Linda+M.

**Learning Objective** 
 * Construct a melody for soprano recorder
 * read rhythm patterns
 * Read and play notes BAGEDD(high)
 * phrase
 * 21st Century Skills**
 * Creativity
 * communication and collaboration
 * Information fluency
 * Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making
 * Technology operations and Concepts


 * Cognitive Type/Skills **
 * Remember (rhythms, notes, fingering, playing recorder):Factual
 * Understand (rhythms, relationship of notes to duration): Conceptual
 * Apply (above skills to play phrases) Meta-Cognitive
 * Analyze (each phrase to be played) Meta-Cognitive.
 * Create (melody, play melody successfully) Meta-Cognitive
 * Evaluate (success of melody)

**Activity** ANOTHER DAY
 * T plays short patterns on the SR using the pitches BAGEDD(high), students echo
 * Refine patterns to cards to be distributed to students later
 * Divide class into groups of four, each to receive one packet of 6 cards with melodic phrases
 * Students place six cards on floor and all sit on same side of cards
 * Students familiarize themselves with cards by speaking rhythm, clapping rhythm, fingering recorder while speaking letter names, then play melody.
 * Each group picks two cards to practice
 * Using voice thread, each group will find the cards they have chosen. They will record speaking the rhythm, clapping the rhythm, and playing the melody.
 * Each group constructs a four-phrase melody using any combination of cards
 * Students may choose to repeat one or two of the cards and omit others.
 * REMEMBER:
 * //(A Good melody has repetition)//
 * //(Not all of the cards would be well placed at the end (remember Tonal Center)//


 * Students explore and practice
 * Groups share with another group
 * Record each group using camera
 * Students view video to self evaluate and peer evaluate

**Resources** 
 * Soprano Recorders
 * Packets with melodic phrases
 * Computer, microphone, voice thread project ready for students to record
 * video camera