CMS
Curriculum Guide
Grade/ Course: Grade 2 General Music
Date of Revision: June 2013
Core
Instructional
Materials
Essential Questions
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MP1
Why do a tuba and a
flute sound
different?
How can I identify
different
instruments?
-- Silver Burdett Making
Music Grade 3 textbook
-- Instruments from the
school collection
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MP2
How do I use my
musical knowledge
to perform in the 2nd
Grade Play?
How do people work
behind the scenes to
ensure that a
performance is
successful?
-- 2nd Grade Play music as
chosen each year by the
music teacher
-- 2nd Grade Play folders
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MP3
How can I sing and
play using Mi, Sol,
La, Do, and Re?
Why is music broken
into measures?
How do I follow the
musical “road map”
of a piece of music?
-- Silver Burdett Making
Music Grade 2 textbook
-- Silver Burdett Making
Music Grade 3 textbook
MP4
 Why are some songs
considered more
important than
others?
 What is patriotic
music?
 How do patriotic
composers use
tempo, dynamics,
and timbre?
-- Silver Burdett Making
Music Grade 2 textbook
-- Silver Burdett Making
Music Grade 3 textbook
Ver. 2006-05
Standard/ Strand/Activity
1.1.2.B.2
Identify the timbre of
different instruments
1.1.2.B.3
Categorize families of
instruments based on timbre
1.4.2.A.2
Compare and contrast
instruments from Western
and non-Western cultures
1.2.2.A.2
Discuss how foreign
cultures affect the
instruments used in native
music
1.3.2.B.1, 1.3.2.B.2,
1.3.2.B.4, 1.3.2.B.6, and
1.3.2.B.7
Sing and perform 2nd Grade
Play music
1.3.2.B.2
Demonstrate correct
breathing technique and
posture through
performance of 2nd Grade
Play music
9.2.4.A.1
Identify non-performing
jobs in the performing arts
1.3.2.B.7
Conduct a short excerpt,
using a correct rhythmic
conducting pattern
1.1.2.B.1, 1.1.2.B.2, and
1.1.2.B.3
Identify and use notes and
rests in a written score
1.1.2.B.1
Compare and contrast the
function of a repeat sign and
a double bar line
1.1.2.B.1
Identify the function of a
coda and use it properly in
performance
1.1.2.B.1
Identify the functions of
D.C. al Fine and D.S. al
Coda and use them properly
in performance
1.2.2.A.2
Identify how important
pieces of American music
represent the culture they
are composed in
1.4.2.A.2
Compare and contrast
important songs from
differing nations
1.2.2.A.1
Identify characteristics of
patriotic music
1.4.2.A.1
Explain the emotional
response that people have to
patriotic music
1.1.2.B.2
Identify the timbre of
different instruments used in
patriotic music, such as
marching bands
Ver. 2006-05
Modifications for SpEd/Ell/Gifted & Talented
Instrument Families
TIER I: Draw instruments in
their 4 groups and label,
then describe why they
belong with those families
TIER II: Draw instruments
in their 4 groups and label
TIER III: Draw instruments
Instruments
TIER I: Categorize the
different instruments by
instrument timbre on a chart
TIER II: Compare and
contrast the different timbres
of instruments
TIER III: Compare the
timbre of individual
instruments to each other
with use of a guided
worksheet
Stage Jobs
TIER I: Create a poster
advertising for a behind-thescenes job at a theater
company
TIER II: Create a chart
discussing the jobs that can
be done behind-the-scenes
to help create a performance
TIER III: Create a chart
discussing the jobs that can
be done behind-the-scenes
to help create a performance
(the job description will
already be filled in; students
will fill in the occupation
name)
Conducting
TIER I: Conduct a whole
piece from the 2nd Grade
Play music
TIER II: Conduct an
example from the 2nd Grade
Play music
TIER III: Conduct an
example from the 2nd Grade
Play music using a
conducting diagram
Measures
TIER I: Write an original
rhythmic example and
divide it into measures
TIER II: Divide a whole
piece of music into
measures
TIER III: Divide a musical
example into measures with
guided instructions
Musical Road Maps
TIER I: Design a poster
showing musical road signs
that look like actual road
signs
TIER II: Follow a musical
road map
TIER III: Follow a musical
road map with the help of a
chart of musical road signs
My Bonnie
TIER I: Explain the Scottish
influence on the
instrumental version of My
Bonnie
TIER II: Compare and
contrast vocal and
instrumental versions of My
Bonnie with the use of a Tchart
TIER III: Compare and
contrast vocal and
instrumental versions of My
Bonnie with the use of a Tchart with categories of
comparison already labeled
America
TIER I: Define new song
vocabulary from My
Country ‘Tis of Thee
(America) and place on
flashcards
TIER II: Sing My Country
‘Tis of Thee (America) and
discuss new vocabulary
TIER III: Sing My Country
‘Tis of Thee (America) with
a vocabulary definition sheet
Ver. 2006-05
-- Performance of learned
songs
-- Class Participation
-- Performance of learned
songs
-- Class Participation
-- Performance of learned
songs
-- Class Participation
21st Century Life &
Careers
(4th-8th grade)
Assessment
-- Performance of learned
songs
-- Class Participation
Ver. 2006-05