Music Curriculum Map - 1st Quarter – Aug. 26th – Oct. 25th
Kindergarten:
Week
Aug. 26th
Learning Targets
I can show how to
follow the rules in
music class.
Lesson
Rule Review
Sept. 3rd
I can find the high
part of my voice.
K#1-2
Sept. 9th
I can find the high
part of my voice.
K#3-4
Sept. 16th
I can find a steady
beat.
K#5-6
Sept. 23rd
I can feel the
rhythm.
K#7-8
Sept. 30th
I can recognize
songs I know.
K#9-10
Oct. 7th
I can sing in the
high part of my
voice.
K#11-12
Oct. 14th
I can sing in the
high part of my
voice.
K#13-14
Oct. 21st
I can feel rhythm
and a steady beat.
K#15-16
Assessment
Ask for student
helpers to show
what each rule looks
like and sounds like.
Allow solos to sing
their name during
Hickety Tickety
Bumblebee.
Allow solos/class to
show with the voice
how a dolphin
swims.
Allow solos to keep
the beat in their feet
during Engine #9,
Snail, Seashells.
Have class show
motions to 1,2,3,4,5
while chanting.
Class identifies
previously learned
songs played on the
recorder; they sing
back what they
think the song is
after Miss Spurlock
plays.
Allow solos to try
the “Oo oo oo oo”
refrain on Skin and
Bones.
Solos sing the
question and answer
conversation during
Old Mother Witch
game.
Continue showing
1,2,3,4,5 with
rhythmic mvt. as a
class and feel beat
in feet during OMW.
1st Grade:
Week
Aug. 26th
Learning Targets
I can show how to
follow the rules in
music class.
Lesson
Rule Review
Sept. 3rd
I can sing in-tune
and keep a steady
beat.
1#1-2
Sept. 9th
I can keep a steady
beat in my feet.
1#3-4
Sept. 16th
I can move to the
“heartbeat” of
Seashells and Snail.
1#5-6
Sept. 23rd
I can write “ta’s” to
show the beat of a
song.
1#7-8
Sept. 30th
I can write the
rhythm to Snail and
Seashells.
1#9-10
Oct. 7th
I can write rhythms
using ry and q.
1#11-12
Oct. 14th
I can write rhythms
using ry and q.
1#13-14
Oct. 21st
I can find q and
1#15-16
Assessment
Ask for student
helpers to show
what each rule looks
like and sounds like.
Watch as students
keep the beat in
their feet during
Frog in the Middle.
Allow solos to show
the beat in their feet
during Frog in the
Middle and Sally
Saucer.
Allow students to
take turns picking
up seashells and
moving a snail on
their arm while
singing.
Students will mark
the beat with stems
in the air and on
board, teacher adds
noteheads and labels
“ta” – students sing
the melodies on “ta”
Students will derive
the rhythm by
tapping/singing,
tapping/innerhearing, and
tapping/singing the
rhythm (qqqq)
Students will derive
the rhythm of
Seashells and
Strawberry
Shortcake.
Students will derive
the rhythm of Ring
Around the Rosy
and Little Sally
Saucer.
Students will show
ryin a song by
Beethoven.
2nd Grade:
Week
Aug. 26th
the rhythm they in
Beethoven’s Sym.
#7, 2nd mvt. with
popsicle sticks on
their heartbeat mats.
Learning Targets
I can show how to
follow the rules in
music class.
Lesson
Rule Review
Sept. 3rd
I can read and write
sol-mi on them
music staff.
1#28-29
Sept. 9th
I can read and write
sol-mi for a song I
don’t know
(Starlight).
I can show and
write a Q in Old
Mother Witch.
1#30-31
Sept. 23rd
I can read sol-mi in
a song I don’t know.
1#34-35
Sept. 30th
I can read sol-mi in
a song I don’t know.
1#36-37
Oct. 7th
I can hear sol-la-mi
1#38-39
Sept. 16th
1#32-33
Assessment
Ask for student
helpers to show
what each rule looks
like and sounds like.
Observe students as
they place sol and
mi on their
fingerstaffs; invite
solos to drag
previously derived
rhythms onto the
music staff.
