Learning Objectives:

• Continue to explore music literacy by reading and writing rhythms, melodies, and basic music symbols.

• Explore the concepts of steady beat, melody, rhythm, and form by participating in a variety of activities, including singing games, activities involving dance and movement, and playing assorted instruments.

• Aurally and visually identifies instrument families and folk instruments.

• Develop singing voices and build a repertoire of age-appropriate songs.

• Develop ensemble skills through participation in various group music making activities, that promote and foster teamwork, respect, tolerance, problem-solving, and creativity, as well as singing and instrumental techniques.

• Create their own rhythmic or melodic patterns through improvisation while playing instruments or using bosy percussion.

• Analyze and respond to works of famous composers.

• Develop music vocabulary.

Week 22

• I  Tried to Catch a Leprechaun

  • learn song

  • play steady beat

  • learn new rhythm to play with song

  • Rakes of Mallow Irish Folk Dance

Week 21

• Rattlin Bog

  • Learn movements to song

  • tempo - speed of music 

    • presto, moderato, largo

Week 20

• Jazz

  • Learna bout Ella Fitzgerald

Week 19

• Simple Simon

  • group performances

Week 18

• Simple Simon

  • term - ostinato

  • groups creating ostinato 

Week 17

• Simple Simon

  • learn chant

  • movement around the room

  • play instruments

Week 15

• Feliz Navidad compositions performances

Week 14

• Finishing Feliz Navidad compositions with unpitched percussion instruments

Week 13

• Continuing Feliz Navidad compositions with unpitched percussion instruments

Week 12

• Feliz Navidad compositions with unpitched percussion instruments