MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 1
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 1A Demonstrate characteristic vocal timbre individually and in groups
 1B Describe intervals, music notation, voices, and musical performances, using standard terminology
 2A Perform independently with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and basic performance techniques
 3A Sight-read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters
 3B Notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols
 3C Interpret music symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation when performing
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Solfege
Hand signs
Sight reading
LRT: Long, Round,
Tall Vowel
Formation
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
The teacher will:







UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 18.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
Review posture and breathing mechanics
Review sirens, vocal warm-ups, and vocalizes to find correct singing register
Review solfege syllables and hand signs for a diatonic scale (d-r-m-f-s-l-t-d’)
Demonstrate and review Long, Round, Tall vowels (LRT)
Review music staff, treble/bass clef(s), music notes/names and basic rhythms
Introduce repertoire
Introduce the concept of Region Choir & corresponding auditions
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
~ How would you differentiate
between LRT’s and “east-west”
vowel production?
~Can you recall and show the
Solfege hand-signs?
~Describe a music staff and what it
is used for.
~Demonstrate singing with proper posture and
breathing mechanics
~Review and sing exploratory exercises to find
correct singing register
~Reproduce vocal warm-ups and vocalizes
~Sing correct solfege syllables with
appropriate hand signs
~Produce LRT vowels
~Read and write basic music theory
~Begin learning and singing basic repertoire
Strategies
Reviewing
Explaining
Explicit Teaching
Demonstrating
Drill & Practice
Assessment
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Students demonstrate musical understanding of vocal production and music theory by singing correct pitches in-tune
and using hand-signs.
Students will show how to produce long, round tall vowels.
Click here for more information on breathing mechanisms
Page 1 of 18
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
Highlighted materials
Recorded examples
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 2 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 2
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 1A Demonstrate characteristic vocal timbre individually and in groups
 1B Describe intervals, music notation, voices, and musical performances, using standard terminology
 2A Perform independently with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and basic performance techniques
 3A Sight-read simple music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters
 3B Notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols
 3C Interpret music symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation when performing
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Key Signature
Key of C
Audiation
Repertoire
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
The teacher will:










Continue posture and breathing mechanics
Continue sirens, vocal warm-ups, and vocalizes to find correct singing register
Continue solfege syllables and hand signs for a diatonic scale (d-r-m-f-s-l-t-d’)
Continue demonstrating Long, Round, Tall vowels (LRT)
Continue music staff, treble/bass clef(s), music notes/names and basic rhythms
Review the concept of Audiation
Continue Sight reading
Review Key Signatures and the key of C with solfege syllables and pitch names
Continue 1st 9 weeks repertoire
Introduce Region Choir audition repertoire
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
~How do the Solfege hand-signs
correspond with the function of the
note?
~How do you distinguish between
LRT and “east-west” singing?
~What is the concept of audiation?
~How would you explain sightreading?
~Continue singing with proper posture and
breathing mechanics
~Continue singing exploratory exercises to
find correct singing register
~Reproduce vocal warm-ups and vocalizes
~Sing and chant correct solfege syllables
with appropriate hand signs
~Continue audiation techniques
~Continue sight reading
~Produce LRT vowels
~Read and write basic music theory in the
key of C~Continue learning and singing of
basic repertoire
Strategies
Guided Practice
Inquiry
Demonstration
Group Practice
Drill & Practice
Review
Memorization
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SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
Assessment
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Students demonstrate musical understanding of vocal production and music theory by singing correct pitches intune and using hand-signs.
Students will show how to produce long, round tall vowels.
Students can explain and write the key of C on the treble clef or bass clef.
Students can explain the audiation process.
Click here for more information on Curwen hand signs
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
Highlighted materials
Recorded examples
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 4 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 3
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 1A Demonstrate characteristic vocal timbre individually and in groups
 1B Describe intervals, music notation, voices, and musical performances, using standard terminology
 2A Perform independently with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and basic performance techniques
 3A Sight-read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters
 3B Notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols
 3C Interpret music symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation when performing
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Score Study
Key of F
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
The teacher will:











