 Power Standard: Perform Music
 State Standard:
940.02.a1, 904.02.a2
 Concepts:
o Two part songs
o Using two staves or one staff/two parts
 Skills:
o Sing and read two part songs using two staves or one staff/two parts
 Big Ideas:
o Music can be written in two part harmony
o Two parts can be sung together
 Essential questions:
o Which part do we sing?
o How do we know if we’re singing the correct notes?
o How do we stay on our own part?
 Possible Topics
o Introduce the song “Sing a Song of Peace” (textbook, pg. 68)
 Teach both parts and then divide the group and sing both parts together
o Sing, “Lean On Me” and do actions to the song
o Sing in Tune using two-part song: Just a Snap-Happy Blues
o “This Land is Your Land” has a good 2-part harmony in the chorus
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 Power Standard: Music Theory
 State Standard:
940.01.a3, 940.02.a4
 Concepts:
o Pick up notes
o Dotted eighth notes followed by sixteenth notes
o Triplets
o Sixteenth rests
o Grand staff
o Whole/half steps
o 6/8 meter
o Sharp, flat, & natural (accidentals)
o Interlude
o Theme and Variations
 Skills:
o Perform pick up notes, dotted eighth notes followed by sixteenth notes, triplets, &
sixteenth rests
o Label the Grand Staff
o Label whole and half steps
o Demonstrate 6/8 meter
o Identify sharp, flat and natural signs
o Identify interlude and theme and variation
 Big Ideas:
o Music has many different components
o Music can be written in other meters
o Music moves in increments
o Music has complex rhythms
 Essential questions:
o What components are needed when writing music?
o How does music move?
o How can you put rhythms together to increase the complexity?
 Possible Topics
o Discuss theme and variation – Variations on America (textbook, pg. 168)
 Have students follow the chart and raise their hand when the next variation
appears
o Sing, “Winner’s Song” and act out favorite sport with partner
 Tap rhythm and sing. Identify what beats have 3 sounds. (triplet)
o Listen and explain in musical language how to navigate through a musical selection
o With a keyboard, show the children whole step and half steps. Use the song “Miss
Mary Mack” to find where notes go up or down without a key in between (a half-step).
Use Orff instruments to play whole or half notes and have them guess which they
hear.
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 Power Standard: Music Appreciation
 State Standard:
936.01.a1, 936.01.a2
 Concepts:
o Cultural music from around the world
o Music of different historical periods
o Music from classical composers and their music
 Skills:
o Identify and perform cultural music from around the world and different historical
periods of music
o Identify music from classical composers
 Big Ideas:
o Music from other cultures have different sounds
o Classical composers have different musical components that make their music unique
from other composers
 Essential questions:
o What components does other cultural music contain that American music does not?
o What makes each classical composer’s music different?
 Possible Topics
o Review Beethoven’s 9th Symphony – particularly Ode to Joy
 Have students play on recorder
o Watch video, “The Man Upstairs” about Beethoven
 Identify “Ode to Joy”
o Make up a child's story book about a composer of your choice
o Beethoven’s 9th symphony is played for the children. Then they play the main theme
on recorders and classroom instruments.
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