Music Curriculum

Music Curriculum

Kindergarten Music

I. Singing

  • Pitch Exploration Warm- Ups

  • Echo Songs

  • Get America Singing Project

  • Rise Up Singing Songs

  • Singing at Concerts

  • Music Story Books

  • Singing at Assemblies

  • School Holiday Sing Along

II. Movement

  • Circle Games

  • Folk Dances

  • Action Songs

  • Expressive Movements with Classical Music

  • Creative Movement

  • Play Party Games

III. Instruments

  • Xylophones

  • African Drums

  • Handbells

  • Boomwhackers

  • Non Pitched Percussion- Frame Drums, Rhythm Sticks, Tambourines, etc...

IV. Rhythm

  • Playing to the beat

  • Moving to the beat

  • Chants

  • Finger Movements


First Grade Music

I . Singing

  • Pitch Pathways

  • Echo Songs

  • Call and Response Songs

  • Singing at Concerts

  • Get America Singing Project

  • Music Story Books

  • Rise Up Singing Songs

  • Singing at Assemblies

  • School Holiday Sing Along

II. Instruments

  • Xylophones

  • Handbells

  • Boomwhackers

  • Non- Pitched Percussion- Frame Drums, Tambourines, Rhythm Sticks, Shakers, etc...

  • African Drums

III. Movement

  • Folk Dancing

  • Creative Movement

  • Moving to the Beat

  • Expressive Movements

  • Partner Hand Clapping Songs

  • Circle Games

  • Play Party Games

  • Movement with Classical Music

  • Movement with Props, (beanbags, scarves, etc..)

IV. Rhythm

  • Playing on the beat

  • Chants

  • Performing chants on drums

  • Playing two part percussion ensembles


Second Grade

I. Singing

  • Get America Singing Project

  • Echo and Call and Response Songs

  • Pitch Pathways

  • Songs from other cultures

  • Singing at Concerts

  • Story Songbooks

  • Singing at Assemblies

  • School Holiday Sing Along

II. Instruments

  • Playing three part percussion ensembles with non- pitched percussion

  • Performing chants in 6/8, 4/4, and 2/4 on African Drums and non- pitched percussion

  • Handbells with sheet music

  • Boomwhackers

  • Performing Orff Xylophone Ensembles (Up to three parts)

III. Movement

  • Folk dances in circles, double circles, scattered and in longway sets

  • Folk dances with calls such as Do Si Do, Two hand turn, right hand turn etc...

  • Creative Movement

  • Partner Clapping Songs

  • Movements with props (plates, scarves, streamers, bean bags, etc...)

  • Creative Movements with Classical Music

  • Play Party Games

  • Circle Songs

IV. Reading Music

  • Reading Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes (pair) in 2/4

  • Reading Dotted Quarter Notes, Three Eighth Notes, and Quarter/ Eighth Rhythms in 6/8

  • Playing Chants, Singing Songs, Listening to Classical Music with the above rhythms

  • Writing rhythms


V. Other Activities

  • Composers

  • Stories about musicians

  • Listening maps


Third Grade


I. Singing

  • Partner Songs

  • Rounds

  • Ostinatos

  • Choral Music (Broadway Songs, Pop Songs, Concert Music, etc...)

  • Sining at Concerts

  • Singing at Assemblies

  • School Holiday Sing Along

II. Instruments

  • Dulcimers

  • African Drums

  • Three and Four Part Non Pitched Percussion Ensembles

  • Orff Xylophone Ensembles

  • Handbells with sheet music

  • Boomwhackers: bass lines and melodies

III. Reading Music

  • Adding Do, Re and Mi in the key of G to rhythms learned in second grade

  • Songs, Chants, and Classical Music with Do, Re and Mi

  • Playing and decoding chants with rhythms syllables

  • Creating rhythms

  • Decoding Do, Re, Mi Songs

IV. Movement

  • Folk Dances in Longway Sets, Circles, and Double Circles

  • Movements such as Do- Si- Do, Two Hand Turn, Right and Left Hand Turn, Sashay, Swing, Right and Left Star, Circle Right and Left, Cast in, Cast Off, etc...

  • Partner Clapping Songs

  • Movement Song Games

V. Other Activities

  • Composers

  • Learning about musicians

  • Listening maps


Fourth Grade


I. Singing

  • Chorus

  • Kearsarge Regional School District Chorus Day

  • Singing at School Concerts

  • Singing School Assemblies

  • Partner Songs, Ostinatos, and Rounds

  • Warm- Ups

  • Holiday Sing Along

II. Instruments

  • Guitars

  • Ukuleles

  • Song Flutes

  • Dulcimers

  • African Drums

  • Percussion Ensembles

  • Xylophone Ensembles

  • Boomwhackers

  • Tone Chimes

III .Reading Music

  • Line and Space notes

  • Rhythm Counting


Fifth Grade

I. Singing

  • Rounds, Partner Songs and Ostinatos

  • Camp Songs for Environmental Camp

  • 5th Grade Celebration

  • Singing at School Assemblies

  • All School Holiday Sing Along

  • Singing at Concerts

II. Instruments

  • Guitars

  • Keyboards

  • Ukuleles

  • Dulcimers

  • Xylophone Ensembles

  • Recorders

  • Non Pitched Percussion

  • Handbells

  • Boomwhackers

  • African Drums

  • Piano

  • Bucket Drumming

  • Learning about band instruments

III. Reading Music

  • Line and Space Notes

  • Ledger Line Notes

  • Music Symbols

  • Counting Rhythms