Allow each student
to place chips
phrase by phrase on
a felt staff (sol=C5).
Students will
“throw-away” the
sound during Old
Mother Witch and
write the rhythmic
motive on a
heartbeat paper.
Students will sightread Old Mister
Woodpecker with
their handsigns.
Allow students to
take turns with
phrases.
Students will sightread The Gypsy and
Piko-Piko Anking
with handsigns.
Allow students to
take turns with
phrases.
Students will derive
in a song I know.
Oct. 14th
I can read sol-la-mi
for a song I know.
1#40-41
Oct. 21st
I can read and write
sol-la-mi for a song
I know.
1#42-43
Learning Targets
I can show how to
follow the rules in
music class.
Lesson
Rule Review
Sept. 3rd
I can find la in Snail
and sing it with
handsigns.
1#39-40; 3#1
Sept. 9th
I can write la in a
space when sol and
mi are on a line.
1#41-42; 3#1-2
Sept. 16th
I can write la in a
space when sol and
mi are on a line.
1#43-44; 3#3
Sept. 23rd
I can write la on a
line when sol and mi
are in spaces.
1#45-46; 3#4
3rd Grade:
Week
Aug. 26th
the solfa to Snail
using their body and
handsigns.
Solos will take turns
placing the solfa on
the music staff for
Snail.
Students will place
chips on a foam mat
to show the solfa for
Bounce High.
Assessment
Ask for student
helpers to show
what each rule looks
like and sounds like.
Students with use
the Curwen
handsigns and their
bodies to derive the
solfa to Snail and
place it on the music
staff;
Students will write
Snail on the music
staff with sol on the
3rd line; Old Lady
Goose and Green
Sally Up
Students will write
Bounce High on the
music staff with sol
on the 2nd line then
the 4th; Green Sally
Up or Old Lady
Goose.
Students will write
Lucy Locket on the
music staff with sol
in the 3rd space; add
singing and dancing
of Chicken on the
Fencepost and
Sept. 30
th
I can write la in
space when sol and
mi are on lines.
1#47-48; 3#10
Oct. 7th
I can read and sing
la in a song I don’t
know.
1#49-50; 3#10
Oct. 14th
I can read and sing
la in songs I know
with repeat signs.
1#51-52; 3#16
Oct. 21st
I will be able to
hear, read, and write
mi-la on the music
staff.
1#53-54; 3#20
Learning Targets
I can show how to
follow the rules in
music class.
Lesson
Rule Review
Sept. 3rd
I can read sol-la-mi
in Bell Horses.
1#50; 4#1
Sept. 9th
I can read and sing
la in songs I know
with repeat signs.
1#51-52 4#2
Sept. 16th
I will be able to
hear, read, and write
mi-la on the music
4th Grade:
Week
Aug. 26th
1#53-54; 4#3-4
Dinah
Students will
transcribe Mill
Wheel on the staff
with sol on the 2nd
line; add singing
and dancing
Alabama Gal
Students will sightread Icka Backa and
Bell Horses; add
singing and dancing
Alabama Gal
Students will read
and sing Bobby
Shaftoe and
Strawberry
Shortcake; play and
sing Rattlesnake
Students will derive
the rhythm and solfa
to Doggie Doggie;
sing and play I’ve
Been to Harlem
Assessment
Ask for student
helpers to show
what each rule looks
like and sounds like.
Students will sing
and sign the solfa
for Bell Horses; add
On the Mountain
game
Students will read
and sing Bobby
Shaftoe and
Strawberry
Shortcake; sing and
dance Old Betty
Larkin
Students will derive
the rhythm and solfa
to Doggie Doggie;
staff.
Sept. 23rd
I will be able to
hear, read, and write
mi-la on the music
staff.
1#55-56; 4#11
Sept. 30th
I can sing and show
the sol-mi-do for
Frog in the Middle
and Johnny Caught
a Flea.
2#10-11
Oct. 7th
I can read and write
sol-mi-do for Frog
in the Middle and
Johnny Caught a
Flea (spaces).
2#12-13
Oct. 14th
I can read and write
sol-mi-do for Frog
in the Middle and
Johnny Caught a
Flea (lines/spaces).
