Kansas Music Standard #3: The teacher of music has skills in composing and arranging music.

Knowledge

• The teacher knows the ranges and traditional usages of various musical sound sources.

Performance

• The teacher composes music appropriate for various developmental stages.
• The teacher uses imagination and technical skill in applying the principles of composition.
• The teacher transcribes or arranges selected music for voices and instruments other than those for which the pieces were written in ways that preserve or enhance musical expression.

Insert a reflective essay describing your understanding of the content standard as a music teacher. Describe how you will make use of the content to plan future instruction. Reference specific evidence to support your reflection. Items you consider as evidence (artifacts) might be graded assignments or tests, journals, lesson plans, course notes, lesson reflections, observation notes of student response to instruction, etc. For each of the two or more artifacts, write a brief description of the artifact analyzing what you learned and how this artifact demonstrates your competence on the music teacheing standard. Then create a Hyperlink to the supporting document.