SMOKY ROW ELEMENTARY MUSIC ROOM

CURRICULUM

Big Ideas

•   Perform music by singing and playing instruments

 

•   Create music by improvising and composing

 

•   respond to music by listening, evaluating and           understanding how it connects to other areas of life

 

Learning Targets

• To encourage pitch matching, students will echo short melodic patters and sing a variety of classic folk songs.  

 

• Students will play the steady beat on their body or an unpitched instrument while singing a song.

Rhythm

Melody

fast/slow

steady beat

pattern

up/down

vocal exploration

high/low

Form

Theory

Instruments

Movement

Music Vocabulary

same/different

echo

loud/soft

singing voice

speaking voice

shouting voice

whisper voice

mallet

mirror

self space

circle

big/little

fast/slow