Text: Share the Music (Macmillian); Making Music (Silver Burdett); Spotlight on Music (Macmillan); Quavers (online)

September

(continuing throughout the year)

PATRIOTIC

MUSIC/History and Culture

FORM

Naming form

Echo

Call and Response

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.3, 6.2, 6.4

October

(continuing throughout the year)

RHYTHM

Rhythm

Steady Beat

Long/Short sounds

Notated Icons

1 & 2 sounds per beat

Improvise Upp.

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 3.1, 3.4, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.3, 6.3, 6.4

November

(continued throughout the year)

Continue

Rhythm Unit

Steady Beat

Long/Short sounds

Notated Icons

1 & 2 sounds per beat

Improvise Upp.

Begin

INSTRUMENT

SOUNDS

Exploration of instrument sounds, story telling using instruments

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.4, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1, 5.3, 6.3, 6.4

December

(continued throughout the year)

Continue

INSTRUMENT

SOUNDS

Exploration of instrument sounds, story telling using instruments

Seasonal songs

Nutcracker-Creative Mvt

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

January

(continued throughout the year)

EXPRESSION

Dynamics –loud and soft

Tempo- fast and slow

Mood- Variety of moods

MUSIC STYLES

Spirituals

Ragtime

Jazz

Blues

Dixie Land

Big Band

(Black Music History)

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

February

(continued throughout the year)

PITCH

Match Pitch

Sol, Mi

High, Low

Melodic Direction

Improvisation

Play PP

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 2.4,

3.2, 3.3, 3.4,

4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,4.7, 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4

March

(continued throughout the year)

Continue Pitch Unit

Melodic Direction

Improvisation

Play PP

SC Standards:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 2.4,

3.2, 3.3, 3.4,

4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,4.7, 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4

April

(continued throughout the year)

Composers/World Music

SC Standards:

4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4

May

Year in Review

Folk Songs

(testing)

SC Standards:

Review of all standards covered within the year.