During the months of September and October, the Kindergarten music classes will begin working on a unit about dynamics and tempo. This unit will directly address Standard E-1.b Respond (sing, move, and play) to changes in mood or form (e.g., beat, tempo, dynamics, and melodic direction); Standard T-2.a Tempo: Identify/differentiate and demonstrate fast/slow; Standard T-2.b Dynamics: Identify/differentiate and demonstrate loud/quiet, sound/silence, same/different; and Standard R-1.a Communicate understanding of musical ideas or moods through a variety of mediums and modalities (e.g., movement, drawing, story-telling). This unit will end with a unit assessment during the last week of October.