What will your child learn in Elementary Music?
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(Main Content of Units)
What the student will do:
(Skills)
How the teacher will know
the student has mastered the
skills:
(Assessments)
Grade K-6 Enrichment
Physical Education
What the student will be
taught:
(Main Content of Units)
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Music
Art
For the year, music students will
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have lessons that integrate the
following core classes: Math,
Language, Science, Reading and
History. Students will also learn
about instrument families, music
notation in both treble and bass clef,
The Preamble, Black History,
various composers/ influential
musicians, and multiple genres
including, but not limited to: jazz,
blues, patriotic, rock, classic rock,
classical, and country
August/September: How to perform
songs that can sequential material. How
to identify music notes in treble clef. How
write a Haiku and Cinquain.
October: How to identify mood in music
(major versus minor). How to
discriminate pitch between two different
possibilities. Memorizing concert themed
material. How to perform a chant and
scale on Orff instruments. History of
traditional work and folk songs.
November: How to calculate math using
the beats of notes and rests. How to
perform using Dalcroze and Eurhythmics
while using textiles such as balloons,
scarves, paper plates, streamers. How
to discriminate pitch between three
different possibilities. How to visually
identify instruments
December: How to discriminate pitch
between four different possibilities. How
to categorize instruments according to
instrument families.
January: How the Harlem Renaissance
affected Black History. Students will
study influential Black musicians such as
Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Billie
Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Scott Joplin
and Michael Jackson. Students will also
learn the history of a prominent Black
leader in our history that may include
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Medgar
Evers. How Baroque music utilized
mostly recorders, strings. J.S. Bach will
be introduced as well as sound maps
which will show a song being performed
so that students can see the decibels
being used Scientifically to produce
Talented and Gifted Program
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sound.
February: How to write a Blues
composition following the
AABBCCDDEE rhyming format. How
How classical music and Russian music
influenced the music industry. Mozart,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and
Tchaikovsky will be studied. How to read
music notes on the lines in Bass Clef.
March: Rhyming, rhythm and rapping
with Dr. Seuss. Students will learn how
to identify the beat from a selection from
a Dr. Seuss book. Students will learn
how to take that poem and enhance it by
turning it into a rap. Students will know
who St. Patrick was and the history of
what he did for Ireland. Students will be
able to list two Irish composers, perform
two Irish songs, perform the Irish jig and
list four to five facts about Ireland.
Students will know how to compose a
rap using the AABBCCDDEE rhyming
format and perform the rap with
authentic rap background music. How
Romantic music affected the music
industry. Debussy will be studied. How
to read music notes on the spaces in
Bass Clef.
April/May: How different genres affect
the music industry. Patriotic, Country,
Rock, Classic Rock, Grunge, Jazz.
Students will know how music affects
marketing and movies. Students will be
able to create a commercial jingle and
perform.
May: Students will begin American
History and will sing The Preamble, StarSpangled Banner, America, America the
Beautiful, God Bless America, Grand
Old Flag. Students will learn about
American composers: George Gershwin,
Scott Joplin, Philip Glass, Leonard
Bernstein.
What the student will do:
(Skills)
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August/September: Write
a composition by following
a pattern and a sequence.
Clap a beat. Mirror a
rhythm. Identify pitch as
high versus low, soft versus
loud, same versus different.
Identify notes in Treble
Clef.
October: Memorize basic
melodies. Identify mood in
music. Create a chant.
Perform an ostinato on Orff
instruments. Dance-Free
movement
November: Calculate Math
by using note and rest
values. Sort and categorize
instruments visually and
aurally. Dance-partners.
December: Sort and
categorize instruments by
family. Perform music with
choreography. Discriminate
pitch.
January: List facts they
know about an influential
Black musician/historical
leader. Explain how
Science and Music are
connected through
acoustics and decibels. List
facts about Baroque
composers. Danceinterpretive.
February: Create a Blues
composition following a
sequence. List facts about
Russian history. List facts
about Classical composers.
March: List facts about
Ireland. Create a Rap
composition following a
sequence. List facts about
Romantic composers.
Identify notes in Bass Clef.
Dance the jig.
April: List genres of music
and explain similarities and
differences. List reasons
how music affects society.
Create a commercial jingle
composition.
May: List facts about
American History and
American composers. Sing
the Preamble and patriotic
songs.
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How the teacher will know
the student has mastered the
skills:
(Assessments)
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• August/September: Written
composition, computer
game/test for note identification.
Pre-test and post-test on note
names
• October: Performance of
ostinato.
• November: Music math
worksheets. Recorded
performance. Pre-test and posttest on music math.
• December: CONCERT
performance-recorded.
Instrument worksheets. Pre-test
and post-test on instrument
identification.
• January: Baroque composer
worksheets. Pre-test and posttest.
• February: Blues composition.
Recorded performance. Pretest and post-test on Russian
history/composers. Classical
composer worksheets.
• March: Rap composition.
Recorded performance. Pretest and post-test on Romantic
composers. Performance of the
Irish jig. Pre-test and post-test
on Bass Clef notes.
• April: Commercial jingle
composition. Recorded
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performance.
• May: KWL on American
History. Post-test on American
composers, song lyrics and The
Preamble.
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