teaching music across the curriculum

Our Focus:TEACHING ESSENTIAL

MUSIC SKILLS

Music

ALL other Curriculum

MOTIVATION

TEAMWORK

National Standard #8 – Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.”

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)♪English language arts♪Mathematics♪Science♪social studies

$♫Creative Problem Solving♫Creative Thinking♫Following Directions♫Teamwork♫Positive Self-Esteem

Better Readers = Better Test Takers

♫Lyrics

Fluency speak written language fluidly

rehearse “sight words” purposefully reread the text increase the reader’s confidence

♫Lyrics

Fluency speak written language fluidly

rehearse “sight words” purposefully reread the text increase the reader’s confidence

♫Lyrics

Fluency Phonemic Awareness Choral Blend: Vowel Sounds

♫Lyrics

Fluency Phonemic AwarenessModels for Poetry

♫Lyrics♫Schema/Comprehension Web Sites Bulletin Boards Stories and Picture Books

Predict?

♫Lyrics♫Schema♫Vocabulary

Repeated ExposureWord WallsContext SkillsSoftware/Games

♫Lyrics♫Schema♫Vocabulary♫Writing/Constructed

Responses

Q. Why is the saxophone considered a “Woodwind” instrument, even though it is made of brass?

A. The saxophone is considered a “Woodwind” instrument because it uses a reed on a mouthpiece to create the sound. Brass instruments create their sound by buzzing lips in a mouthpiece.

Comm. Arts test scores are a

big deal for your school…

“Music is the arithmetic of sounds.” Claude Debussy

Fluency=automatic recall

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Math Music♫measurable♫organized♫numbers/symbols♫contain patterns

♫Note Values

“Music is the arithmetic of sounds.” Claude Debussy

♫Note Values♫Interactive Websites/Software

“Music is the arithmetic of sounds.” Claude Debussy

http://musictechteacher.com

Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory 3.0

♫Note Values♫Interactive Websites/Software♫Meter Signatures/Fractions

Whole MeasuresDenominatorNumerator

♫Note Values♫Interactive Websites/Software♫Meter Signatures/Fractions♫Patterns

♫Note Values♫Interactive Websites/Software♫Meter Signatures/Fractions♫Patterns♫Number Line

♫Musical History

National Music Standard #9:Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

♫Musical History

“True music must repeat the thought and inspiration of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.”George Gershwin

♫Musical History♫Multicultural

Giant Screen Films

♫Musical History♫Multicultural♫Composers

♫George Washington (1732-1799)

♫Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

♫Born to a wealthy family♫Father of our Country♫First president of the U.S.♫Tall and had brown hair

♫Powered his hair♫Wore tights, a long coat, and buckle shoes♫Born the same year

♫Born to a middle class family♫Father of the Symphony♫Father of the String Quartet♫Short and bald (wore a wig)

George Washington Franz Joseph Haydn

The study of observable facts

♫Improvisation

Groundwater

Water Table Condensation Evaporation Precipitation

Groundwater

Water Cycle

♫Improvisation

Pentatonic Scale (do, re, mi, so, la)

SCIENCE MUSICSound Vibrations♫Pitch♫Timbre♫Volume

♫Improvisation♫Vibrations

♫Improvisation♫Vibrations

4/5 =

Non-EnglishSpeaking

♫Foreign Language Songs♫Italian Terminology

F - o - r - t - i - s - s - i - m - o

F - o - r - t - i - s - s - i - m - o

http://hpe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/gforeman/crosscurricular.htm

Additional Skill Reinforcement♫Following Directions

♫Self-Assessment♫Use of Symbols