Arts Curriculum Guide
Music
Kindergarten
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| Demonstrate an understanding of steady beat/rhythm.
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- Demonstrate body percussion. - Demonstrate beat through body movement. - Demonstrate and provide rhythm instruments. - Provide words, chants and recorded music for whole class movement. |
- Echo body percussion through pat, clap, stamp, walk,
gallop, skip, bend, sway, march, move to steady beat. - Play steady beat on rhythm instruments. - Accompany songs with a drum beat. |
Teacher observation. | - Movement: creative and directed. - Simple dramatizations. - Invite performing groups to class or school. |
- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill - Music for Little People by John Feirerabend - John Langstaff songbooks and videos
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| 2
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| Differentiate between contrasting sounds, e.g., fast/slow, long/short, speaking/singing, high/low, loud soft. | - Chant. - Demonstrate and provide rhythm instruments. - Demonstrate concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings. |
- Play steady beat on rhythm instruments. - Echo chant and drum beat. - Explore vocal techniques: whisper, speak, call, sing. - Vocalize: sirens, animal sounds. - Echo sing: names, colors, greetings, questions and answers. |
Teacher observation. | Simple dramatizations. | - Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill
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| 3
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| Recognize and participate in the call/response song form. | Introduce and demonstrate application of concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings. | - Echo sing: names, colors, greetings. questions and answers. - Participate in circle games. |
Teacher observation. | - Performance and plays. - Invite performing groups to class or school. |
- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill
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| 4
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| Demonstrate the ability to sing on pitch within a limited range. | - Provide singing examples. - Demonstrate concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings. |
- Explore vocal techniques: whisper, speak, call,
sing. - Vocalize: sirens, animal sounds. - Sing alone. - Echo sing: names, colors, greetings. questions and answers, simple songs. - Participate in singing games. |
Teacher observation. | - Simple dramatizations. - Performance and plays. - Create original songs. |
- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and
Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill
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| 5
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| Demonstrate an awareness of the variety of vocal and intrumental tones, e.g., male/female, percussion/wind. | Demonstrate concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings, providing visuals and providing high quality recordings for use as listening exercises. | - Explore vocal techniques: whisper, speak, call, sing. - Vocalize: sirens, animal sounds. - Echo sing: names, colors, greetings. questions and answers. - Participate in singing games. - Use classroom instruments.
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Teacher observation. | - Simple dramatizations. - Performance and plays. - Invite performing groups to class or school. - Make instruments. |
- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill - Musical Fairy Tales: Peter and the Wolf from Merit Audio-Visuals |
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| 6
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| Build a personal song repertoire. | Demonstrate concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings, providing visuals and teaching meaningful songs by rote. | - Learn meaningful songs by rote. - Participate in singing games. - Use movement to reinforce singing. |
Teacher observation. | - Simple dramatizations. - Performance and plays.
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- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill
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| 7
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| Demonstrate an understanding of how music communicates
feelings.
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Demonstrate concepts through singing, moving, playing pitched instruments, playing recordings, providing visuals, and providing high quality recordings for use as listening exercises. | - Move to demonstrate an awareness of mood. - Discuss emotions involved in songs. - Participate in singing games. - Play classroom instruments. |
Teacher observation. | - Simple dramatizations. - Performance and plays. - Invite performing groups to class or school. - Create artwork relating to specific musical examples. |
- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill
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| 8
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| Apply critical listening skills to music.
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Demonstrate concepts through singing, playing recordings, providing visuals. | - Explore environmental sounds. - Explore instrumental sounds. - Respond through movement to listening examples. |
Teacher observation. | - Simple dramatizations. - Performance and plays. - Make simple instruments. - Create classroom sound experiments. |
- Music Connection by Silver, Burdett and Ginn - Share the Music from Macmillan, McGraw Hill - Video performances of Nutcracker, Carnival of the Animals, Peter and the Wolf
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