The following concepts are mastered in Second Grade:
• I can identify melodic direction.
• I can sort instruments by sound (shakers, scrapers, strikers).
• I can show the basic note values of quarter notes, quarter rests and a pair of eighth notes.
See the Second Grade Rubric For Music Standards being assessed for the report card.
Students in Second Grade will be exposed to the following musical vocabulary during their music classes this year:
Time signature, measure, bar line, repeat, double bar line
Tempo: adagio, allegro
Ostinato
Dynamics: crescendo & decrescendo
Beat vs. Rhythm
Treble clef
Percussion instruments
Form: AB, ABA, Verse-Refrain, Call/Response
Second Grade Concepts and Skills taught throughout the year. These skills are introduced and not expected to be mastered in the second grade year unless noted:
Experience creative movement as a form of expression
Listen to and perform a variety of AB, ABA, verse-refrain songs, and question/answer patterns.
Sing along and in groups.
Develop singing voice through a varied song repertoire and pitch matching activities
(do, mi, sol, la)
Recognize rhythm patterns using basic note values: quarter notes, quarter rests and pairs of eighth notes. (mastered)
Perform on classroom instruments with appropriate technique.
Sing alone and in groups.
Recognize and perform basic melodic notation on the staff. (mastered)
Perform on percussion instruments with appropriate technique.
Sing and play rhythmic ostinato patterns.
Sort percussion instruments by sound (shakers, scrapers, strikers and drums) (mastered)
Recognize changes in melodic lines on the staff (steps, skips and repeats)