3rd Grade

Musicianship Goals

  • Use a singing voice

  • Perform the beat and rhythm

  • Perform simple ostinatos with body percussion, rhythm instruments, and Orff instruments

  • Perform beat, rhythm and broken borduns on the Orff instruments

  • Perform one ostinato while multiple other ostinatos are performed

  • Perform rounds and partner songs

  • Perform mi, re, and do (B, A, and G) on the recorder


Music Literacy Goals

Students will be able to perform, read, and create music with:

  • Whole notes and whole rests

  • Do

  • Re

  • Dotted half note

  • Absolute note names on the music staff (ABCDEFG)

Continue performing, reading, and creating music with rhythms and pitches from 2nd grade including:

  • Quarter notes and quarter rests

  • Paired eighth notes

  • Pairs of single eighth notes

  • Music staff

  • La, so, and mi

  • Quarter rest

  • Two quarter notes tied together

  • Half notes and half rests