Kindergarten music - Marking Period 1
During Marking Period 1, kindergarten students practice identifying sounds as fast
or slow. The contrast between fast and slow is experienced through movement.
Students also explore steady beat through playing classroom instruments and
respond to music in several different meters through locomotor and non-locomotor
movement. Singing games and finger plays provide most of the musical content
through which students explore these concepts.
Measurement Topics:
Responding to Music
Performing Music
Kindergarten Music - Marking Period 2
During Marking Period 2, students continue to explore steady beat through
playing classroom instruments and moving to music. They also identify sounds as
loud or soft and relate them to known examples. Much of this exploration involves
singing games and finger plays. In addition, students experiment with using their
voices in various ways (speaking, singing, whispering, and calling) in response to
images.
Measurement Topics:
Responding to Music
Performing Music
Kindergarten music - Marking Period 3
During Marking Period 3, kindergarteners develop a fundamental understanding
of rhythm through the exploration of long and short sounds. These contrasts are
represented by images or symbols and students produce appropriate sounds with
their voices, bodies, or instruments in response to the symbols. Students also
develop an understanding of meter through the performance of strong and weak
beats.
Measurement Topics:
Reading Music
Kindergarten Music - Marking Period 4
During Marking Period 4, students continue to practice singing within a limited
vocal range. Singing games and finger plays are a primary source of musical
materials. Students further develop their abilities produce appropriate sounds in
response to picture symbols representing high and low sounds. Early experiences
with improvisation and composition include creating sound pieces by placing
pictorial representations in a configuration which indicates how the
corresponding sounds are to be performed.
Measurement Topics:
Reading Music
Performing Music