August 24 - November 17
Establish Classroom Routine
Syllable Recognition
Body Awareness
Our Four Voices
Steady Beat
Unpitched Percussion Technique
Experience Multiple Tonalities/Meters
Holiday Songs
Classroom Routine
Steady Beat
Review High/Low & Up/Down
Instrument Exploration & Playing Technique
Experience Multiple Tonalities/Meters
Reading Iconic Music Notation
Safe Movement in Self/Shared Space
Classroom Routine
Steady Beat
Review La, Sol, & Mi
Review one and two sounds on a beat (quarter note & beamed eighth notes)
Instrument Exploration
Vocal Technique
Pitched Percussion Technique
Unpitched Percussion Technique
Experience Duple & Triple Meter
Holiday Songs in Multiple Meters/Tonalities
November 20 - March 1
Holiday Songs
Musical Opposites (Up/Down, High/Low, Loud/Quiet, Fast/Slow)
Physically Demonstrate Steady Beat
Traditional Folk Dances
Singing Technique
Holiday Songs
Holidays in other Cultures
Label High as "Sol" and Low as "Mi"
Practice Internalizing Text
Create Melody with Iconic Notation
Learn Rhythmic Notation for "Ta" and "Ti Ti"
Read Four Beat Rhythm Patterns to a Steady Beat
Begin Program Preparations
Program Preparations
Traditional Folk Dances
AB Form
Label Percussion Families
Sol/La/Mi Singing and Notating
Notation Practice (Notes on Line/Space)
March 4 - May 23
Program Preparation
Program Preparation
Introduce La
Orchestral Instrument Families
Sol/La/Mi/Do Notating and Singing
Labeling Note Names
Composing
Improvisation on Instruments
Orchestral Instrument Families
Perform Ostinatos