K-5 Music Curriculum

Kindergarten

Musical Discoveries-

Expression/Pitch/Beat

My First Performance-Fall Celebrations

Concert - Songs of Friendship and Love

Nursery Rhymes - Beat, Literacy, and Comprehension

Grade One

Musical Discoveries-Opposites

• tempo

• dynamics

• articulation

• pitch

• rhythm

• tonality

Music Notation Literacy

Grade Two

Music Around the World (including countries from these continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia)

Music Notation Literacy

Concert - Songs Across the Globe

Grade Three

Recorder - Part One

Families of Instruments

Music Notation Literacy

Concert - Recorder Extravaganza

Grade Four

Music of America’s Regions

Recorder - Part Two

Music Notation Literacy

Concert - U.S. Regions Fair

Grade Five

The National Anthem

Instrumentarium

Music Composition

Music Notation Literacy

Concerts - Winter Solstice Celebration

and Broadway & Beyond