RHYTHM

• Continue to develop beat competency through singing, speech, movement, body percussion, and instrument playing in a variety of tempi and styles

• Explore, improvise, read, compose, identify, and perform the rhythmic values of tied notes, half note, whole note, half rest, and whole rest

• Explore, improvise, read, compose, identify, and perform in the meters of 2/4 and 4/4

MELODY

• Explore, improvise, read, compose, and perform melodic patterns: sol-mi-la, mi-re-do, sol-mi-re-do

• Explore, improvise, read, compose, and perform melodies using the C pentatonic scale

• Accurately sing simple melodies using the pentatonic scale

• Explore La pentatonic

• Expand traditional melodic dictation to include mi-re-do (E-D-C)

HARMONY

• Explore and perform 2-part canons vocally and instrumentally

• Explore and perform level done and arpeggiated drone accompaniments

MOVEMENT

• Creative Movement Curriculum (Nat'l Standards)

• Elements of Dance

• Folk Dance List

TEXTURE

• Perform speech, song, and instrumental pieces with 2 parts

• Explore, identify, compose, and perform vocal ostinati

• Explore and perform 2-part canon through singing, speech, movement, and instrumental playing

FORM

• Explore and identify pattern in music: verse/chorus, aaba, aaab, aabc

• Identify Rondo form: ABACA