Continue posture and breathing mechanics
Continue sirens, vocal warm-ups, and vocalizes to find correct singing register
Continue solfege syllables and hand signs for a diatonic scale (d-r-m-f-s-l-t-d’)
Continue demonstrating Long, Round, Tall vowels (LRT)
Continue music staff, treble/bass clef(s), music notes/names and basic rhythms
Continue the concept of Audiation
Continue the concept of Sight reading
Review Key Signatures and the key of C with solfege syllables and pitch names
Review the key of F with solfege syllables and pitch names
Continue 1st 9 weeks repertoire
Continue Region Choir audition repertoire
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
How does correct posture and breathing
mechanics improve singing?
Demonstrate and compare good and bad
posture.
What is the difference between solfege
and pitch names?
Under what conditions would you use
audiation?
Continue singing with proper posture and breathing
mechanics
Continue singing exploratory exercises to find
correct singing register
Reproduce vocal warm-ups and vocalizes
Sing correct solfege syllables with appropriate hand
signs
Continue audiation techniques
Continue sight reading
Produce LRT vowels
Read and write basic music theory in the key of C
Continue learning and singing of basic repertoire
Strategies
Review
Work-based learning
Cooperative Learning
Demonstration
Drill & Practice
Page 5 of 18
Assessment
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
Students write key of C notes on music staff.
Students demonstrate correct hand-signs while sight-reading
Students listen for intonation while producing correct pitches.
Click here for more information on the history of solfege and related scales
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
Highlighted materials
Recorded examples
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 6 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 4
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 1A Demonstrate characteristic vocal timbre individually and in groups
 1B Describe intervals, music notation, voices, and musical performances, using standard terminology
 2A Perform independently with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and basic performance techniques
 3A Sight-read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters
 3B Notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols
 3C Interpret music symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation when performing
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Key of G
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
The teacher will:











Continue posture and breathing mechanics
Continue sirens, vocal warm-ups, and vocalizes to find correct singing register
Continue solfege syllables and hand signs for a diatonic scale (d-r-m-f-s-l-t-d’)
Continue demonstrating Long, Round, Tall vowels (LRT)
Continue music staff, treble/bass clef(s), music notes/names and basic rhythms
Continue the concept of Audiation
Continue the concept of Sight reading
Review Key Signatures and the key of C and F with solfege syllables and pitch names
Present the key of G with solfege syllables and pitch names
Continue 1st 9 weeks repertoire
Continue Region Choir audition repertoire
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Strategies
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
~What are the results when you use
good posture to sing?
~Discuss the differences in vocal sound
when using LRT’s and “east-west” type
of singing.
~Demonstrate the correct use of
audiation by singing the last note of
every measure in tune and on the
correct beat.
~Continue singing with proper posture
and breathing mechanics
~Continue singing exploratory exercises
to find correct singing register
~Reproduce vocal warm-ups and
vocalizes
~Sing correct solfege syllables with
appropriate hand signs
~Continue audiation techniques
~Continue sight reading
~Produce LRT vowels
~Read and write basic music theory in
the key of C and F
~Continue learning and singing of basic
Compare & Contrast
Guided Practice
Demonstration
Memorization
Review & Re-Teaching
Simulation
Physical Response
Page 7 of 18
repertoire in preparation for the 9 weeks
concert.
Assessment
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
Students demonstrate application of LRT’s and compares them to “east-west” style of singing.
Students can label and discuss the music staff and the key of C and F.
Click here for history of solfege and related scales
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
Highlighted materials
Recorded examples
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 8 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 5
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7(Content)
 1A Demonstrate characteristic vocal timbre individually and in groups
 1B Describe intervals, music notation, voices, and musical performances, using standard terminology
 2A Perform independently with accurate intonation and rhythm, demonstrating fundamental skills and basic performance techniques
 3A Sight-read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters
 3B Notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols
3C Interpret music symbols and terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation when performing
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Diction
Articulation
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
The teacher will:












UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
Continue posture and breathing mechanics
Continue sirens, vocal warm-ups, and vocalizes to find correct singing register
Continue solfege syllables and hand signs for a diatonic scale (d-r-m-f-s-l-t-d’)
Continue demonstrating Long, Round, Tall vowels (LRT)
Continue music staff, treble/bass clef(s), music notes/names and basic rhythms
Continue the concept of Audiation
Continue the concept of Sight reading
Review Key Signatures and the key of C and F with solfege syllables and pitch names
Review the key of G with solfege syllables and pitch names
Continue 1st 9 weeks repertoire
Conduct Mock Region MS Auditions
Prepare pre-auditioned Region MS Choir Candidates for Region auditions
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
~Identify d-r-m-f-s-l-t-d’ in the key of C
on the staff and while sight-reading.
~Can you distinguish between LRT’s
and “east-west” singing while
performing repertoire?
~While sight-reading can you always
find “do” and sing it in-tune?
~Continue singing with proper posture and
breathing mechanics
~Continue singing exploratory exercises to
find correct singing register
~Reproduce vocal warm-ups and vocalizes
~Sing correct solfege syllables with
appropriate hand signs
~Continue audiation techniques
~Continue sight reading
~Produce LRT vowels
~Read and write basic music theory in the
key of C, F and G.
~Chant and sing clear, concise
Strategies
Compare & Contrast
Inquiry
Repertoire
Teacher Questions
Music Writing
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pronunciation of text and articulation
~Continue learning and singing of basic
repertoire in preparation for the 9 weeks
concert.
Assessment
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
Students demonstrate correct vowel (LRT) and consonant production in repertoire.
Students demonstrate phrasing in 1st 9 weeks repertoire.
Click here for more information on audiation
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
Highlighted materials
Recorded examples
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 10 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 6
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 2B Perform expressively, from memory, a varied repertoire of music representing styles from diverse cultures
 2C Demonstrate appropriate small- and large-ensemble performance techniques during formal concerts
 6A Identify criteria for evaluating performances
 6B Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music and musical performances
 6C Exhibit concert etiquette as an informed, actively involved listener during varied live performances
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Concert
Perform
Stance
Criteria
Performance
Etiquette
Audience Etiquette
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7 Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
th
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
The teacher will:








Continue appropriate quality repertoire for upcoming 9 weeks concert (culmination of 9 weeks preparation in
appropriate choral music)
Continue fundamental performance skills in performing repertoire in a concert-setting
Apply basic criteria in evaluating music performances ( in-tune singing, rhythmic accuracy, tempo, dynamics and
diction, LRT, phrasing, intonation, syllabic stress; responding appropriately to the conducting gestures of the
Director)
Teach performance etiquette (getting on risers, stance, behavior, attention on director,
Guide and present criteria for evaluating performances
Demonstrate and discuss appropriate audience etiquette
Conduct Mock Region MS Auditions
Prepare pre-auditioned Region MS Choir Candidates for Region auditions
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Strategies
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
~Can you leave out one criterion for
performance and still have a musical
Rigor
performance? Why not?
criteria for evaluating
B ~Organize
performances.
Relev ance
~Why is it necessary to have
appropriate audience etiquette?
~Learn concert repertoire by memory
~Demonstrate fundamental performance
techniques in rehearsal/concert-setting
~Demonstrate performance etiquette in
rehearsal/concert-setting
~Evaluate rehearsals/performance with
basic criteria
~Demonstrate appropriate audience
Demonstrations
Compare & Contrast
Drill & Practice
Teacher Questions
Assessment


Students demonstrate concert etiquette.
Students rate a taped performance using performance criteria.
Click here for concert etiquette
Page 11 of 18
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 12 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 7
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 2B Perform expressively, from memory, a varied repertoire of music representing styles from diverse cultures
 2C Demonstrate appropriate small- and large-ensemble performance techniques during formal concerts
 6A Identify criteria for evaluating performances
 6B Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music and musical performances
 6C Exhibit concert etiquette as an informed, actively involved listener during varied live performances
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Concert
Perform
Stance
Criteria
Performance
Etiquette
Audience Etiquette
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
The teacher will:







