ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
COURSE CURRICULUM
COURSE TITLE: General Music
GRADE LEVEL: Grade 2
CREATION DATE: November, 2003
Essential Question, Concept or Theme: I. Student will sing and play a varied repertoire of music as a life long
Approx. Time Allotment:
learner.
PA Standards: PA 9.1 A, B, C, D, E, G, H; 9.2 A, B, C, D, F, G, H, K, L; 9.3 A, B, D; 9.4; NS 1, 2, 7, 8, 9
Aligned Materials/
Benchmark/Skills
Assessment
Instructional Strategies
Resources/Technology
I.
PERFORMING
Singing
 Materials
A.
Singing
 Playing Assessment
Orff instruments
 Use hand signs
 Vocal Development – Practice using
 Individual and Group
Rhythm
instruments
 Singing games and dances
head voice
Performance
Melodic
instruments
 Singing alone and in a group
 Intonation – Practice pitch matching
 Class Discussion
Multicultural
 Sing and clap melodic and
skills (doh, re, mi, sol, la)
 Individual Feedback
instruments
rhythmic patterns
 Expression – Expand dynamic range
 Teacher Observation
 Vocal development
mp-mf
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Self Assessment
 Resources
 Part singing – Sing melodic patterns
Musical scores
Playing
in echo and call and response forms
Textbooks
 Use body percussion
 Diction – Sing on neutral syllable to
Curriculum
 Mallet technique
develop resonant singing
Compact
Disks
 Playing pitched and non Song Repertoire – Sing and
Transparencies
pitched percussion
memorize music from diverse genres
instruments
and cultures
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Technology
B.
Playing
Encore
 Percussion (Pitched and Nonpitched)
Band in a Box
Play steady beat using bilateral and
alternating lateral motions
Play instruments in groups
Play melodic patterns to accompany
songs
General Music Grade 2
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Essential Question, Concept or Theme: II. Listening/Responding
PA Standards: PA 9.1 A, B, C, D, E I; 9.2 A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J; 9.3 A, B, C, D; NS 6, 8, 9
Aligned Materials/
Benchmark/Skills
Assessment
Resources/Technology
II.
LISTENING/RESPONDING
 Written Assessment
 Materials
 Listening
Orff instruments
 Individual and Group
Identify and analyze basic musical forms
Rhythm instruments
Performance
Respond to expressive qualities in music
Melodic instruments
 Class Discussion
such as tempi and dynamics
Multicultural
Identify music of diverse cultures and
 Individual Feedback
instruments
styles
 Teacher Observation
Staff boards
Demonstrate appropriate audience
 Self Assessment
Manipulatives
behavior
Identify high/low pitches, steps/skips,
 Resources
melodic direction, and melodic patterns
Musical scores
Identify and respond to section changes
Textbooks
Listen to music that suggests a story or
Curriculum
subject
Compact Disks
 Responding (Movement)
Transparencies
Practice nonlocomotor movement using
Assessments
alternating patterns (stamp, patsch, clap,
Worksheets
snap) and bilateral movements
Develop basic locomotor movements
 Technology
during singing games and circle dances
Encore
Perform creative movements that
Band in a Box
demonstrate the musical concepts of
time/space/energy
General Music Grade 2
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Instructional Strategies
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Perform dances
Creative Movement
Analyze basic form – for
example: AB, ABA, rondo
Guided listening
Timbre identification
Recognize and demonstrate
understanding of tempo,
rhythm, dynamics, texture,
melody, and phrase
structure
November, 2003
Essential Question, Concept or Theme: III. Creating
PA Standards: PA 9.1 A, B, C, J, K; NS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Benchmark/Skills
III.
