3rd Grade Curriculum

Rhythm

• Sixteenth notes

• 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 time signatures

Melody

• High-do, la, sol, mi, re, do pitches

• Treble Clef staff

Harmony and Texture

• Canon/round

Tone Color

• Characteristics of woodwind instruments

Form

• Musical forms with more than two sections (ABC)

Expression

• The speed of the beat is called tempo

Cultural Connections

• Music is a part of many cultures

• Appropriate audience behavior

• Individual student responsibility in performing music (taking turns, listening, etc...)

Benchmark Assessments:

• Identify, read and perform rhythms using sixteenth notes

• Improvise/compose rhythms

• Identify and perform rhythm patterns in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4

• Match pitches of high-do, la, sol, mi, re, do

• Compose, improvise and perform high-do, la, sol, mi, re, do melodies using Curwen hand signs

• Identify and perform an ostinato

• Identify and perform a canon/round

• Identify instruments in the woodwind family

• Identify and perform music with a ABC

• Demonstrate phrase using singing voice classroom instrument or body movement

• Identify and perform changes in tempo