Choose appropriate quality repertoire for upcoming 9 weeks concert (culmination of 9 weeks preparation in
appropriate choral music)
Present fundamental performance skills in performing repertoire in a concert-setting
Apply basic criteria in evaluating music performances ( in-tune singing, rhythmic accuracy, tempo, dynamics and
diction, LRT, phrasing, intonation, syllabic stress; responding appropriately to the conducting gestures of the
Director)
Teach performance etiquette (getting on risers, stance, behavior, attention on director,
Guide and present criteria for evaluating performances
Demonstrate and discuss appropriate audience etiquette
Prepare pre-auditioned Region MS Choir Candidates for Region auditions
How to Teach
Student Behaviors
Strategies
Key Questions
Getting the Big Ideas
~Can you leave out one criterion for
performance and still have a musical
performance? Why not?
~Organize criteria for evaluating
performances.
~Why is it necessary to have appropriate
audience etiquette?
~Learn concert repertoire by memory
~Demonstrate fundamental performance techniques
in rehearsal/concert-setting
~Demonstrate performance etiquette in
rehearsal/concert-setting
~Evaluate rehearsals/performance with basic
criteria
~Demonstrate appropriate audience
Demonstrations
Compare & Contrast
Drill & Practice
Teacher Questions
Assessment


Students demonstrate concert etiquette.
Students rate a taped performance using performance criteria.
Click here for concert etiquette
Page 13 of 18
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 14 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 8
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 2B Perform expressively, from memory and notation, a varied repertoire of music representing styles from diverse cultures
 2C Demonstrate appropriate small- and large-ensemble performance techniques during formal and informal concerts
 6A Design and apply criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music and musical performances
 6B Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of personal performances
 6C Exhibit concert etiquette during live performances in a variety of settings
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Concert
Perform
Stance
Criteria
Performance
Etiquette
Audience Etiquette
Audition
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
UIL Repertoire (PML):
4-5 preliminary pieces suitable for UIL
and according to UIL rules/guidelines
must be chosen by September 12.
Rehearsals commence no later than the
end of the first grading period
The teacher will:








Choose appropriate quality repertoire for upcoming 9 weeks concert (culmination of 9 weeks preparation in
appropriate choral music)
Present fundamental performance skills in performing repertoire in a concert-setting
Apply basic criteria in evaluating music performances ( in-tune singing, rhythmic accuracy, tempo, dynamics and
diction, LRT, phrasing, intonation, syllabic stress; responding appropriately to the conducting gestures of the
Director)
Teach performance etiquette (getting on risers, stance, behavior, attention on director,
Guide and present criteria for evaluating performances
Demonstrate and discuss appropriate audience etiquette
Present Region Middle School judging criteria and demonstrate audition procedures
Prepare pre-auditioned Region MS Choir Candidates for Region auditions
How to Teach
Key Questions
Student Behaviors
Getting the Big Ideas
~Can you leave out one criterion for
performance and still have a musical
performance? Why not?
~Organize criteria for evaluating
performances.
~Why is it necessary to have appropriate
audience etiquette?
~Learn concert repertoire by memory
~Demonstrate fundamental
performance techniques in
rehearsal/concert-setting
~Demonstrate performance etiquette
in rehearsal/concert-setting
~Evaluate rehearsals/performance
with basic criteria
~Demonstrate appropriate audience
Strategies
~Demonstrations
~Compare & Contrast
~Drill & Practice
~Teacher Questions
Page 15 of 18
Assessment


