Idaho Elementary Music Course of Study K-8. a Guide for Excellence in Music Education
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 418 904 SO 028 351 AUTHOR Maxey, Gale E. TITLE Idaho Elementary Music Course of Study K-8. A Guide for Excellence in Music Education. INSTITUTION Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. PUB DATE 1994-07-00 NOTE 88p.; Printed on colored paper. AVAILABLE FROM Idaho Department of Education, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720-0027. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Elementary Education; *Elementary School Curriculum; *Music; *Music Education; State Curriculum Guides; State Standards IDENTIFIERS *Idaho ABSTRACT This guide outlines content requirements needed to satisfy K-8 proficiency expectations in music in Idaho. Local school districts are to produce an instructional guide based upon the defined course of study. The brief outlines are in skeletal form allowing local autonomy in teaching the course of study. This publication includes basic goals and objectives of a music program for Idaho elementary schools. Each section (by grade level) addresses study in:(1) language and structure of music;(2) skills in performing, creating, and listening to music;(3) heritage and history of music; and (4) appreciation and evaluation.(EH) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** SU 00 ZDA110 eLEXERMIRII US1C COURSE OF 5FUO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) OrThis document has been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to &VA A)S improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy. kr) 00 O guidefor caceirencein ci) eclucatIon JERRY L. EVANS STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION BOOSE, ODANO 9 ID 0 ELEME Y USIC COURSE OF STUDY K-8 Gale E. Maxey Fine Arts Consultant Idaho State Department of Education Len B. Jordan Office Building Fourth Reprint July 1994 DARRELL K. LOOSLE JERRY L EVANS Associate State Superintendent State Superintendent Division of State-Federal of Public Instruction Instructional Services State Department of Education P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0027 FAX 208-334-2228 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page State Board of Education ii Forward iii Preface Elementary Music Committee iv Acknowledgements PART I Statement of Philosophy and Purpose vi PART II Color Code 1 Kindergarten Dark Pink 7 First Grade Purple 15 Second Grade Pink 23 Third Grade Goldenrod 31 Fourth Grade Buff 39 Fifth Grade Yellow 47 Sixth Grade Salmon 55 Seventh-Eighth Grade Green PART III Scope and Sequence 61 Appendix A (Condensed Glossary) 71 73 Appendix B (General Glossary) 79 Appendix C (Resource Materials) Appendix D (State Songs) 81 IDAHO ELEMENTARY MUSIC COURSE OF STUDY K-8 Approved 1988 by the Idaho State Board of Education MEMBERS IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION George Alvarez, President Boise Gary G. Fay, Vice President Twin Falls J. Ray Cox, Secretary Hayden Lake Diane Bilyeu, Member Pocatello Roberta Fields, Member New Meadows Charles M. "Tiny" Grant, Member Rexburg Colleen Mahoney, Member Lewiston Jerry L. Evans, Ex-Officio Member Boise FOREWORD During the 1987-88 schoolyear, atwelve member curriculum committee was Music Course of Study, K-8. assembled to write the Idaho Elementary administrators and Elementary music teachers, classroom teachers, school college personnel, under theguidance of the State Departmentof Education, worked together to design andwrite the K-8 guide. Resources from various states, as well as input fromlocal school districts, were used in writing Idaho's guide. This course of study guide hasbeen designedto helpteachers establish music curriculums and to assistin continuity intheir elementary school formulating realistic goals forthemselves and their students.. it as a basic It is recommended that allIdaho public school districts utilize is the responsibility of thelocal boards, administrators, and resource. It the teachers to ensure that their programsof music instruction follow, at minimum, the State guide. If used I commend each person whoparticipated in the writing of thisguide. it should serve the as a basic resourcefor the development of local guides, public schools well and ensurequality music instruction for Idahostudents. At _, a ry L. E fans State Superintendent of Public Instruction ii PREFACE delineate content requirements The purpose of this courseof study guide is to Music. The State Department needed to satisfy K-8proficiency expectations in with the Elementary MusicCurriculum Committee, has of Education, in concert It now becomes the defined and set forth this courseof study for grades K-8. instructional guide responsibility of the localschool district to produce an based upon the defined courseof study. of study Although educators sometimes usethe terms interchangeably, a course To compare the two as usedin is not an instructional orcurriculum guide. this document, thefollowing may be helpful: INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE COURSE OF STUDY Describes how the given sub- Prescribes what is to betaught 1. 