Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Students "act out" melodic phrases and create line drawings.

Objective: To become aware of pitch variations in familiar songs.

Activity: 1. Give children large music staff paper and crayons. 2. Sing or play favorite simple tunes which children easily recognize. Have children respond kinesthetically to the melodic phrases by moving their arms in upward or downward motions. 3. While they listen and sing their favorite simple tunes again, have them create line drawings with crayons to represent the melodic phrases on the staff paper.

Assessment: Student participation in the movement activity and observation of the line drawings.