Choir · Week 1 · Finding Our Voices
My Voice, My Story
Students share a song that matters to them and name the feelings singing brings up, from joy to nervousness.
- Students will
- Students connect a song that matters to them to their own interests and skills, hum or speak its first phrase, and describe the feelings and body signals that come with using their voice.
- SEL skill
- Name a feeling that singing brings up and where it shows in the body
- What it looks like
- Students recognize the emotions that come with singing, from joy to nervousness, and name how those feelings shape their choices.
- Content focus
- My Voice, My Story
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own emotions, thoughts, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. More self-awareness 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:Cn10.0.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Connecting, Anchor Standard 10 (Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Choir
- Music and Emotion Self-awarenessStudents listen to a choral work, name the emotions it stirs, and point to the musical elements that create them.
- Composing a Feeling Self-awarenessStudents improvise and compose a short melody that expresses a chosen emotion.
- Semester Reflection Self-awarenessStudents reflect in writing on how their voice, confidence, and place in the ensemble have changed this semester.
- Expressive Choices Self-awarenessStudents interpret the text of a choral piece and decide on dynamics and phrasing that express its meaning.
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.