Why is homework necessary in music class?
Homework is not assigned in every lesson but is sometimes necessary. Music, like any other school subject, has content to be learned. The Arts are considered core subjects by the National School Board and by the No Child Left Behind Act, made into law by the United States legislature. The music curriculum, approved by the Sarasota County School Board and based on Florida’s Sunshine State Standards of Education and the National Standards for Arts Education, tells us exactly what students are supposed to know and be able to do at each grade level. Since elementary music teachers are only able to meet with students 45 minutes or less per week, students need homework to help them remember what was studied in class. Music, like math, is a spiral curriculum, which means each skill builds on the previous one. If a student doesn’t understand addition or subtraction, s/he will never be able to do multiplication or division. And, similarly, if s/he doesn’t know what notes, rests, and clefs are o
