Maplebrook Elementary School
General Music
General Music Curriculum
All Maplebrook students meet twice
per week for music. Students in Mrs. Tomei's class experience music through singing, movement, and
playing instruments. Learning targets revolve around the musical elements of
Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Form, Tone Color, and Expressive Elements. Our
curriculum is structured around the National
Standards for Music Education:
PERFORMING:
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of
music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a
varied repertoire of music.
(District-wide assessment in 3rd grade)
CREATING:
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified
guidelines.
(District-wide assessment in 4th grade)
RESPONDING:
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
(District-wide assessment in 2nd grade)
CONNECTING:
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other
arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
(District-wide assessment in 5th grade)
About the Instructor
Melissa Tomei teaches general/vocal music and chorus at
Maplebrook Elementary. She is an alumna of district 203 (Kingsley, Lincoln, and
NCHS). Melissa became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2011.
Melissa has her B.A. in Music Education (summa cum laude)
from North Central College in Naperville (2005) and her Master of Music
Education from Northern Illinois University (2010). Her thesis was "The
Relationship Between Musical Aptitude and Academic Achievement of Third-Grade Students." Melissa has her Orff
Schulwerk certification from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (all three
levels), Kodály Level 1 certification from Indiana University Bloomington, and
World Music Drumming Level 1 certification from the University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee. She also has 13 years of experience teaching group and private piano
lessons.
Melissa has written and received two grants to purchase
instruments through the Naperville Education Foundation, "Drumming to
Increase Listening, Respect, and Cooperation" (2008) and "An
Authentic Musical Context for the Multicultural Imperative" (2010).
Melissa is a member of the National Association for Music
Education (NAfME), the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA), and the
Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE). To learn more about the Orff
and Kodály philosophies of music education, visit aosa.org and oake.org.
Melissa can be reached at mtomei@naperville203.org or 630-420-3535.