Creative Processes in the Elementary Classroom (EDUC 3430 or MED 6430)

General information: Follow the 3430/6430 link for very important information on the course itself, scheduling, supplies, registration tips, etc.

This course is open to anyone admitted to the education program. If you are not yet admitted to the program, please get on a waiting list with the department secretary, and if there is room I would be glad to have you in the class. This is a "support course" in the education program. It will meet from April 23-27, 2012, not in May as some university computer dates suggest.

Elementary Art/Music Methods (EDUC 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 4340 link for information about course content and requirements. Additional information about Level 3 can be found on links on the teacher education department website.

Instructional Strategies Temporary Document Links (MED 6060)

Here are drafts of documents we developed in class:

MED 6060 Syllabus

Updated Course Schedule

Presentation Info Notes

Final Project Info Notes

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 & Instruction/Core Content Areas/Fine Arts. Follow the "Elementary Core Guidebook" link at the bottom of the purple and gold Fine Arts home page. These versions will be used for assignments in EDUC 3430 and EDUC 4340.

Life Skills through Music in 10 Minutes a Day

These lesson plans were developed for the Utah State Office of Education to help classroom teachers and music specialists incorporate the teaching of essential life skills in their classrooms. These "lessons" are meant to be playful and child-centered so that the children are actually using the life skills rather than just learning about them. There are two versions:

The "Life Skills through Music: Play Plans for Classroom Teachers" are designed to help classroom teachers use music and sound to foster their students' social, emotional, and personal growth. This set of "Play Plans"focuses primarily on the life skills themselves, and uses music and sound as a tool to reach those goals.

The "Life Skills Plans for Music Specialists" are designed for use by teachers who are charged with teaching the music core curriculum and who wish to highlight the life skills that naturally complement music making.

Lesson Plan and Curriculum Map links:

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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