ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (5) 16 :

16) Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

This activity is designed to allow students to make connections to their own lives, to help them use background knowledge, and to help them understand that reading comprehension is just as important when singing or playing an instrument as it is when reading a story or text.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (5) 10 :

10) Explain how context (such as social, cultural, and historical) informs performances.

[ARTS] MUS (5) 16 :

16) Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

This activity is designed to help students make connections between music and their own lives.  They will use their background knowledge to design movement that expresses their feeling about the song.

This activity is designed to be used following the activity Wild Things: A Song Study.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.