1. ject or program may be in a given subject orprogram. taught. Makes suggestions as to Defines the subject or program 2. 2. instructional aides, mater- in terms of purpose,definition, student goals and objectives. ials, learning experiences, and methods of teaching. Is revised, adapted, changed Can be changed only byaction of 3. 3. as needed at thediscretion the State Board of Education. of school educators. outlines in skeletal form. study will generally be brief Courses of and supplement courses of Instructional guides shouldbe developed to augment study. administrators to place this The State Departmentof Education encourages in grades K-8. course of studywith educators who teach music need to provide In order to fully utilizethis course of study, districts may Education can in-service assistance to theirstaffs. The State Department of assist in meeting thisneed. iii ELEMENTARY MUSIC COMMITTEE people for their dedication Grateful appreciation isextended to the following in writing this guide. Without their expertise and and professional expertise in Idaho, this projectcould desire to improve thequality of music education not have beencompleted. Bert Burda Betty Aschenbrenner Elementary Music Consultant Music Consultant Committee Chair Boise Public Schools State Department of Education Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho Cheryl Frazier Evelyn Cairns Elementary Education Consultant Music Instructor Meridian Middle School State Department ofEducation Meridian, Idaho Boise, Idaho Joy Hummer Duane Harrison Elementary Music Teacher Principal Council Elementary School Butte View ElementarySchool Council, Idaho Emmett, Idaho Virginia Neal Melissa Kleinert Elementary Music MethodsInstructor Classroom Teacher Valley View Elementary School Lionel Hampton School ofMusic University of Idaho Boise, Idaho Moscow, Idaho Jerry Shively Dr. Michon Rozmajzl Coordinator of Music and Art Associate Professor Idaho Falls School District Music Department Idaho Falls, Idaho Boise State University David Weeks Teddy Snow Elementary Music Teacher. Elementary Music Teacher Lakeland Public Schools Twin Falls Public Schools Rathdrum, Idaho Twin Falls, Idaho Elementary Music thanks go toDuaneHarrison, a member of the Special Idaho State Committee, for his cover design;and to Susan Oehler, Secretary, hard work intyping this DepartmentofEducation, forher patience and document. iv 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for permission to use their Grateful acknowledgementis made to the following Study, K-8: material in the IdahoElementary Music Course of Iowa Iowa State Departmentof Education, Des Moines, Material taken from: A Guide to Curriculumin the Arts - Music Patricia Sink,Pamela Gross,Mark Authors: Judith Svengalis,Laura Magee, Lehman, Francis Robinson,Guy Blair Minnesota Minnesota State Departmentof Education, St. Paul, Material taken from: Some Essential LearnerOutcomes in Music Education Oregon State Departmentof Education, Salem, Oregon Material taken from: Grades 1-6 Self Evaluation Checklistfor Elementary Music, Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina StateDepartment of Education, Material taken from: The South Carolina Frameworkfor Music Education Utah Utah State Department ofEducation, Salt Lake City,. Material taken from: A Course of Study forVocal and General Music inUtah Music Educators NationalConference, Reston, Virginia Material taken from: The School Music Program: Description and Standards 9 PHILOSOPHY AND PURPOSE Human beings use the languageof music to transcend the mundaneand make life events and activities memorable. ErnestBoyer, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement ofTeaching,emphasized this power of the language of music when he wrote: "Verballanguage skill was not the only development of early civilizations. There were human experiences that could For the not be captured by the soundsand visual impressions we callwords. most intimate, most profoundlymoving universalexperiences, they created a the more subtle, more sensitiveset of symbols a 'richer language wecall the arts. Music,dance,and the visualarts transmitted most effectively joys and heritage of a people and expressedmost profoundly the