Curriculum & Grades

First Semester Music Concepts

Kindergarten: Beat awareness, Vocal exploration, High/low sounds, 4 voice types

1st Grade: Steady beat, So-Mi solfege, Ta & Ti-ti rhythms

2nd grade: Half note & rest, So-La-Mi solfege, Broken bordun, Music program

3rd grade: Whole note & rest, Solfege review, Folk dance program, Improvise response to a cue

4th grade: Sixteenth notes, 2-part singing, 5 line staff, Compose with guidelines

5th grade: Syncopated rhythms, 2 & 3 part singing, Improvise with guidelines

Kindergarten: Beat awareness, So-Mi solfege, Long & Short sounds, AB form

1st Grade: Steady beat, So-Mi-La solfege, Ta & Ti-ti rhythms

2nd grade: Do-Re-Mi-So-La solfege, Canon/Rounds, Creating & improvising short melodies

3rd grade: Low La/So & High Do solfege, Types of meter, Dynamics

4th grade: Syncopation, Fa & Ti solfege, Chords, Composing with guidelines

5th grade: Major/Minor, 6/8 meter, Guitar chords

K-5 Game Plan Series

Music for Children Volumes I-V

K-5 Spotlight on Music Series

First Steps in Music

New England Dancing Masters

World Music Drumming

AND MORE!

Kindergarten through 5th grade students will given a music grade at the end of each semester. (December & May)

Students will be given an E, S, or N for each concept listed below.

Kindergarten: Beat awareness, High/low sounds

1st Grade: Steady beat, So-Mi-La solfege

2nd grade: Half note & rest, Do-Re-Mi-So-La solfege

3rd grade: Whole note & rest, Do-Re-Mi-So-La solfege, Improvise response to a cue

4th grade: Sixteenth notes, 2-part singing,Compose with guidelines

5th grade: Syncopated rhythms, 2 & 3 part singing, Improvise with guidelines

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