RHYTHM

• Identify and express steady beat through speech, movement, singing, and playing instruments

• Identify contrasting tempos as fast/slow (presto/largo) and faster than/slower than and express through the various media

• Identify duration of rhythm as shorter/same/longer than the beat

• Experience beat in simple duple, compound duple, and triple meter

MELODY

• Explore and identify various vocal timbres (sing, speak, whisper, call, hum) through expressive speech and singing

• Practice matching pitch accurately through singing one-on-one and in a group

• Explore melodic contour and range, identifying high, low, and same in pitch

• Develop a repertoire of simple folk songs

• Play simple short patterns on the barred percussion instruments (Sol-Mi)

• Create class melody that explores the pentatonic scale on the barred percussion instruments

HARMONY

• Create soundscapes to accompany stories, pictures, or poetry

• Explore simple chord drone

MOVEMENT

• Creative Movement Curriculum (Nat'l Standards)

• Elements of Dance

• Folk Dance List

TEXTURE

• Sing, speak, move, and play, alone and with a group

• Maintain a beat alone and with speech or song

• Explore and identify soft and loud (piano/forte)

FORM

• Perform and identify patterns in music: same/different (AB), call/response, and same/different/same (ABA)