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Timeframe |
Content |
Concept |
Skills |
Assessment |
National Standards |
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Sept. - Dec |
Unit 1 – Say Hello
with a Song Unit 2 – All About
You and Me |
Duration ·
Beat
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Rhythm |
Identify: ·
Steady or non-steady sounds ·
Steady beat ·
Experience 4/4, 2/4, and 6/8 ·
Create 4 beat body percussion patterns ·
Experience long & short ·
Experience quarter note, eighth note & quarter rest |
·Classroom observation ·Listening ·Worksheets ·Art ·Music Theory ·Discussion ·Quizzes from Text ·Participation |
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Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics phasing and
interpretation ·
Move to music ·
Identify long-short sounds ·
Experience call and response ·
Move to long, high and low sounds ·
Identify sounds of various instruments ·
Identify flute and tuba ·
Identify sounds of speaking, singing, whispering and
calling voices ·
Name instruments that make higher and lower sounds |
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Pitch ·
Melody |
Recognize: ·
Melodic direction upward and downward ·
High and low sounds |
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Design ·
Texture ·
Form/Structure |
Experience: ·
Unison ·
A Cappella ·
AB form ·
Several verses ·
Echo Song ·
Call-response form ·
Solo or group ·
Verse and refrain |
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Tone Color Vocal/Instrumental |
Exploration
of: ·
Differences between singing and speaking voice ·
High/low vocal registers ·
Recognize flute & tuba |
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Expressive
Qualities ·
Dynamics
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Tempo |
Identify: ·
Loud and soft ·
Dynamic levels ·
Changing dynamics ·
Maintain loud and soft ·
Experience fast & slow sounds |
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Cultural ·
Styles ·
Background |
Music styles ·
March, games songs ·
African American, American folk, Hispanic music,
Japanese |
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Nov – Dec. |
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Cultural
Christmas Program |
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Performance |
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Jan – Feb. |
Unit
3 –Making Friends |
Duration ·
Beat ·
Rhythm |
Learn: ·
Steady beat ·
Faster and slower ·
Meter ·
One and two sounds to beat ·
Quarter and two eighth note rhythm pattern ·
Longer shorter sounds |
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Classroom observation ·
Listening ·
Worksheets ·
Art ·
Music Theory ·
Discussion ·
Quizzes from Text ·
Participation |
· Pat with steady
beat · Sing in a group · Clap to one and two
sounds to the beat · Describe rhythm and
beat · Read rhythmic
patterns containing quarter notes, eighth notes · Move with a steady
beat · Use appropriate
terminology when explaining music · Sin song with
several verses · Read notation · Identify and use
musical symbols |
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Pitch ·
Melody |
Learn to: ·
Maintain higher & lower pitches |
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Design ·
Texture ·
Form/structure |
Learn
to: ·
Accompany using class intervals ·
AB form and verse/refrain ·
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Contrasting sections |
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Tone Color ·
Vocal/instrumental |
Learn: ·
Speaking and singing |
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Expressive Qualities ·
Dynamics
·
Tempo |
Learn: ·
Maintain loud and soft vocal sounds ·
Dynamics in orchestral music ·
Faster and slower changing tempo in song |
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Cultural Context ·
Styles/Background |
Music
styles ·
Polish folk music, game songs, African American,
Japanese, American, |
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Feb/March |
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