Singing vs. speaking voice
Steady beat
Musical opposites (fast/slow, loud/soft, high/low, long/short, same/different)
Unpitched classroom percussion (drums, triangles, tambourines, rhythm sticks, etc.)
Moving through space and organized in a circle
Respect for other music-makers
Steady beat
Rhythmic notation (quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter rests)
Melodic notation (so, mi, la, 5-line staff)
2-beat meter
Creating and composing
Vocal timbre (singing, speaking, whispering, shouting)
Instrumental timbre (unpitched classroom percussion)
Expressive elements (loud/soft, fast/slow)
Movement through space, in organized circle, in organized set
Rhythmic notation (half notes, whole notes, rests)
Melodic notation (do, re, mi, so, la, pentatonic scale)
4-beat meter
Harmony through ostinato
Instrumental timbre
Boomwhackers
AB and ABA forms
Expressive elements (forte/piano)
Movement through space, organized circle, organized set
Rhythmic notation (sixteenth notes, dotted quarter notes)
Melodic notation (low la, low so, extended pentatonic scale, treble clef staff)
3-beat meter
Harmony through rounds and canons
Instrumental timbre
Barred instruments (xylophones and metallophones)
Beginning Recorder
Expressive elements (crescendo and decrescendo)
Movement in circles, double circles, and sets
Composition and improvisation
Rhythmic notation (syncopation, dotted quarter notes)
Melodic notation (high do, fa, whole and half steps, treble clef staff)
Harmony through partner songs
Instrumental timbre
Advanced Recorder
Expressive elements (dynamics and tempo markings)
Movement in circles, double circles, sets, and squares
Composition and improvisation
Rhythmic notation (eighth note and 16th note combinations)
Melodic notation (ti, major scale, treble clef staff)
Harmony in multiple parts
Instrumental timbre (world music instruments)
Ukulele
Expressive elements (articulations)
Movement in circles, double circles, sets, and squares
Composition and improvisation