Musical+Weather

**Musical Weather for 2nd graders**
__Ohio Music Standard - 2nd Grade - 6PR Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others, and demonstrate proper technique.__

THIS IS A TEAM PROJECT and your final project will be a team performance of weather shown through musical instruments, which will be planned, recorded, and shared by your group. YOUR MAIN FOCUS WILL BE BE TO DEMONSTRATE PROPER TECHNIQUE ON YOUR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS CHOSEN FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE. REMEMBER TO USE SOME FROM EACH FAMILY - WOOD, METAL, AND DRUM. Here's an overview of the activities and assignments. 1. View the video and brainstorm with your team the type of weather you wish you represent through sound. 2. Once you've chosen your instruments, share why you chose them. 3. Make a storyboard and share it. 4. Take your storyboard and map it on Google Tour Builder. Tell your story by plotting it on the map. 5. Audio record your musical weather. 6. Finally, share your team's Storyboard and Garage Band recording to the [|Musical Weather Blog]. Be sure to check out the [|rubric] before beginning! Here we go...

MUSICAL WEATHER View the [|video] to brainstorm the types of weather you wish to include in your musical weather/thunderstorm. Listen for the instruments that represent lightning, thunder, rain, dark clouds, wind blowing and consider using them for your storyboard. During class, we will explore and discuss different types of weather, too. Use Popplet App to organize your brainstorming. [|Example]

INSTRUMENT CHOICE ASSIGNMENT Which instruments will you choose to represent your musical weather? Tell why. Share your ideas [|here]. Consider the ideas of others and be willing to modify your choices. Search [|percussion instruments] if you need help to find instruments and their names.

STORYBOARD Using your instrument choices, your team will create a storyboard for your weather story. Here's an [|example]. Make your [|storyboard], then save and [|share it].

Now map your storyboard using [|Google Tour Builder]. Share your map link to [|here]. See my [|example].

[|Musical Weather] Listen to the example and follow along with the popplet storyboard, beginning at #1. [|Example]


 * RECORD your musical weather using Garage Band app, then share at our [|Musical Weather Blog.]
 * Listen to the recordings of your classmates and make one postive and constructive comment for each.