Name: Charles Moe
Competency: B5
Artifact Title: Kodaly 1st Grade
Artifact Type: Monthly melodic and rhythmic Kodaly teaching subjects for 1st graders.
Rationale for Inclusion: Competency B5 states that a teacher of vocal music must know vocal and choral instructional materials and solo and ensemble repertoire, representing diverse periods and culture, and beginning, intermediate and advanced levels from kindergarten through grade 12. What you see here is a teacher's guide to educational methods for teaching rhythmic and melodic concepts to 1st grade music students. Each concept is split up on a monthly basis and the headings of "Prepare the new learning," "Make the children consciously aware of the new learning," and "Reinforce the new learning through practice" aid the teacher in relaying the new material to the students. At this level the students begin to learn simple melodic and rhythmic concepts. During my student teaching at the elementary level (Kindergarten through 2nd grade) I concentrated on the solfege pitches of Sol, La, and Mi and concentrated on quarter and eighth notes with the occasional quarter rest.
