Shakopee Public School District 720
3rd Grade General Music Curriculum
Updated Summer 2014
3rd Grade Essential Skills:
These are skills that learners must know in order to
master the Essential Learning. Teachers determine the time needed on each skill in order to master the
Essential Learning.
Reading/Notating
Production
Analysis/Creating
(Singing/Playing)
st
Sings
on
pitch with others
Various Forms (including AB, ABA, Rondo,
1 Quarter
Verse/refrain etc…)
Quarter, beamed eighth, half
and dotted half and
corresponding rests
2nd Quarter
Quarter, eighth, half
and dotted half and
corresponding rests
Quarter, eighth, half and
dotted half and corresponding
rests
Aural recognition of Percussion/String
instruments
Dynamic symbols: pp,p,mp,mf, f,ff as well
as crescendo and descrescendo
Aural recognition of Brass instruments
Sings on pitch with others
Improvises 8 beat answer
Visual recognition of melodic contour
(upward, downward or stays the same)
Improvises 8 beat answer
3rd Quarter
Performs ostinato
Aural recognition of Woodwind
instruments
S-M-L-D-R patterns and
repertoire songs that include
these pitches
Quarter, beamed eighth
notes, half and dotted half,
whole and sixteenth notes
and corresponding rests
4th Quarter
Quarter, beamed eighth
notes, half and dotted
half, whole and
sixteenth notes and
corresponding rests
Quarter, beamed eighth
notes, half and dotted half,
whole and sixteenth notes
and corresponding rests,
(introduce syncopation)
Aural Recognition of Instruments in
“Carnival of the Animals”
Define composer and name 2 facts about
Camille Saint-Seans
Discuss relationship between rhythm and
fractions
Mood and Music
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3rd Grade Essential Learning:
These are the core competencies that all learners must know upon completion of the grade level.
These are also the concepts that will be graded throughout the year.
ELEMENT OF MUSIC
ESSENTIAL LEARNING (Graded)
BEAT/RHYTHM
Students will read and perform rhythm patterns
using syllables for quarter note, beamed eighth
notes, half note, dotted half note, whole note,
sixteenth notes, all corresponding rests and
syncopation
Students will perform an ostinato
Students will discuss the relationship between
rhythm and fractions
PITCH/MELODY
Students will accurately repeat pitches of so, mi, la,
do, re sung by teacher
FORM
Students can perform or identify various form (could
include Verse/Refrain, AB, ABA or Rondo)
TIMBRE
Students will aurally identify instruments from four
orchestral families
EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES
Students can identify dynamic symbols including:
pianissimo through fortissimo
GENRE/STYLE
Students will describe how music makes them feel
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“I CAN” Statements for 3rd Grade
This is the “art of teaching”- what can the learner do at the conclusion of the lesson.
These are very focused and directly related to the Essential Skills.
1st Quarter “I CAN” statements
3rd Quarter “I CAN” statements
“I CAN” sing on pitch with others
“I CAN” sing pitches in a pentatonic scale
“I CAN” perform rhythm patterns (that include
quarter note, rest, beamed eighth notes,
half notes and dotted half notes)
“I CAN” perform rhythm patterns (that include
quarter note, rest, beamed eighth notes, half notes,
dotted half notes and sixteenth notes)
“I CAN” identify the FORM in a piece of music
“I CAN” perform an ostinato
“I CAN” identify a percussion and string
instrument by their sound
“I CAN” identify woodwind instruments
by their sounds.
2nd Quarter “I CAN” statement
4th Quarter “I CAN” statements
“I CAN” improvise an 8 beat answer
“I CAN” perform rhythm patterns (that include
syncopation)
“I CAN” identify dynamic symbols
“I CAN” name the instruments used in
“Carnival of the Animals”
“I CAN” perform rhythm patterns (that include
quarter note, rest, eighth notes, half notes and
dotted half notes)
“I CAN” identify brass instruments by
their sound.
