Lindsey lorefice student taught at a middle school in State college, pennsylvania. She developed a worksheet to test students' memory of the song "Spring, spring" a crossword puzzle helps students develop memorization, language, and analytical skills.
Lindsey lorefice student taught at a middle school in State college, pennsylvania. She developed a worksheet to test students' memory of the song "Spring, spring" a crossword puzzle helps students develop memorization, language, and analytical skills.
Lindsey lorefice student taught at a middle school in State college, pennsylvania. She developed a worksheet to test students' memory of the song "Spring, spring" a crossword puzzle helps students develop memorization, language, and analytical skills.
As a student pursuing music education, I had the pleasure to student teach at the State College Area School District and go into a classroom at the Mount Nittany Middle School. Learning from educators, such as Dr. Thornton, Dr. Clements, Mrs. Shutes, and Mr. Shevock, has been inspiring, encouraging, and enlightening. As future music educators, we often work in teams. I was assigned to student teach in a team with Mr. Katzen and Ms. Rhodes. My teammates have been dedicated to the assignments and enjoyable to work with as we develop innovative approaches to instructing the students, as well as divide the workload of the teachable moments. Specifically, I taught the song "Spring, Spring." Ironically, this Spring Semester accumulated more snow than in recent years. The song not only warms up the students voices, but warms up their minds and hearts to the advent of springtime in the midst of the ice and wintry weather. I developed a worksheet alliteratively called the Text Tester. I ask the students the question, Do you remember the text to Spring, Spring? My worksheet uses the program Crossword Weaver. By creating a crossword puzzle, I reinforce the lyrical text of the song, Spring, Spring. This innovative and fun approach to learning helps the students develop memorization, language, and analytical skills in a concise, informative, and entertaining way. Considering the age of students at the middle school level, my word descriptions were age appropriate and succinct. Each of the descriptions defined lyrics of the song, Spring, Spring. I also provided an answer key to the worksheet. As the Spring Semester marches on, I look forward to the lyrics of Spring, Spring coming alive in the lives of the students I taught. I will welcome the green hillsides peeking out of the white wintry snowbanks.