Choir · Week 3 · Finding Our Voices
Breath and Calm
Students practice low, supported breathing for singing and use the same breath to settle nerves.
- Students will
- Students develop a strategy for low, supported breathing by timing inhale and release counts, and use the same breath to settle their body before singing.
- SEL skill
- Use a slow breathing routine to settle the body and measure the change
- What it looks like
- Students practice managing stress by choosing a breathing routine they can use in rehearsal and beyond.
- Content focus
- Low breath for singing and calm
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions in ways that help you reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- MU:Pr5.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 5 (Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-management activities for Choir
- Singing Alone Is Brave Self-managementStudents share a short improvised phrase in a small group and reflect on the courage it takes to be heard.
- Mistakes in Rehearsal Self-managementStudents treat wrong notes as information, identify one tricky passage, and choose a strategy to fix it.
- Reading Music and Confidence Self-managementStudents practice sight reading in short daily steps and track how their confidence grows.
- Performance Anxiety Toolkit Self-managementStudents build a personal toolkit of breathing, focus, and self-talk strategies for performance nerves and test one in a mock performance.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.