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I'm not a gambling person, but if I had to place a bet on one sure-fire method for engaging students, increasing test scores, reaching students who fall below standards, challenging students who exceed grade-level standards, accessing students' creativity and originality, maximizing brain connections formed, applying concepts to new situations, and making the learning process more fun for the students and teacher, I would place that bet on .

Our Common Core Standards exist to support students' future success -- namely, college and career readiness. As a former K-12 music teacher now in charge of a music career preparation program for college students, I feel confident asserting that creativity and problem-solving skills acquired through arts training have prepared my students uniquely for their future success. I am truly honored to share with you my thoughts regarding integrating arts into your curriculum.

Article discussing common core and music, and how to best implement it

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is a state-led initiative to ensure that students leave school with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in college and in their careers. The resulting changes to the expectations of arts educators can be profound.

Gives answers to frequent questions about common core and the arts. It also provides helpful ways to implement the standards.

This crosswalk documents the alignment between selected learning goals from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA), and Mathematics. As New York State has adopted these standards, it presents us with a new and dynamic opportunity to demonstrate alignment between the learning described in the standards, and the concepts commonly taught in the music classroom.

As we begin to transition to Common Core, I was wondering if anyone has found or created a good, easy-to-use template for lesson plans, preferably digital. This year is going to be tough since we need to implement Common Core standards but still cover our state standards as well.

A how-to or help on implementing Common Core in the Music Classroom

How to integrate music education in the classroom for grades K-12 under common core standards.

Contains a link to a document on implementing common core state standards.

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) has writing teams who are revising the national standards in the four arts disciplines: dance, music, theatre, and visual art. They are also creating standards for a fifth discipline, media arts. The writers of the National Music Standards are utilizing the Common Core State Standards as a model for their work.

"Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers."

"Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers."

Subjects: Common Core, Language Arts, Music Grades: 2, 3 The students will be able to identify storyline and contractions in the song "Tie a Yellow Yellow Ribbon" lyrics, as they experience a steady beat, use rhythm instruments and sing on pitch: 1st Day: Introduce the song lyrics identifying the meaning of the musical term "lyrics."

The students will be able to identify storyline and contractions in the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" lyrics, as they experience a steady beat, use rhythm

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Resources for teaching to help implement Common Core State Standards

Answers to questions about the implementation of Common Core

The Common Core Conversation

Helping music teachers implement Common Core Standards

Helpful articles on how to implement the common core standards.

The Common Core Conversation

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Lessons plans! Some relate music to common core standards!

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The Core Music Standards are all about Music Literacy. The standards emphasize conceptual understanding in areas that reflect the actual processes in which musicians engage. The standards cultivate a student's ability to carry out the three Artistic Processes of Creating, Performing, and Responding.