2#14-15
Oct. 21st
I can read and write
sol-mi-do for
Johnny Caught a
Flea and Mouse
Mousie (lines and
spaces).
2#16-17
Learning Targets
I can show how to
follow the rules in
music class.
Lesson
Rule Review
I can write a whole,
half, quarter, and
eighth note.
16-square
composition sheets
5th Grade:
Week
Aug. 26th
Sept. 3rd
sing and dance
Floating Down the
River on the Ohio
Students will derive
the rhythm and solfa
to No Robbers and
Red Rover; play
Oranges and
Lemons
Students will derive
and show the tone
ladder sol-mi-do on
their body and with
handsigns; add 2#5
Grieg Hall of
Mountain King
activity
Students will write
the notes for Frog in
the Middle and
Johnny Caught a
Flea on the music
staff.
Students will write
the notes for Frog in
the Middle and
Johnny Caught a
Flea on the music
staff.
Students will write
the notes for Johnny
Caught a Flea and
Mouse Mousie on
the music staff.
Assessment
Ask for student
helpers to show
what each rule looks
like and sounds like.
Students will fill in
a 16-square
composition chart
while naming
Sept. 9th
I can read and play a
composed rhythm.
Sept. 16th
I can play C and A
on my recorder.
Recorder
Sept. 23rd
I can play D on my
recorder.
Recorder
Sept. 30th
I can play B and G
on my recorder.
Recorder
Oct. 7th
I can play new
songs using D, A, B,
G on my recorder.
Recorder
Oct. 14th
I can play E on my
recorder.
Recorder
Oct. 21st
I can play new
songs using D, E, G,
A, B on my
recorder.
Recorder
6th Grade:
Week
Aug. 26th
Learning Targets
I can show how to
16-square
composition sheets
Lesson
Rule Review
rhythms and
reviewing beat
amounts.
Students will mix
and match
previously written
rhythms, add pitches
within specified
tone sets, and play
the rhythms and
melodies on drums,
xylophones, and
glockenspiels.
Students will play
Kardos Canon and
Old Mother Witch
on the recorder for
their white belt.
Students will play
Bounce High,
Rattlesnake, and See
Saw Marjorie Daw.
Students will play
Hot Cross Buns,
Good NewsChariot’s Coming,
and The Boatman.
Students will play
Rain Come Wet Me,
Let Us Chase the
Squirrel, and I See
the Moon.
Students will play
On the Yangtze,
Phoebe in Her
Petticoat, and Corn
Song.
Students will play
Shake Them
Simmons Down, Old
Brass Wagon, and
Old MacDonald.
Assessment
Ask for student
follow the rules in
music class.
Sept. 3rd
I can play a C
Major chord on the
Ukulele.
Ukulele
Sept. 9th
I can play a G
Major chord on the
ukulele.
Ukulele
Sept. 16th
I can play a F
Major chord on the
ukulele.
Ukulele
Sept. 23rd
I can play a D and
A Major chord on
the ukulele.
Ukulele
Sept. 30th
I can play an Am
chord on the
ukulele.
I can play an Em
chord on the
ukulele.
Ukulele
Oct. 14th
I can play the Dm
chord on the
ukulele.
Ukulele
Oct. 21st
I can review chords
I know with new
songs.
Ukulele
Oct. 7th
Ukulele
helpers to show what
each rule looks like
and sounds like.
Students will play Are
You Sleeping?, Row,
Row, Row, Your Boat,
and Three Blind Mice.
Students will play Skip
to My Lou, Rocky
Mountain, Shady
Grove, Doo, Wah,
Diddy, and One Time.
Students will play
Auld Lang Syne, Rock
Around the Clock, and
Blue Suede Shoes
Students will play
Twist and Shout, Old
Time Rock Roll, and
Happy Birthday.
Students will play
Mean, and Apologize.
Students will play Safe
and Sound, Someone
Like You, Rolling in
the Deep,
andfr555555554wqqqa
Miss Movin’ On.
Students will play I
Knew You Were
Trouble, Mirrors,
Stronger.
Students will play No
Secrets, All Star, and
Three Little Birds.