Quick Check Form: Kindergarten Music Curriculum
    Big Ideas to Emphasize in Kindergarten Music
    ·   Keeping a steady beat.

    ·   Demonstrates the difference among singing, speaking, yelling and whispering voices.

    ·   Opposites in music: loud/soft, fast/slow, high/low, same/different patterns.

    ·   Gains experience with a variety of music and instruments through listening, performing, improvisation, and composing.
    By the end of Kindergarten
    Students will know:

    ·   Beat or Not a beat.

    ·   Loud/soft

    ·   Fast/Slow

    ·   High/Low

          		Students will be able to :

    ·   Maintain a beat with teacher help.

    ·   Use a singing voice.

    ·   Recognizes patterns in music.
    Core Vocabulary for Kindergarten Music:
    Steady beat

    High/low

    Loud/soft

    Slow/fast

    Same/different     		Yelling voice

    Whispering voice

    Speaking Voice

    Singing Voice


     
    Tips for Parents:
    Listen to music with your child:

    ·   Share songs with your child.

    ·   Play recorded music.

    ·   Listen to a wide variety of music:

    o   Choral

    o   Instrumental

    o   Classical

    o   Jazz

    o   Folk

    ·   Attend live music concerts.

    ·   Attend school concerts (most are free).

     

    Play music games with your child:

    ·   Jump Rope

    ·   Hop Scotch

    ·   Clapping Games

    ·   Marching

    ·   Make rhythm with household items.

    ·   Move rhythmically with your child to your favorite songs.

    ·   Read nursery rhymes.     		Do music with your child:

    ·   Sing with your child.

    ·   Encourage your child to use a singing voice outside of their regular speaking voice.

    ·   Sing or play in a community group.

    ·   If you choose private lessons, begin with piano.

     

    Praise your child to build their confidence.

     

     

    Websites:

    San Francisco Symphony Kids:

    http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

     

    Classics for Kids (Cincinnati Public Radio):

    http://www.classicsforkids.com/

     

    National Geographic Music:

    http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home


     

     



     
    Quick Check Form: Grade 1 Music Curriculum
    Big Ideas to Emphasize in Grade 1 Music
    ·   Keeping a steady beat.

    ·   Singing voice.

    ·   Opposites in music: loud/soft, fast/slow, high/low, same/different patterns.

    ·   Preparation for music literacy (using icons rather than standard notation).

    ·   Experiences music in a variety of forms (AB, ABA, AABA).

    ·   Gains experience with a variety of music and instruments through listening, performing, improvisation, and composing.
    By the end of Grade 1
    Students will know:

    ·   Rhythm of quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth-note pairs.

    ·   A staff is made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces.     		Students will be able to :

    ·   Accurately echo melodic and rhythmic phrases.

    ·   Identifies melodic phrases that move upward, downward, and stay the same.

    ·   Regularly use an appropriate singing voice.

    ·   Consistently perform a steady beat.

    ·   Apply loud/soft and fast/slow in performance. (dynamics and tempo)
    Core Vocabulary for Grade 1 Music:
    Tempo

    Percussion

    Melody     		Staff

    Rhythm
    Tips for Parents:
    Listen to music with your child:

    ·   Share songs with your child.

    ·   Play recorded music.

    ·   Listen to a wide variety of music:

    o   Choral

    o   Instrumental

    o   Classical

    o   Jazz

    o   Folk

    ·   Attend live music concerts.

    ·   Attend school concerts (most are free).

     

    Play music games with your child:

    ·   Jump Rope

    ·   Hop Scotch

    ·   Clapping Games

    ·   Marching

    ·   Make rhythm with household items.

    ·   Move rhythmically with your child to your favorite songs.

    ·   Read nursery rhymes.     		Do music with your child:

    ·   Sing with your child.

    ·   Encourage your child to use a singing voice outside of their regular speaking voice.

    ·   Sing or play in a community group.

    ·   If you choose private lessons, begin with piano.

     

    Praise your child to build their confidence.

     

    Websites:

    San Francisco Symphony Kids:

    http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

     

    Classics for Kids (Cincinnati Public Radio):

    http://www.classicsforkids.com/

     

    National Geographic Music:

    http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home
    Quick Check Form: Grade 2 Music Curriculum
    Big Ideas to Emphasize in Grade 2 Music
    ·   Integrates different types of musical elements. (Melody, Rhythm, Tempo, Dynamics)

    ·   Sings relatively in tune (increasingly able to match contour, pitch and basic intervals).

