Grade Level Learning

Below you will find the basics of learning in each grade level. This is not a comprehensive list.

All Grade Levels:

Character songs and School song

1st Grade:

• beat and rhythm

• long/short rhythms and silence (rest)

• dalcroze (movement)

• Carnival of the Animals

• spring performance with song and movement

2nd Grade:

• beat and rhythm

• classical composers

• textbook work

• spring performance about our country

3rd Grade:

• written music theory (clefs, notes, rests)

• families of the orchestra

• textbook work

• spring performance about Pleasanton

4th Grade:

• written music theory and listening journal

• textbook work

• instrument playing

• modern classical composers

• spring performance about California

5th Grade:

• written music theory and theory games

• textbook work

• jazz 

• instrument playing

• US states and capitals in songs

• spring performance including a culmination of learning for the year