"The World's Greatest" by R. Kelly
*Music Monday is BACK and I'm excited to share a year's worth of musical selections with you.
*I know it is going to be a GREAT year of music, writing, thinking, and sharing.
*It has been several years since I've used this piece of music, but I decided to bring it back. I love the music, the words, and the entire message.
*Today is our SIXTH Monday together and that means it is time for our musical selection.
*I truly believe Mondays are my favorite day for our writer's notebooks.
*Each Monday I present a piece of music to my fourth graders. I usually present the song via a video so they are hearing and "seeing" the music.
*After I share the video, we discuss the song/video for a few minutes as a class. It is always a joy to hear what my young listeners have to say about the song.
*They then get busy writing in their notebooks. We start off at the beginning of the year writing for about five minutes. This will gradually increase as the year progresses.
*Here are some ideas I give the writers to think about during their writing time...
*Their opinions of the song.
*Their likes and dislikes of the song.
*What the song reminds them of.
*Any connections they may have to the music.
*What they think the message in the piece may be.
*What listeners can learn from the song.
*A fictional story about the music/video.
*These are just some ideas I give to the writers. They are really free to write anything they would like as long as it connects to the song.
*After our silent reading, we spend a few more minutes sharing out what we wrote.
*I keep a collection of the videos on our Schoology Site so that my students can always go back and rematch them anytime they wish.
Week #1: "What I Am" by will.i.am Click Here for Week One MUSIC
Week #2: "Hopeful" by Bars and Melody Click Here for Week Two MUSIC
Week #3: "Somebody" by Lemonade Mouth Click Here for Week Three MUSIC
Week #4: "Dream Big" by Ryan Shupe Click Here for Week Four MUSIC
Week #5: "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield Click Here for Week Five MUSIC
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