    ·   Reads standard rhythmic notation (quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes).

    ·   Identifies music in a variety of forms (AB, ABA, AABA)

    ·   Gains experience with a variety of music and instruments through listening, performing, improvisation, and composing.
    By the end of Grade 2
    Students will know:

    ·   Various styles of music.

    ·   Melodic traits (high, low, stay-the-same)     		Students will be able to :

    ·   Consistently perform rhythms with a steady beat.

    ·   Read, write and create rhythms using quarter notes and rests, and paired eighth notes.

    ·   Identify steps, skips and repeated notes on the staff.

    ·   Consistently use singing voice.

    ·   Identify percussion instruments by sight and sound.

    ·   Identify different styles of music.
    Core Vocabulary for Grade 2 Music:
    Staff

    Interval

    Dynamics – piano (p), forte (f)

    Pitch     		Quarter Notes

    Quarter Rest

    Eighth Notes
    Tips for Parents:
    Listen to music with your child:

    ·   Share songs with your child.

    ·   Play recorded music.

    ·   Listen to a wide variety of music:

    o   Choral

    o   Instrumental

    o   Classical

    o   Jazz

    o   Folk

    ·   Attend live music concerts.

    ·   Attend school concerts (most are free).

     

    Play music games with your child:

    ·   Jump Rope

    ·   Hop Scotch

    ·   Clapping Games

    ·   Marching

    ·   Make rhythm with household items.

    ·   Move rhythmically with your child to your favorite songs.

    ·   Read nursery rhymes.     		Do music with your child:

    ·   Sing with your child.

    ·   Encourage your child to use a singing voice outside of their regular speaking voice.

    ·   Sing or play in a community group.

    ·   If you choose private lessons, begin with piano.

     

    Praise your child to build their confidence.

     

    Websites:

    San Francisco Symphony Kids:

    http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

     

    Classics for Kids (Cincinnati Public Radio):

    http://www.classicsforkids.com/

     

    National Geographic Music:

    http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home


     

     
    Quick Check Form: Grade 3 Music Curriculum
    Big Ideas to Emphasize in Grade 3 Music
    ·   Read, write and create notation including both rhythmic and melodic elements.

    ·   Sings basic harmony (rounds and partner songs).

    ·   Create music in a variety of forms (AB, ABA, AABA).

    ·   Understands that sound is vibration.

    ·   Gains experience with a variety of music styles and cultures through listening, performing, improvisation, and composing.
    By the end of Grade 3
    Students will know:

    ·   That notation includes rhythmic and melodic elements.     		Students will be able to :

    ·   Identify orchestral families by sight and sound.

    ·   Students will be able to read sixteenth notes and half notes.
    Core Vocabulary for Grade 3 Music:
    Half Notes

    Sixteenth Notes

    Timbre

          		Vibration

    Posture

    Dynamics – mezzo forte (mf), mezzo piano (mp), fortissimo (ff), pianissimo (pp)


     
    Tips for Parents:
    Listen to music with your child:

    ·   Share songs with your child.

    ·   Play recorded music.

    ·   Listen to a wide variety of music:

    o   Choral

    o   Instrumental

    o   Classical

    o   Jazz

    o   Folk

    ·   Attend live music concerts.

    ·   Attend school concerts (most are free).

     

    Play music games with your child:

    ·   Jump Rope

    ·   Hop Scotch

    ·   Clapping Games

    ·   Marching

    ·   Make rhythm with household items.

    ·   Move rhythmically with your child to your favorite songs.

    ·   Read nursery rhymes.     		Do music with your child:

    ·   Sing with your child.

    ·   Encourage your child to use a singing voice outside of their regular speaking voice.

    ·   Sing or play in a community group.

    ·   If you choose private lessons, begin with piano.

     

    Praise your child to build their confidence.

     

    Websites:

    San Francisco Symphony Kids:

    http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

     

    Classics for Kids (Cincinnati Public Radio):

    http://www.classicsforkids.com/

     

    National Geographic Music:

    http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home


     

     
    Quick Check Form: Grade 4 Music Curriculum
    Big Ideas to Emphasize in Grade 4 Music
    ·   Identify and write absolute pitch names in the treble clef staff.

    ·   Demonstrates proper technique on at least one pitched instrument (recorder or barred instrument).

    ·   Understand the symbols and structure of musical form.

