Week 5 Journal

This week in class we learned many important things about teaching music to young children. We were taught to sing and dance to a song by a strict lesson plan and then were asked to write a lesson plan to a song of our choosing.
We also learned about Kodaly and his theory stating that all people who are linguistically literate can also be musically literate, meaning that anyone who can learn to read is also capable learning to read music.
Also during class this week we learned the scale of notes in the form do re mi fa so la ti do and we learned the hand movements or sign language that represents these notes.
It is very important for us, as teachers, to get our ideas and thoughts about our lesson prepared out in detail in advance of teaching the lesson. Usually teachers can be nervous already to speak in front of a big group of children and not being prepared in advance can increase the probability that you won't know what to do or talk about. You need to know what to do and how long it will take each lesson in order for the children to properly understand what you are teaching. You need to use your senses (sight, hearing, etc.) to make sure the children are doing and understanding what you are supposed to.
Personally I feel quite nervous about teaching my lesson plan this upcoming week. Although I have practiced a few times I still feel like I may mess up or stutter a few times. But in the end I think it will be ok because all my classmates will be doing the same thing and probably feeling just as nervous. If anything, I know it is my first time presenting a lesson plan in front of other people so I know that if I mess anything up, I can work on it for next time.