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CREATING
Improvising
Improvise body percussion
patterns to accompany songs
or speech pieces
Composing
Create settings, sound
effects or accompaniments
for songs and creative
movement pieces
General Music Grade 2
Approx. Time Allotment:
Aligned Materials/
Resources/Technology
Assessment
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Playing Assessment
Individual and Group
Performance
Class Discussion
Small Group Assignments
Individual Feedback
Teacher Observation
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Materials
Orff instruments
Rhythm instruments
Melodic instruments
Multicultural instruments
Staff boards
Manipulatives
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Resources
Musical scores
Textbooks
Curriculum
Compact Disks
Transparencies
Assessments
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Technology
Encore
Band in a Box
Instructional Strategies
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Compose and perform
various patterns
Improvise melodic and
rhythmic patterns
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Essential Question, Concept or Theme: IV. Reading and Notating
PA Standards: PA 9.1 A, B, C; NS 5
Benchmark/Skills
IV.
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READING/NOTATING
Expression
Respond to dynamics (p-f) and tempo changes
Rhythm
Respond to rhythm patterns in 2/4 and ¾
(eighth, quarter, half notes, and quarter rests)
Continue feeling steady beat
Differentiate between steady beat and rhythm
Form
Recognize same and different phrases
Identify section forms including AB, ABA,
AABA, Rondo
Perform call / response and question / answer
phrases
Melody
Sings songs in doh pentatonic
Identify melodic direction (up/down,
high/low)
Sings various pentatonic pitch patterns
incorporating do-re-mi-sol-la
Timbre
Recognize various vocal and instrumental
timbres
Texture/Harmony
Practice unison singing with and without
accompaniment
Play ostinatos and borduns
General Music Grade 2
Approx. Time Allotment:
Aligned Materials/
Resources/Technology
Assessment
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Written Assessment
Playing Assessment
Individual and
Group Performance
Small Group
Assignments
Individual Feedback
Teacher Observation
Self Assessment
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Materials
Orff instruments
Rhythm instruments
Melodic instruments
Multicultural instruments
Staff boards
Manipulatives
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Resources
Musical scores
Textbooks
Curriculum
Compact Disks
Transparencies
Assessments
Worksheets
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Technology
Encore
Band in a Box
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Instructional Strategies
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Rhythmic and
melodic notation
Write rhythms and
melodies using
manipulatives
November, 2003
Essential Question, Concept or Theme: I. Student will sing and play a varied repertoire of music as a life long
Approx. Time Allotment:
learner. II. Listening/Responding III. Creating IV. Reading and Notating
PA Standards: PA 9.1 A, B, C, D, E, G, H; 9.2 A, B, C, D, F, G, H, K, L; 9.3 A, B, D; 9.4 NS 1, 2, 7, 8, 9; PA 9.1 A, B, C, D, E, I; 9.2 A, B, C, D, E, G, H,
J; 9.3 A, B, C, D; NS 6, 8, 9; PA 9.1 A, B, C, J, K; NS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; PA 9.1 A, B, C; NS 5
Multicultural/Interdisciplinary
Adaptations/Inclusion Techniques
Enrichment Strategies
Remediation Strategies
Connection
 Social Studies
 Specific adaptations for each
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Limit
of
scope
of
content
Native American songs and
 Community field trips
dances
child should be in keeping with
 Extensive use of repetition and
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Optional performances
African songs/Spirituals
the intent of the lesson and the
imitation
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Interdisciplinary
Multicultural songs and dances
lesson’s activities.
 Extensive echo singing
connections
American folk music and
 Peer tutors or teacher aides
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Media (video, distance
 Assisted movement
instruments
when necessary
learning)
Community songs
 Preferential seating
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Supplemental songs,
Patriotic songs
dances, games
 Adaptive instruments
 Language Arts
 Simplify task when necessary
Songs in foreign languages
Poetry connections
 Adaptive assessment (oral quiz,
Folk tales
not written)
Read aloud books
 Mathematics
Rhythms and numerical values
Duple and triple meter
 Science
Structure of instruments
Timbre
Production of sound
Animal songs
 Art
Relating music to fine arts
Using art to express feelings
about music
 Physical Education
Dance
Eurhythmics
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