In Kindergarten music class we will...
- Experience music through song, musical games, vocal exploration, movement and, later in the year, instruments
- Keep the beat, perform the rhythm, demonstrate why they are different
- Explore various ways to move in space – in place and traveling, large and small movements, movements at different levels.
- Identify and demonstrate 5 different ways we use our voices: Singing, Speaking, Whispering, Calling, and using our Inner voice.
- Listen, Perform, Move to and Describe music and sounds that are – same/different, louder/softer, faster/slower, higher/lower, longer/shorter
- Begin to practice in tune singing in songs within an acceptable range
- Compare and identify adult and child voices and begin to identify instrument families
In First grade music class we will...
- Read, Sing, Play and Create rhythms including ta the quarter note, ti-ti the eighth notes and the quarter rest
- Read, Sing, Play and Create melodies using skips and steps with the pitches sol, mi, and la
- Describe and Move to demonstrate dynamics – forte and piano
- Describe and Move to demonstrate tempo – allegro and largo
- Describe, Sing, Play, Create and Move to musical forms with A and B sections
- Identify and Describe symphonic instrument families – strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion
In Second grade music class we will…
- Sing, Read, Play and Create rhythms including ta the quarter note, ti-ti the eighth notes, quarter rest and new rhythms – ties and the half note in 2 meter.
- Read, Sing, Play and Create melodies using skips, steps, and leaps in the pentatonic scale with the pitches do, re, mi, sol, and la.
- Describe and Move to demonstrate dynamics – fortissimo, forte, piano, and pianissimo
- Describe and Move to demonstrate tempo – presto, allegro, moderato, andante and largo
- Describe, Sing, Play, Create and Move to musical forms in aaba and abac form
- Identify and Describe instruments within symphonic instrument families – strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion
- Identify and Describe choral voices in unison and ensemble
In Third grade music class we will...
- Read, Sing, Play and Create rhythms using the rhythms ta the quarter note, ti-ti the eighth notes the quarter rest, ties, half note and new rhythms including whole note, tikatika sixteenth notes, and separated eighth notes in 2 and 4 meter
- Read, Sing, Play and Create melodies using the pitches of the extended pentatonic scale: low sol, low la, do, re, mi, sol, la and high do
- Describe and Move to demonstrate dynamics – fortissimo, forte, mezzo forte, mezzo piano, piano, and pianissimo
- Describe and Move to demonstrate tempo – presto, allegro, moderato, andante and largo
- Describe, Sing, Play, Create and Move to large and small musical forms in abac, AB, and ABA form
- Identify and Describe instruments within symphonic instrument families – strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion and visit the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson
- Improvise melodies and rhythms on classroom instruments using known rhythms and pitches
In Fourth grade music class we will...
- Read, Sing, Play and Create rhythms using the rhythms ta the quarter note, ti-ti the eighth notes the quarter rest, ties, half note, whole note, tika-tika sixteenth notes and new rhythms – syncopation (syn-co-pa), eighth-sixteenth combinations and dotted half notes in 2, 3 and 4 meter
- Read, Sing, Play and Create melodies using the pitches of the extended pentatonic scale: low sol, low la, do, re, mi, sol, la and high do – do-centered and la-centered
- Describe, Perform and Move to demonstrate dynamics – fortissimo, forte, mezzo forte, mezzo piano, piano, and pianissimo, including crescendo and decrescendo
- Describe, Perform and Move to demonstrate tempo – presto, allegro, moderato, andante and largo
- Describe, Perform and Move to demonstrate articulation – staccato and legato
- Describe, Sing, Play, Create and Move to large and small musical forms including Rondo form (ABACA)
- Identify and Describe electronic and keyboard instruments as well as soprano and alto voices
- Read music using Absolute Letter Names and play on a soprano recorder
- Perform American and Texan folk songs, including “Texas, Our Texas“
In Fifth grade music class we will...
- Read, Sing, Play and Create rhythms using the rhythms ta the quarter note, ti-ti the eighth notes the quarter rest, ties, half note, whole note, tika-tika sixteenth notes, syncopation (syn-co-pa), eighth-sixteenth combinations, dotted half notes and new notes including dotted quarter-eighth note combinations (tahm-ti, ti-tahm) and dotted eighth-sixteenth note combinations (tim-ka, ka-tim) in 2, 3 and 4 meter as well as beginning rhythms in compound meter (6/8)
- Read, Sing, Play and Create melodies using the pitches of the diatonic scale: including fa and ti
- Describe, Perform and Move to demonstrate tempo – presto, allegro, moderato, andante and largo including accelerando and ritardando
- Describe, Perform and Move to demonstrate dynamics and articulation.
- Describe, Sing, Play, Create and Move to large and small musical forms including Theme and Variations
- Identify and Describe instruments as well as soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices
- Read music using Absolute Letter Names and play on a soprano recorder