Click to hear the song: jam-the-fore.mid
Today, I integrated what the 3rd graders were studying in science class into our music class. For the past month, the students have been learning about the Rainforest. Today, I divided the students into 5 groups. Each group launched Sibelius’s Groovy Jungle, used the text tool to type three facts about the Rainforest into the create mode, and created a song that emphasized their facts. The students used musical elements such as melody butterflies, rhythm trees, chord webs, arpeggio flies, bass line bushes, and bonus animals. At the end of the project, they titled their Rainforest and presented their song to the class. They described why they used melodies in some measures, why they chose certain bonus animals to emphasize words, and why they chose the musical elements that they did. Afterward, I saved the Groovy file as a MIDI file. If need be, I could convert the MIDI file to an mp3 using iTunes.
The students loved this project. Once all of the 3rd graders are finished, I will post them on my website: http://www.amymburns.com.
For now, please enjoy this example from a group of three third graders, who titled their song/Rainforest “Jam the Fore.” If it is difficult to see the pictures, then click on the picture and a bigger version of the picture will appear. I hope that you enjoy it!
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