2nd Grade
Text: Share the Music (Macmillian); Making Music (Silver Burdett); Spotlight on Music (Macmillan), Quavers (online)
September
(continued throughout the year)
PATRIOTIC
MUSIC
FORM
Naming form
Echo
Call and Response
AB
Verse and Refrain
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.3, 6.2,
October
(continued throughout the year)
RHYTHM
Read rhythms using Kodaly System- ta, ti ti, quarter rest
Half note
Half Rest
Dotted Half
\Whole Note
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.3, 6.4
November
(continued throughout the year)
Continue
RHYTHM
Rhythmic Composition
Rhythmic Dictation
Improvise
Meter of 2
Meter of 3
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.2, 4.3, 5.3, 6.4
Begin
INSTRUMENT
FAMILIES
Strings
Winds
Percussion
Exploring famous compositions for instruments
Standards:
1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2.3, 2.4, 4.4, 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
December
(continued throughout the year)
Continue
INSTRUMENT
FAMILIES
Strings
Winds
Percussion
Exploring famous compositions for instruments
Standards:
1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2.3, 2.4, 4.4, 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Seasonal Songs/ Nutcracker-
Creative Mvt.
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2
January
(continued throughout the year)
EXPRESSION
Dynamics –
Dynamic markings p, f, crescendo and decrec.
Changing dynamics
Tempo- fast and slow
Tempo markings
Changing tempo
Accelerando, ritardando
Articulation- Smooth (legato) and detached (staccato)
Mood- Variety of moods
MUSIC STYLES
Spirituals
Ragtime
Jazz
Blues
Dixie Land
Big Band
(Black Music History)
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.3, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2
February
(continued throughout the year)
PITCH
Match Pitch
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La
Curwin Hand Signs
Pentatonic
Melodic Direction on staff
Improvisation
Play PP
Ostinato
Simple Bordun
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4,.4 4.5, 4.8, 5.3, 6.4
March
(continued throughout the year)
Continue Pitch Unit
Composition
Ostinato
Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,
4.4, 4.5, 4.8, 5.3, 6.4
April
(continued throughout the year)
Composers/
World Music
Standards:
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 4.8, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
May
Year in Review
World music /Folk Songs
(testing)
Standards:
Review of all standards covered within the year.