Kindergarten

Big Concepts:  Singing songs & playing instruments

Performance:  Concert on stage near the end of the school year.

Concepts

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Rhythm

Demonstrate pulse.  Experience fast and slow music.  Demonstrate long and short sounds.

 Experience short rhythm patterns through speech, body percussion, and unpitched instruments.

Experience meter (2/4, 4/4, 6/8).  Differentiate between sounds and silence.

Pitch

Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).  Establish proper vocal tone productions.

Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).  Establish proper vocal tone productions.  Differentiate between high and low sounds.

Experience melodies including Mi and So.  Demonstrate sounds moving up and down.

Harmony

Experience pulse against rhythm.  Demonstrate proper mallet technique.

Form

Experience same and different section in music.  Establish phrase.  Explore time, space, shape, and force in movement.

Timbre

Identify unpitched percussion.  Explore dramatic play.

1st Grade

Big Concepts:  Reading lyrics & reading rhythms

Performance:  Patriotic Showcase typically around President's Day

Concepts

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Rhythm

Demonstrate pulse in groups and individually.  Identify pulse.  

Differentiate between sound and silence.  Experience fast and slow music.

Identify fast and slow as 8^th notes and quarter notes.  Experience meter (2/4, 4/4, 6/8).

Pitch

Differentiate between high and low sounds.  Relate high and low sounds to “up and & down.”  Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).

Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).  Experience melodies including So, Mi, and La.

Experience melodies including So, Mi, and La.  Identify melodies using hand signals.  Demonstrate contour.

Harmony

Develop proper mallet technique.  Demonstrate simple bordun.  Experience ostinato.

Form

Experience same versus different sections in music.

Identify phrases in music.

Identify the repeat sign.

Timbre

Identify unpitched percussion.  Differentiate between vocal qualities (speak, sing, whisper, shout).

Differentiate between vocal qualities (speak, sing, whisper, shout).  Demonstrate dynamics.  Classify unpitched percussion.

Identify four levels of body percussion (snap, clap, pat, stamp).  Classify pitched percussion.

Second Grade

Big Concepts:  Reading & writing rhythms

Performances:  Musical Review on stage typically in the Winter or early Spring

Concepts

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Rhythm

Demonstrate quarter note and half note pulse.  Identify 8^thnotes in pairs and as singles.  Identify two quarter notes tied together as a half note.  Label half note.

Identify two quarter notes tied together as a half note.  Label half note.  Identify two quarter rests as a half rest.  Label half rest.  Define tempo.

Experience meter (2/4, ¾, 4/4, &6/8).  Recognize time signature.

Pitch

Demonstrate contour. Demonstrate proper vocal technique. Develop a repertoire of songs. Experience melodies including Mi, Re, & Do.  Identify Do & Re scale tones and hand signals.  Perform melodies including La, So, Mi, Re, & Do.

Harmony

Develop proper mallet technique.  Demonstrate ostinato.  

Demonstrate ostinato.  Experience major/minor. Experience vocal ostinato.

Experience vocal ostinato. Demonstrate simple bordun.  Experience suspended pitch.

Form

Demonstrate phrase.

Demonstrate phrase. Identify Coda. Identify up to three sections.  Explore time/space/shape/force in movement.  Identify bar-line/double-bar/measure.

Timbre

Demonstrate hand drum technique.

Identify forte/piano.  Identify pitched percussion.  Identify accent.

Third Grade

Big Concepts:  The Musical Instrument Families & reading music in parts.

Performances:  Mini-Musical in the Spring.

Concepts

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Rhythm

Demonstrate pulse using quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, and whole notes.  Label whole notes, whole rests, dotted half notes, and 16^th notes.  Experience questions/answer technique.  Demonstrate conducting in patterns of 2 and 3.

Pitch

Demonstrate proper vocal technique.  Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).

Harmony

Demonstrate proper mallet technique.  Experience ostinato.  Distinguish between major and minor tonalities.  Demonstrate a simple bordun.  Label canon/round.  Demonstrate score reading (two-part).

Form

Demonstrate phrase.  Identify interlude.  Experience extended form.

Timbre

Differentiate between crescendo and decrescendo.  Identify and classify instrument families.  Demonstrate accent.  Identify fermata.

4th Grade

Big Concepts:  Reading notes on the treble clef staff and writing individual music.

Performances:  Please consider enrolling your student in choir, band or both!

Concepts

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Rhythm

Demonstrate pulse.  Demonstrate question/answer technique.  Label 8^th rest. 

Experience accelerando and ritardando.  Label pick-up notes.

Visualize 6/8 time.  Demonstrate conducting a pattern of 3.  Identify triplet.

Pitch

Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).  Identify treble clef lines and spaces.  Demonstrate question/answer.  Experience countermelody.  Identify ledger lines.  Experience scale.

Harmony

Demonstrate proper mallet technique.  Experience canon and round.  Experience ostinato.

Demonstrate simple bordun.  Distinguish between major and minor tonalities.

Demonstrate moving bordun.  Experience I-V cadences.

Form

Demonstrate phrase.  Experience rondo.  Label D. C. al Fine.  Experience additive form.

Timbre

Identify pianissimo and fortissimo.  Identify and label instrument families.

5th Grade

Big Concepts:  The Classical Music Periods, Musical Styles, Recording Projects, & Composer Research Project.

Performances:  Please consider enrolling your student in choir, band or both!

Concepts

First Trimester

Second Trimester

Third Trimester

Rhythm

Demonstrate pulse.  Identify dotted rhythms and 16^th & 8^th note combinations.  Demonstrate question/answer.  Demonstrate conducting and a pattern of 4.

Pitch

Develop a repertoire of songs (folk, seasonal, multicultural, patriotic).  Review treble clef lines and spaces.  Demonstrate question/answer.  Label melody and accompaniment

Harmony

Demonstrate proper mallet technique.  Experience canon and round.

Experience ostinato.  Distinguish between major and minor tonalities.

Demonstrate part singing.  Experience 3-partscore reading.

Form

Demonstrate phrase.  Experience rondo.  Label 1^st and 2^ndendings.  Experience additive form.  Label Theme and Variations.

Timbre

Demonstrate musical expression through speaking, singing, and moving.  Identify mezzoforte.  Identify orchestral families.  Explore found sounds.