    ·   Increasing knowledge of individual instruments.

    ·   Read, write and create notation including both rhythmic and melodic elements.

    ·   Sings basic harmony (rounds and partner songs).

    ·   Gains experience with a variety of music styles and cultures through listening, performing, improvisation, and composing.
    By the end of Grade 4
    Students will know:

    ·   Pitch names on treble clef staff .

          		Students will be able to :

    ·   Identify orchestral families and specific instruments by sight and sound.

    ·   Play a simple melody on a pitched instrument.

    ·   Identify and create music in a variety of forms.

    ·   Demonstrate proper technique on at least one pitched instrument.
    Core Vocabulary for Grade 4 Music:
    Treble Clef

    Strings

    Woodwind

    Brass

    Percussion     		Dotted half note

    Whole notes

    Whole rest

    Time signature

    1st Ending     		2nd Ending

    Fermata

    Bar Line

    Double Bar Line

          		Repeat Sign

    DC al fine/coda

    DS al fine/coda

    Coda
    Tips for Parents:
    Listen to music with your child:

    ·   Share songs with your child.

    ·   Play recorded music.

    ·   Listen to a wide variety of music:

    o   Choral

    o   Instrumental

    o   Classical

    o   Jazz

    o   Folk

    ·   Attend live music concerts.

    ·   Attend school concerts (most are free).

     

    Play music games with your child:

    ·   Jump Rope

    ·   Hop Scotch

    ·   Clapping Games

    ·   Marching

    ·   Make rhythm with household items.

    ·   Move rhythmically with your child to your favorite songs.

    ·   Read nursery rhymes.     		Do music with your child:

    ·   Sing with your child.

    ·   Encourage your child to use a singing voice outside of their regular speaking voice.

    ·   Sing or play in a community group.

    ·   If you choose private lessons, begin with piano.

     

    Praise your child to build their confidence.

     

    Websites:

    San Francisco Symphony Kids:

    http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

     

    Classics for Kids (Cincinnati Public Radio):

    http://www.classicsforkids.com/

     

    National Geographic Music:

    http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home


     
    Quick Check Form: Grade 5 Music Curriculum
    Big Ideas to Emphasize in Grade 5 Music
    ·   Increasing mastery on a pitched instrument, both alone and ensemble playing.

    ·   Understands basic concepts of ensemble performance (balance and blend).

    ·   Create music using the symbols and structure of musical form.

    ·   Read, write and create notation including both rhythmic and melodic elements.

    ·   Sings 2-part harmony.

    ·   Awareness of music opportunities beyond elementary school.

    ·   Gains experience with a variety of music styles and cultures through listening, performing, improvisation, and composing.
    By the end of Grade 5:
    Students will know:

    ·   Basic notation on the treble clef staff.

    ·   Rhythms of increasing complexity (syncopation, tika-ti, ti-tika, triplets)

          		Students will be able to :

    ·   Aurally discriminate between major and minor tonalities.

    ·   Make decisions about their musical future.

    ·   Compose and perform a melody on a pitched instrument.
    Core Vocabulary for Grade 5 Music:
    Fermata

    Major

    Minor     		Theme

    Variation

    Syncopation     		Triplet

    Diction

    Phrasing
    Tips for Parents:
    Listen to music with your child:

    ·   Share songs with your child.

    ·   Play recorded music.

    ·   Listen to a wide variety of music:

    o   Choral

    o   Instrumental

    o   Classical

    o   Jazz

    o   Folk

    ·   Attend live music concerts.

    ·   Attend school concerts (most are free).

     

    Play music games with your child:

    ·   Jump Rope

    ·   Hop Scotch

    ·   Clapping Games

    ·   Marching

    ·   Make rhythm with household items.

    ·   Move rhythmically with your child to your favorite songs.

    ·   Read nursery rhymes.     		Do music with your child:

    ·   Sing with your child.

    ·   Encourage your child to use a singing voice outside of their regular speaking voice.

    ·   Sing or play in a community group.

    ·   If you choose private lessons, begin with piano.

     

    Praise your child to build their confidence.

     

    Websites:

    San Francisco Symphony Kids:

    http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

     

    Classics for Kids (Cincinnati Public Radio):

    http://www.classicsforkids.com/

     

    National Geographic Music:

    http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home


     

     

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    Quick Check Form Developed by Ann Morgan, Everett Public Schools, 2001 Revised 11/18/08