Things we learn:

>Singing alone

>Singing together

>Moving to music

>Fast and slow

>Loud and quiet

>High and low

>Verse/refrain form

>Reading music

>Sound and Silence

>Quarter notes

>Quarter rests

>Eighth notes

>Small percussion instruments

>Playing small percussion

Colorado State Standards and Grade Level Expectations:

Standard 1: Expression of Music

• Respond to musical opposites (loud/quiet, fast/slow, high/low, sound/silence, beat/no beat).

• Perform age-appropriate songs with accurate pitch, rhythm, and expressive elements.

Standard 2: Creation of Music

• Compose, improvise, arrange simple patterns using rhythm and/or pitch.

Standard 3: Theory of Music

• Identify and demonstrate melodic and rhythmic opposites.

• Identify and demonstrate tempo and dynamic opposites.

• Identify and demonstrate basic form and timbre elements.

Standard 4. Aesthetic Valuation of Music

• Describe musical preferences in their own words.

• Recognize relationships between music and celebrations in daily life.