Curriculum Guide for Stepping Up Encouraging Literacy and Music in the Classroom

by Kimpton, Ann Kaczkowski; Kimpton, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781622771554
• ISBN10: 1622771559
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-10-01
• Publisher: GIA Publications

Summary

This Curriculum Guide is designed to help teachers get the most out of the book Stepping Up: The Bully in the Band, the fourth in the Adventures with Music series…a series where the heroes are young musicians!   Intended for readers in Grades 4 through 8, the Adventures with Music series fosters a love of reading while exposing students to American history and the foundations of music. The musician characters provide positive role models for any child, but especially students who like music or play an instrument. This Curriculum Guide will assist teachers in developing language, literacy, content, and music skills in their classroom by providing a framework to strengthen student literacy skills while enabling students to develop or enrich their base of musical knowledge. This Guide will also help educators blend the teaching of music with the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.   Included are vocabulary suggestions, active reading questions, enrichment activities that cover the entire book. In addition, this Guide contains quizzes, music literacy vocabulary, student worksheets, and much more.   Written by the authors of Stepping Up, this Curriculum Guide is an essential resource for any teacher hoping to bring positive experiences with music and literacy beyond the classroom.

Author Biography

Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton is currently the Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction and former Literacy Department Chair and teacher at Willowbrook High School in suburban Chicago. Mrs. Kimpton received her Bachelors in English and Journalism from the University of Illinois, a Masters in Reading and Administrator’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University, and has completed the coursework for a doctoral degree. She has given numerous presentations and workshops at the local, state, and national level and is in constant demand as an expert in literacy. An accomplished musician, Mrs. Kimpton played French horn in the University of Illinois Symphonic Bands under the direction of Dr. Harry Begian, and she is a color guard specialist for marching bands. With her husband Paul, a high school band director for 33 years, Mrs. Kimpton is the co-author of the Adventures in Music Series books, Starting Early and Dog Tags, published by GIA. You might also recognize her as the mother in the Yamaha Music band recruitment video, The Great Beginning. A music educator for over 33 years, Paul Kimpton recently retired from his position as Director of Bands and Department Chairman at Hinsdale South High School (Darien, Illinois). Mr. Kimpton received his Bachelors and Masters in Music Education from the University of Illinois, an Administrator's Certificate from Western Illinois University and a Guidance/Counseling Certificate from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Kimpton is the co-author of the assessment book, Scale your way to Music Assessment, and the co-author of the Adventures with Music Series books where the musicians are the heroes, Starting Early and Dog Tags which are published by GIA. He has written articles for The Instrumentalist and the Illinois Music Educator magazines and is in demand as a clinician on music assessment throughout the United States and Canada. In January 2009, Mr. Kimpton was honored with the Outstanding Music Educator Award from the National Federation of High Schools.