Choir · Week 26 · Music in Our Community
Singing for Others
Students plan a performance for a senior center or elementary school and consider how to connect with that audience.
- Students will
- Students plan a short performance for a chosen audience, rehearse a welcome and an opening, and decide how to connect with that audience.
- SEL skill
- State a clear request and listen to a teammate's reply when planning together
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by planning with teammates and communicating clearly with an audience in mind.
- Content focus
- Singing for Others
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building and keeping healthy connections through clear communication, listening, teamwork, and working through problems. 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:Pr6.1.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 6 (Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
More relationship skills activities for Choir
- Choir Is a Team Relationship skillsStudents set ensemble norms for rehearsal and practice giving peers encouraging feedback.
- 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.
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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.