Music Curriculum 2017-2018 Grade 1 September October November December Meter of 2, 3, 4: Understand and experience meter through multiple activities Classroom Procedures & Expectations: Model, Quaver 5 & practice Steady beat: review the concept of steady beat as it pertains to a variety of music Performance: Introduce songs for celebration program; Music games, activities to reinforce concepts: Lucy Locket Prepare for Veterans Day Assembly (identify meter of songs) November December Practicing Rhythm: experience rhythms through moving, singing, and playing instruments Fine tune percussion songs Practice Dances: Khorovod, Friend Dance, Bonjour Mes Amis Melodic pattern: Songs with percussion: Friends, All around the world, etc. Fine tune music, dances, and class performances, procedures, script practice Dances: Khorovod, Friend Dance, Bonjour mes amis

Prepare for post-assessment Music Curriculum Map 2017-2018 Grade 1 January February Performance: script practice, rehearsals, review dances, percussion & reflection Rhythm: Sing, play, and move to rhythm, reading and writing rhythms Ostinato Notes and Rests: Sound, rest, Voice: Different voices, voice is an instrument Pitches and rhythm: Introduce & apply concepts Sing and breathe: technique Prepare for post-assessment March April Post assessment: rhythm Pitches and rhythm: sol, mi, la: blend staff and notes Tempo: experience and understand tempo through singing, playing & moving Melodic patterns: sing, play, create, move Pitches & interval: reading sol, mi, la Dynamics: Loud & Soft (piano & forte): singing, instruments

Music Curriculum Map 2017-2018 Grade 1 June May Form: AB, ABA Re-visit familiar songs & discover form Instrument family: cooperative groups explore Instrument Families: Introduce string, percussion, brass, woodwinds Program Music: Peter and the Wolf (video & BC Symphony & discussion) Cooperative Group Posters Classroom percussion: playing familiar ostinato Found Sound

Music Curriculum Map 2017-2018 Kindergarten September October November Classroom Procedures & Expectations Voice: ability to use voices in 4 different ways Introduce Veterans Day Songs Beat: Define & discover presence of beat in music Rhythm: Introduce and experience connection between beat & rhythm Steady Beat: Feel, identify, and express steady beat: singing and moving Sing, play, and move to rhythm (rhythm sticks, beanbags, Lucy Locket) November December Pitch: High & Low; pitches and singing Seasons, Celebrations & Songs Melody: melodic contour, singing up & down; listen & sing Dances: Teach JJJ (rhythm); Lucy Locket, Snail, Bounce High (Shiloh), Seasons Percussion: Drums, mallets, shakers

Year-End Assessment in April Music Curriculum Map 2017-2018 Kindergarten January February Meter: Patterns of 2: chanting & moving to patterns of 2 Meters: patterns of 4: sing and move to patterns of 4 Patterns of 3: chant, move, sing to patterns of 3 Instrument Families: introduce only: 1 day Meter of 2 Dances: JJJ, percussion patterns (rhythm sticks) Dynamics: loud, soft, reinforce dynamic levels in music Year-End Assessment in April March April: assess Tempo: introduce through moving and singing Dynamics: Singing loud and soft Playing loud and soft (instruments, etc.) Identify fast and slow tempos (listen, move, sing) Dances for K program: loud, soft, discuss dynamics in songs Tempo changes around us: how it changes in all areas of life

Music Curriculum Map 2017-2018 Kindergarten June May Duration: introduce long and short sounds Performance: rehearsals, review dances, percussion & reflection Fine tune music, dances, and class performances, procedures, script practice Duration & Tempo (review & reinforce) Playing long & short sounds: moving, playing, singing (performance music) Found Sound, Timbre, Review