Other

Make sure students have had practice with these skills before attempting this webquest:

• writing simple melodies
• writing rhythms
• creating triads
• harmonizing triads with a melody
• using the basics of Noteflight