Timeframe

Content

Concept

Skills

Assessment

National Standards

Sept. - Dec

 

Unit 1 – Music for Everyone

Unit 2 – Musical Message, Musical Journey

Duration

·   Meter

·   Beat

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·     2/4 and 4/4 time

·     Quarter, eighth, half, sixteenth and whole note

·     Steady beat

·Classroom observation

·Listening

·Worksheets

·Art

·Music Theory

·Discussion

·Quizzes from Text

·Participation

·   Sing in groups

·   Read pitches

·   Identify sounds of instruments

·   Move to show characteristics of music

·   Sing rounds, partner songs

·   Read rhythms

·   Understands how music relates to math

·   Describe roles of musicians in music settings

·   Understand how art relates to music

·   Move to music

·   Notate music

·   Sing with expression and appropriate dynamics and phrasing

·   Sing with accuracy and breath control

 

Pitch

·   Melody

 

·   Harmony

 

·   Tonality

Learn

·     Pentatonic Scale

·     Canon

·     Unison

·     2-part

·     Tonal Center

Design

·   Texture

 

 

·   Form

 

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·     Vocal and Instrumental sounds

·     Unison, 2-part

·     Phrases, AB form, call-response

Tone Color

Vocal/Instrumental

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·     Various instruments

·     Voice ranges

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·   Dynamics crescendo, mf, p, pp, fff, ff, f, mp

·   Fermata, Ritardando, Tempo changes

·   Staccato, Accent, Legato

Cultural

·   Styles

·   Background

Music styles

·   Spanish

·   African

·   Native American

·   Folk Music

Nov – Dec.

Cultural Christmas Concert

 

Develop confidence in performing for an audience

·   Performance

·   Critiquing performance

 

 

 

·   Sing with accuracy

·   Move to music

·   Sing in groups

·   Perform a varied number of songs

·   Use appropriate terminology to describe music

·   Read simple rhythm notation

·   Identify sounds of instruments

·   Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics

Jan – Feb.

 

Unit  3 – Happy Go Lucky

Duration

·   Beat

·   Rhythm

Learn to Identify and Recognize: 

·      6/8, 2/2, and 4/4 time

·      3 to 4 sounds to beat rhythm patterns showing an eighth and 2 eighths

·      Classroom observation

·      Listening

·      Worksheets

·      Art

·      Music Theory

·      Discussion

·      Quizzes from Text

·      Participation

·   Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics

·   Perform Instrumental parts

·   Read simple music notation

·   Move to music

·   Use correct terminology in talking about music

·   Read notes and rests in various music meters.

·   Sing with accuracy and breathe control

·   Identify sounds of different instruments

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Identify:

·      Repeated notes, skips and steps

·      I, V chord harmony

·      Identify major and minor chords

Design
 

·   Textures

·   Form

Learn to Identify and Recognize: 

·     Chordal Harmony

·     Dal Segno Al Fine, ABACA form

Tone Color

Learn:

·      Verse interlude DC Al Fine

·      Vocal and instrumental tone quality

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo
 

·   Articulation

Learn:

·      Dynamics f, p, pp, ff, crescendo, decrescendo

·      Steady Beat, Tempo Change

·      Rubato

Cultural

·   Styles

·   Background

Music styles

·      Swing

·      Hungarian

·      Native American

·      African American

·      Japanese

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit  4 – Musical Discoveries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duration

·   Beat

·   Rhythm

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      4/4, 2/4, ¾ and 2/2 time

·      Ties, eighth rest, whole note, syncopation

·      Classroom observation

·      Listening

·      Worksheets

·      Art

·      Music Theory

·      Discussion

·      Quizzes from Text

·      Participation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·  Sing with accuracy

·  Move to music

·  Sing in groups

·  Perform a varied number of songs

·  Use appropriate terminology to describe music

·  Read simple rhythm notation

·  Identify sounds of instrument

·  Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

 

Introduce

·      Octave leap

·      Pentatonic Scale

·      Introduce 3-part round

·      2-part

·      C scale

·      Pentatonic

Design
 

·   Texture

·   Form

 

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      3-part round, descant and 2-part

·      1st and 2nd endings, AB form, Da Capo Al Fine

Tone Color

Recognize vocal and instrumental tone color

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics


·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Recognize

·      Dynamics f, p, pp, ff, crescendo and decrescendo

·      Steady beat

·      Articulation

Cultural

·   Styles

·   Background

Learn:

·      Caribbean

·      Israeli

·      Norwegian

·      Chinese

Spring Program

 

 

Performance

Watching performance

April

Unit 5 – One Musical Planet

Duration

·   Beat/Meter

·   Rhythm

 

Identify:

·      4/4, ¾, 2/4 time

·      Tie, dotted quarter note, eighth note

·      Classroom observation

·      Listening

·      Worksheets

·      Art

·      Music Theory

·      Discussion

·      Quizzes from Text

·      Participation

·        Sing Expressively with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation

·        Move to music

·        Use appropriate terminology to describe music

·        Sing Rounds

·        Read Pitches

·        Listen to music from various cultures

·        Sing in group

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Introduce

·      Scales

·      3-part round, descant

·      Difference between Major and Minor

Design
 

·   Texture

·   Form

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      3-part round, descant

·      Verse, Coda, refrain, AB, 1st and 2nd endings

Tone Color

Recognize:

·      Cello

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Recognize

·      Dynamics f, p, pp, ff,

·      Varying tempos

·      Staccato, legato

Cultural

·   Styles

·   Background

Learn:

·      Minuet

May

Unit  6 – A Time To Dream, A Time to Sing

Duration

·   Beat/Meter

·   Rhythm

 

Identify:

·      2/2, 4/4 2/4, and 3/4 time

·      Sixteenth and eighth notes

·   Classroom observation

·   Listening

·   Worksheets

·   Art

·   Music Theory

·   Discussion

·   Quizzes from Text

·   Participation

·        Sing in group

·        Perform with dynamics

·        Use appropriate terminology to describe music

·        Notate music

·        Read rhythms

·        Move to music

·        Sing independently

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Introduce

·      Ornamentation – vocal and melodic

·      Homophonic

·      Major and Minor

Design
 

·   Texture

·   Form

 

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      3-part music

·      AB for, major, minor, theme and variation

Tone Color

Recognize:

·      Tone color

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Recognize

·      Dynamics f, p, pp, ff,

·      Accelerando

·      Staccato, legato

Cultural

·   Styles

·   Background

Learn:

·      Jamaican

·      Scottish

·      Mexican

·      Jewish

·      Russian

·      Brazilian