
Language Arts, Math, and Science in the Elementary Music Classroom provides a practical guide to help music teachers incorporate elementary classroom subjects into their curriculum using STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math)-inspired strategies, with added emphasis on socialstudies. It includes a complete elementary music curriculum for kindergarten, first, and second grades, and has cross-referencing charts for regular elementary classroom teachers to find music activities for their classroom. Importantly, it shows teachers how to include the artistic processes of creating, performing, responding, and connecting in their lessons. These processes make up the new music standards featured in NAfME's new Core Arts Music Standards.Sheet music for: Scotland's Burning, King's Land, The Turkey Ran Away, Nochebuena, Nigerian Welcome Chant, Miss Mary Mack, Pueblo-Zuni Corn Grinding Song, Pumpkin Pumpkin, Starlight Starbright, Mi Cuerpo, Mai Long Sera, Aiken Drum, Floating Down the River, Follow Me, Medicine Wheel Chant, Grizzly Bear, Huya (Swiftly Flowing Water), Gai Shan Ching, Kang Ding Love Song.In order to maximize comprehension, the book includes assessment tests, sheet music, work sheet templates, and brainstorming activities centered on using technology to enhance composition projects. Lesson plans are organized by the calendar year, each inspired by the seasons, American culture, and world culture. These lessons may be used as is or used to generate new curricula altogether.Features: Over one hundred sample lessons for K-2 elementary musicwith activity schematics Sixty-four songs (many hard to find) and references foreighty-three additional lessons Tips and strategies on building curriculum Supporting tools and references for the sample lessons Group assessment tests for grades K-2 Pedagogical features, including an index and appendix
This book investigates how music educators can integrate core elementary subjects—specifically language arts, math, and science—into the music classroom through a STEAM-based pedagogical framework. Author Kim Milai provides a structured approach for K-2 music teachers to align their instruction with the NAfME Core Arts Music Standards. By utilizing seasonal and cultural themes, the text offers a methodology for blending artistic processes like creating and performing with traditional academic disciplines.
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Educators frequently identify this text as a practical, ready-to-use resource for cross-curricular planning in the music room. Experts highlight the inclusion of diverse cultural songs and the clear alignment with national standards as primary strengths for practitioners seeking to integrate STEAM concepts.
Page Count:
352
Publication Date:
2017-09-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190661879
ISBN-13:
9780190661878
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