CURRICULUM
Big Ideas
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Perform music by singing and playing instruments
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Create music by improvising and composing
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respond to music by listening, evaluating and understanding how it connects to other areas of life
Learning Targets
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To encourage pitch matching, students will echo short melodic patters and sing a variety of classic folk songs.
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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