Curriculum
5th grade-
5th grade-
5th graders are learning how to play the recorder. This is an important accomplishment because the students put together everything they have learned from K-4 to effectively read and play music.
5th graders are learning how to play the recorder. This is an important accomplishment because the students put together everything they have learned from K-4 to effectively read and play music.
Students will complete the extended diatonic scale by learning "ti" and "fa". Now they can read and sing all pitches from so, to do'.
Students will complete the extended diatonic scale by learning "ti" and "fa". Now they can read and sing all pitches from so, to do'.
Students will finish learning basic rhythmic elements including dotted half note, dotted quarter note and eighth note and dotted eighth note and sixteenth note.
Students will finish learning basic rhythmic elements including dotted half note, dotted quarter note and eighth note and dotted eighth note and sixteenth note.
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Impressionist period. Famous composers include Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Impressionist period. Famous composers include Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from Asian countries.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from Asian countries.
4th grade-
4th grade-
Students will continue to learn the extended diatonic scale by learning "so," and "la,".
Students will continue to learn the extended diatonic scale by learning "so," and "la,".
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including ti-tika and tika-ti (eighth note and 2 sixteenth notes; 2 sixteenth notes and eighth note).
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including ti-tika and tika-ti (eighth note and 2 sixteenth notes; 2 sixteenth notes and eighth note).
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Romantic period. Famous composers include Johannes Brahms, Peter Tchaikovsky and Frederic Chopin.
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Romantic period. Famous composers include Johannes Brahms, Peter Tchaikovsky and Frederic Chopin.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from European countries.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from European countries.
3rd grade-
3rd grade-
Students will continue to learn the extended pentatonic scale by learning "re" and "do' ".
Students will continue to learn the extended pentatonic scale by learning "re" and "do' ".
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including syncopation (eighth note, quarter note, eighth note).
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including syncopation (eighth note, quarter note, eighth note).
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Classical period. Famous composers include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Joseph Haydn.
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Classical period. Famous composers include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Joseph Haydn.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from African countries.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from African countries.
2nd grade-
2nd grade-
Students will continue to learn the pentatonic scale by learning "la" and "do".
Students will continue to learn the pentatonic scale by learning "la" and "do".
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including tikatika (4 sixteenth notes).
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including tikatika (4 sixteenth notes).
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Baroque period. Famous composers include Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Students will continue their study of music history by exploring themes and composers from the Baroque period. Famous composers include Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from North and South American countries.
Students will continue their study of world music by exploring music and culture from North and South American countries.
1st grade-
1st grade-
Students will begin to learn the pentatonic scale by learning "so" and "mi".
Students will begin to learn the pentatonic scale by learning "so" and "mi".
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including ta, titi, shh (quarter note, 2 eighth notes and quarter rest).
Students will continue learning basic rhythmic elements including ta, titi, shh (quarter note, 2 eighth notes and quarter rest).
Students will begin their study of world music by exploring music and culture from Australia.
Students will begin their study of world music by exploring music and culture from Australia.
Students will learn opposites in music: high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft.
Students will learn opposites in music: high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft.
Students will visually identify different musical instruments and aurally identify different instrument sounds.
Students will visually identify different musical instruments and aurally identify different instrument sounds.
Kindergarten-
Kindergarten-
Students will learn about the 5 different ways we use our voices (whisper, call, speak, sing, scream).
Students will learn about the 5 different ways we use our voices (whisper, call, speak, sing, scream).
Students will learn about and recognize steady beat.
Students will learn about and recognize steady beat.
Students will begin learning basic rhythmic elements identified as 1 sound in a beat and 2 sounds in a beat.
Students will begin learning basic rhythmic elements identified as 1 sound in a beat and 2 sounds in a beat.
Students will learn opposites in music: high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft.
Students will learn opposites in music: high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft.
Students will visually identify different musical instruments and aurally identify different instrument sounds.
Students will visually identify different musical instruments and aurally identify different instrument sounds.