Name: Charles Moe
Competency: B5
Artifact Title: Kodaly 3rd Grade
Artifact Type: A monthly teacher's guide to teaching melodic and rhythmic concepts through the Kodaly method for 3rd grade
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 cultures, and beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels from kindergarten through grade 12. What we see here is a monthly guide to aid teacher in using the Kodaly approach to music education. This particular guide is designed to fit into the 3rd grade musical curriculum. As it can be seen, this guide looks a little more sophisticated than its 1st and 2nd grade counterparts. Instead of graphics such as hearts or stems without note-heads we start to see actual notes. More complex ideas such as syncopation are also introduced. After teaching 1st and 2nd grade students in this fashion I would not hesitate to use this method for teaching 3rd graders as well.
