Mrs. Arnold
Welcome to the Hereford Elementary Music Web-Site
Tabs
- Contact Information
- Background
- Class Announcements
- Assignments & Supplies
- Class Songs
- Useful Links
- Favorite Videos
- Standards & Curriculum
Contact Information
Background
I am a member of the Pennsylvania Music Education Association (PMEA) and currently serve on the Executive Board as the treasurer for Districtr 11. Throughout the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years I have also worked on the Upper Perkiomen School Districts Steering Committee.
Class Announcements
Assignments & Supplies
Assignments:
All music activities and projects are done in the music classroom.
If an assignement is graded it will be posted in the Skyward system.
Sneakers are recommended.
Supplies:
Students are not required to bring supplies to music class as they are provided.
Boxes of tissues are greatly appreciated.
Class Songs
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOW GHOST?
Useful Links
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/
San Francisco Orchestra: http://www.sfskids.org/
New York Philharmonic: http://www.nyphilkids.org/
Music Tech Teacher: http://www.musictechteacher.com/
Classics For Kids: http://www.classicsforkids.com/
PBS Kids: http://pbskids.org
Sphinx Kids: http://www.sphinxkids.org/
Favorite Videos
Standards & Curriculum
PDE SAS Curriculum Framework:
MENC: The National Association for Music Education and the nine National Music Education Standards:
- Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
- Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
- Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
- Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
- Reading and notating music.
- Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
- Evaluating music and music performances.
- Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
- Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
Find out more information about the music standards and their origin:
An Example of comparing the National Standards with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities:Pennsylvania Standards for the Arts and Humanities:
| MENC’s National Standards | Pennsylvania’s State Arts/Humanities Standards |
|---|---|
| 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 5. Reading and notating music. | 9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts |
| 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. | 9.3 Critical Response & 9.4 Aesthetic Response |
| 7. Evaluating music and music performances. | 9.3 Critical Response & 9.4 Aesthetic Response |
| 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. | 9.2. Historical and Cultural Contexts |
| 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture. | 9.2. Historical and Cultural Contexts |
| MENC’s National Standards | Pennsylvania’s State Arts/Humanities Standards |
PA State Arts and Humanities Standards:
9.1 Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts
9.2. Historical and Cultural Contexts
9.3 Critical Response
9.4 Aesthetic Response
Direct location of PA Standards and online resources: