The music teacher is not necessarily addressing music curriculum and is simply providing service to the school. Music teachers must committed to helping integrate music across various areas of the curriculum rather than isolate music from other subjects. Music must be incorporated into the broader curricular whole. Music and classroom teachers must recognize that integration cannot occur in every aspect of the curriculum every day of the academic year. The counting song and song from the South Pacific should be taught by the classroom teacher using materials provided as a resource by the music specialist.
Music teacher enter room.
Classroom teachers faint in shock of seeing music teacher outside of music area, but soon are revived through heroic efforts of health instructor who has just completed a unit on First Aid preparedness. We're studying basic elements of form including repeated patterns, solo vs harmony texture and movement. Because music teachers are so committed to whole language learning, we are using the original Maori words. My textbook has some suggestions for math, language arts, and social studies ideas for you to look at, but I'm sure you can come up with some great activities in your areas of expertise. I've already talked to Principal Skinner about this and he thinks that this is a wonderful way for all disciplines to integrate related learning yet maintain the integrity of each subject.