Creative Processes in the Elementary Classroom (ED 3430)

Scheduling of Summer and Fall 2009 Courses: All summer and fall sections are scheduled to be taught in intensive, one-week blocks. Each section meets M-F from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily wih working lunches. Sometimes the computer will indicate that the course lasts all semester. Don't worry, it doesn't. Preliminary scheduling of the classes is as follows:

Summer 2009—May 4-8 (the week before regular summer session starts)

Fall 2009 Section 1—August 3-7 (if enrollment justifies two sections)

Fall 2009 Section 2—August 10-14 (the usual "fall" section)

Note: Regular fall semester classes do not start until August 24.

General information: This course is open to anyone admitted to the elementary education program and is a "support course" in the program. Please click on the link for information about course content and requirements. This course is sometimes taught as a one-week intensive course and sometimes as an "evening" (4-7 p.m.) course (usually spring semester). Check this website or call the department secretary for details.

Spring 2009 Creative Processes Students:
Please see 3430 link for details on picking up your printed songs.

Elementary Art/Music Methods (ED 4340)

General information: This is a required course in Level 3 of the elementary education program. It involves both classes on campus and field work in lab schools. Please click on the link for information about course content and requirements. Additional information about Level 3 can be found on links on the teacher education department website.

Utah Core Curriculum for PreK-6 Art and Music

The most current versions of all Teacher Guidebooks (Rainbow Grids) and Assessment tools (Swirls) for all four art forms can be found on the USOE website under Curriculum/Fine Arts. Follow the link at the bottom of the purple and gold Fine Arts home page. These versions will be used for assignments in ED 3430 and ED 4340.

Here is some information to help you make sense of the lesson plan and curriculum map links on this website:

All lesson plans and curriculum maps are posted exactly as I received them. Most content is correct, most teaching strategies are effective, and these documents are full of wonderful ideas. However, you must be the final judge of the correctness, completeness, and usefulness of all the material posted.

Posted curriculum maps are based on the new, "rainbow grid" teacher guide of the art and music core, available on the USOE website. Posted lesson plans are older and do not reflect the most recent version of the art and music core.

Student names are used on these files with the students' knowledge and permission. As discussed in class, students are free to submit files for this website without any identifying information included.

Each lesson's file name helps identify its contents. The code for art or music lessons is described below. Curriculum Map files have been named using a system similar to the art and music lessons.

A or M (first letter in file name) indicates an "art" or "music" lesson.

C or I (second letter in file name) indicates a "core" or "integrated" lesson.

The number(s) following these letters indicates the intended grade level(s) of the lesson.

The teacher candidate's last name is the next portion of the file name.

"am" or "pm" indicates whether the teacher candidate submitting the lesson was in the morning or afternoon section of ED4340.

Example:

AI2Smithpm would be an integrated art lesson for 2nd grade by Mary Smith who was in the afternoon section.

MC5Garciapm would be a music lesson, addressing the music core, created by Marcus Garcia.

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