Kindergarten Curriculum

Rhythm

• Steady beat

• Long/short sounds

• Rhythmic patterns

Melody

• High and low sounds

• Sol-mi patterns

• Upward and downward movement of the melody

Harmony/Texture

• Identifying speaking, singing, whispering, and calling voices

Tone Color

• Classroom percussion instruments

Form

• Same or different

Expression

• Fast and slow tempi

• Loud and soft sounds

• Varying moods of the music

Cultural Connections

• Music is a part of everyone's culture

Benchmark Assessments:

• Perform a steady beat using movement, body percussion, and/or classroom instruments

• Perform long and short sounds through singing and movement

• Read same and different rhythmic patterns

• Create rhythmic patterns

• Demonstrate the ability to match pitch

• Show high and low sounds with singing voice

• Match pitches of sol-mi, read sol-mi, create and perform sol-mi melodies

• Perform using a speaking, singing, whispering, and calling voice

• Demonstrate, describe, and/or move to show how given sections of music are different

• Explore and analyze fast and slow tempi

• Explore, demonstrate, and analyze loud and soft

• Describe how a given piece of music makes you feel