Students demonstrate concert etiquette.
Students rate a taped performance using performance criteria.
Click here for concert etiquette
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 16 of 18
MS Choir Intermediate Level Grade 7
Week 9
Unit of Study: Dev. vocal range/skills/LRT; Intro Music Th.; SR/Solfege Skills; Score Analysis;
Round/Canon Challenge; Repertoire; Con. Prep./Fund. Skills; Reg. MS Aud.; 1st 9 weeks Curriculum Concert
First Grading Period
TEKS Choir 7
 2B Perform expressively, from memory, a varied repertoire of music representing styles from diverse cultures
 2C Demonstrate appropriate small- and large-ensemble performance techniques during formal concerts
 6A Identify criteria for evaluating performances
 6B Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music and musical performances
 6C Exhibit concert etiquette as an informed, actively involved listener during varied live performances
College Prep
Vocabulary
Word Wall
Concert
Perform
Stance
Criteria
Performance
Etiquette
Audience Etiquette
Mock auditions
Resources
Experiencing Choral Music
McGraw Hill Glencoe 2005
Teaching Masters
Evaluation Masters
Music & History
Vocal Development
Skill Builders
Sight-singing Masters
Kodály, Dalcroze,
Interdisciplinary
Supporting Resources
Repertoire
Fine Arts Transparencies
The Singing Musician
Patti DeWitt Co., 2004
John Curwen Hand signs
Conducting Patterns
Preparatory Pages
Sequential Sight-reading
IPA Chart
District Score Study
Curwen/Kodály Hand Signs
Concert Requirements
Repertoire (9 weeks concert
minimum are 3 octavo length
songs appropriate for grade
level)
SAISD Concert Template
Sight-reading materials
Repertoire
Metronome
Tape/CD Recorders
SAISD Weekly Rubric
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
Vocal Music & Reading/Research and Correlations
http://www.saisd.net/ADMIN/curric/curricms/docum
ents/handbooks/music/music_reading_research.pdf
Instructional Guidelines
Secondary Choir Curriculum Requirements
Solfege for Sight-reading
Counting System for rhythm (ex., 1 e + a, etc.)
Sequential Sight-reading everyday
Yearly Plan for Repertoire/Curriculum
The teacher will:








Choose appropriate quality repertoire for upcoming 9 weeks concert (culmination of 9 weeks preparation in
appropriate choral music)
Present fundamental performance skills in performing repertoire in a concert-setting
Apply basic criteria in evaluating music performances ( in-tune singing, rhythmic accuracy, tempo, dynamics and
diction, LRT, phrasing, intonation, syllabic stress; responding appropriately to the conducting gestures of the
Director)
Teach performance etiquette (getting on risers, stance, behavior, attention on director,
Guide and present criteria for evaluating performances
Demonstrate and discuss appropriate audience etiquette
Prepare pre-auditioned Region MS Choir Candidates for Region auditions
How to Teach
Key Questions
~Can you leave out one criterion for
performance and still have a musical
performance? Why not?
~Organize criteria for evaluating
performances.
~Why is it necessary to have appropriate
audience etiquette?
Student Behaviors
Getting the Big Ideas
~Learn concert repertoire by memory
~Demonstrate fundamental performance
techniques in rehearsal/concert-setting
~Demonstrate performance etiquette in
rehearsal/concert-setting
~Evaluate rehearsals/performance with basic
criteria
~Demonstrate appropriate audience
Strategies
Demonstrations
Compare & Contrast
Drill & Practice
Teacher Questions
Assessment



Students demonstrate concert etiquette.
Students rate a taped performance using performance criteria.
Use a rubric for mock MS Region auditions
Page 17 of 18
SAISD 9 Weeks Rubric
Click here for concert etiquette
Special
Education
Canon Definition
Instructional Modifications/
Accommodations
Determined by ARD/IEP
SAISD © 2009-10 Choir 7th Grade (First Grading Period – Week 1)
SAISD MS Choir Round/Canon Challenge
Repertoire (Vocal Music Curriculum Website)
Week 1: Learn Song by Rote
Week 2: Sing Solfege & Hand Sign
Week 3: Sing Rhythm
Week 4: Sing Text while Conducting
Week 5: Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 6: Sing Solfege w/hand signs while Cnducting
Week 7: Hand Sign Solfege & Sing Rhythm while Conducting
Week 8: Manuscript Song
Week 9: Perform Round/Canon in small groups for each other in class
Partner special learners with another student.
Individually aurally assess students
Page 18 of 18