1) Acculturation 2) Imitation 3) Assimilation Gordon Method of Learning Introductions to: Songs with words Songs without words Chants with words Chants without words Kindergarten Usual and unusual time signatures (4/4,5/8) Duple and triple rhythms Beginning note recognition Tonal and Rhythm pattern echoing Kindergarten Expectation of Application Terms Rhythms Note reading Singing First/Second Grade Adding more building blocks! More precise singing techniques Rhythm Cards with time signatures Exposure to more instruments Third Grade Instruments in the Classroom Instrument ostinatos! (xylophones, metalophones) Singing in multiple parts Third Grade Xylophones/Metalophones Recorders Playing an instrument Reading Music MusicalSchool Daze Reading music and dancing Learning stage production Fourth Grade Everything Weve Learned So Far Applies!! Stacy Root, Marshall Elementary School Music Dr. Henke, Albion College Education Professor All other Student Teachers! Thanks!!!