Choir · Week 2 · Finding Our Voices
Choir Is a Team
Students set ensemble norms for rehearsal and practice giving peers encouraging feedback.
- Students will
- Students develop strategies for working as an ensemble by writing rehearsal norms and giving a peer encouraging, specific feedback on a short rhythm or melodic pattern, then trying the pattern again and evaluating what changed.
- SEL skill
- Give a peer one specific, kind noticing and one wondering after listening
- What it looks like
- Students build healthy ensemble relationships by listening closely and giving feedback that is kind, specific, and helpful.
- Content focus
- Ensemble norms and encouraging feedback
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean communicating clearly, listening well, and working with others in ways that keep relationships healthy. More relationship skills 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 relationship skills activities for Choir
- Section Leaders Relationship skillsStudents practice leading a short sectional and giving feedback that motivates without embarrassing anyone.
- Hearing Feedback Relationship skillsStudents listen to a recording of their rehearsal, evaluate it with shared criteria, and respond to feedback without blame.
- Harmony in Groups Relationship skillsSmall groups develop a simple harmony for a melody and record it, negotiating creative differences along the way.
- Refining Our Compositions Relationship skillsGroups exchange compositions, give feedback using criteria, and refine their work.
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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.