LYNDHURST SCHOOL DISTRICT
Memorial, Columbus, Franklin, and Washington Elementary Schools
KINDERGARTEN TO 2ND GRADE
ELEMENTARY MUSIC
ABOUT MUSIC IN LYNDHURST SCHOOLS
WELCOME to MUSIC CLASS
CREATING TUNEFUL, BEATFUL, & ARTFUL MUSICIANS
“To advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.” This is NAfME’s mission statement. General music teachers carry out this mission every day.
Who sees every student in all the lower elementary schools?
Who teaches more than 700 students each week?
Who teaches 30 or more different classes?
Who teaches gifted students?
Who teaches students with special needs?
Who frequently addresses all the National Standards for Music Education?
General music teachers do.
They also try to make music meaningful for everyone they see and often give up lunch and after-school time to work with students.
The general music program encompasses all ages and a variety of elements. It’s impossible to name them all, but here are some:
Singing on pitch Composition
Rhythm and rhythm instruments Folk dancing
Music notation–reading and writing Orff instruments
Solfège Cross-curricular studies
Musical Instrument families Major and minor scales
Multicultural music–from around the block or around the world
Accommodating multiple learning styles and abilities
Movement activities Differentiating curriculum
Listenting to and analyzing music Field trips to cultural arts events
Music software and lab School musicals
Recorders Schoolwide sing-alongs/concerts
Music forms (rounds, rondos, call and response)
Understanding music from a historical or cultural focus
Improvisation Before- and after-school ensembles
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