“I CAN” discuss how music affects my mood
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END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT and RUBRIC
Grade: 3rd
Essential Learning: Beat/Rhythm
Assessment: The student will read and perform rhythm patterns using quarter, beamed
eighth notes, half, dotted half, whole, sixteenth notes, corresponding rests and syncopation
Assessed: Quarter1, 2, 3, 4
Grade given: Highest grade achieved throughout the quarter
Report Card Strand:
Quarter 1: Production (new concept: dotted half note)
Quarter 2: Production and Read/Notate(new concept: dotted half note)
Quarter 3: Production (new concept: whole note, sixteenth notes and rests)
Quarter 4: Production and Read/Notate (new concept: whole note, sixteenth notes and
syncopation)
Grade
Rubric
M
Student demonstrates grade level rhythm
patterns consistently
P
Student demonstrates grade level rhythm
patterns with errors
NP
Student does not attempt to perform
rhythm patterns
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END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT and RUBRIC
Grade: 3rd
Essential Learning: Pitch
Assessment: The student will accurately repeat pitches of so, mi, la, do, re sung by the
teacher
Assessed: Quarter 3
Grade given: On final assessment
Report Card Strand: Production
Grade
Rubric
M
Student can consistently and accurately
repeat pitches so, mi, la, do, re sung by
the teacher
Student can repeat pitches so, mi, la, do,
re sung by teacher, but not consistently
P
NP
Student uses speaking voice or does not
try to repeat pitches so, mi , la, do, re sung
by teacher
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END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT and RUBRIC
Grade: 3rd
Essential Learning: Form
Assessment: The student will be able to perform or identify various form
Assessed: Quarter 1
Report Card Strand: Analysis
Grade
Rubric
M
Student can perform or identify various form
independently
P
Student can perform or identify various form
with some teacher help
NP
Student does not attempt perform or
identify various form
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END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT and RUBRIC
Grade: 3rd
Essential Learning: Timbre
Assessment: The student will aurally identify instruments from the Four Orchestral families
(woodwind, brass, string, percussion)
Assessed: Quarter 4
Grade given: On final assessment under Q drive (worksheet and clicker options)
Report Card Strand: Analysis
Grade
Rubric
M
Student can aurally identify orchestral with 1
or 2 errors
P
Student can aurally identify orchestral
instruments with 3 or 4 errors
NP
Student can aurally identify orchestral
instruments with more than 4 errors
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END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT and RUBRIC
Grade: 3rd
Essential Learning: Dynamics
Assessment: The student can identify dynamic symbols pianissimo through fortissimo
Assessed: Quarter 2
Grade given: On final assessment
Report Card Strand: Analysis
Grade
Rubric
M
Student can identify and/or perform dynamic
symbols independently with 1,2 or 3 errors
P
Student can identify and/or perform dynamic
symbols with 4,5 or 6 errors
NP
Student has more than 6 errors
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END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT and RUBRIC
Grade: 3rd
Essential Learning: Genre/Style
Assessment: The student can describe how music makes them feel
Assessed: Quarter 4
Grade given: On final assessment
Report Card Strand: Analysis
Grade
Rubric
M
Student can describe how music makes them
feel using music vocabulary
P
Student can describe how music makes them
feel using music vocabulary and some
teacher help
NP
Student does not attempt or does not use
music vocabulary to describe how music
makes them feel
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3rd Grade Vocabulary Check List
□music
□steady beat
□tempo
□rhythm
□Quarter note
□Quarter rest
□Eighth notes
□pitch
□high and low
□so, mi, la
□Instruments; flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, violin, timpani
□Dynamics, loud and soft (forte and piano)
□Largo
□Andante
□Allegro
□Presto
□Half note and rest
□Dotted half note
□Staff
□Repeat sign
□repeat sign
□Nutcracker Ballet
□composer
□Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, String
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Added in 3rd grade:
□ whole note
□sixteenth notes and syncopation
□ostinato
□Rondo form
□improvise
□pentatonic scale
□pianissimo. mezzo piano, piano
□ fortissimo, mezzo forte, forte
□mood
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