Our Classrooms Are Poppin’: Musical Connections with a Pop Tune Twist
Friday, January 24, 2025
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Description
Incorporating pop music into elementary music classrooms can be a valuable tool for fostering musical literacy, cultural awareness, creativity, and joy among students. Let's join together for an electrifying exploration, where we'll discover ways to seamlessly integrate the pop music your students love with essential musical concepts. You'll be equipped with practical lessons and activities tailored to support the preparation, presentation, and practice of the musical concepts for your K-6th grade students. Let’s create dynamic and meaningful musical experiences that empower students to see themselves reflected in our classrooms as they learn.
Speakers
Melissa Fuller Flores
Learning Objective 1
Attendees will learn how to incorporate pop music into elementary music classrooms.
Learning Objective 2
Attendees will learn how to foster musical literacy, cultural awareness, creativity, and joy among students
Learning Objective 3
Attendees will be equipped with practical lessons and activities tailored to support the preparation, presentation, and practice of the musical concepts for K-6th grade students.
Session Level
Elementary, Middle School/Junior High
Session Type
Lecture