K-5 Music Year at a Glance Kindergarten First Grade Second Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Notation Imitates simple Visually represent Match the Quarter Note/Rest Half Note Whole Note/Rest Quarter 1 rhythm patterns. simple rhythm/melodic Beamed Eighth Half Rest Dotted Half Note Matches pitches rhythm/melodic pattern to what you Melodic Identify Treble Clef Identifying pitches on the in a song. patterns. heard. up/down Identify Staff (Treble Clef) Quarter Note/Rest 4/4 & 3/4 meter Beamed Eight Notes Instruments Identify pitched Classify instruments Unpitched Percussion Identify 4 families of Classify instruments into Identify instruments by Quarter 2 and unpitched into pitched and Classify unpitched instruments: families Woodwind, name and family i.e. violin, instruments by unpitched percussion percussion: Woodwind Brass, String, & string bass, flute, sound (i.e. families. Metals Brass Percussion. saxophone, trumpet, rhythm sticks, Membranes Percussion trombone, tuba, bass piano, Shakers Strings drum, snare drum, xylophone, xylophone. maracas). Expressive Respond to how Respond to changes Describe changes in Tempo & Dynamics Expressive Tempo & Dynamics change Elements the music makes in tempo and tempo & dynamics change the mood of a Elements/lyrics the mood of a piece of Quarter 3 you feel. dynamics. getting faster, getting piece of music. change the mood of a music. slower Loud/Soft of music. Italian Terms: Piano/Forte getting louder, getting Fast/Slow Tempo (slow/fast) softer Happy/Sad Dynamics (loud/soft) Voice Parts Identify singing, Differentiate Differentiate between Unison Describe the four Identify a mixed choir as Quarter 4 speaking, and between one singer child, adult, male, and Harmony (2-part) primary voice parts: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and whispering and a group of female voices. Soprano Bass voices. singers. Alto Bass
K-5 Music Year at a Glance Kindergarten First Grade Second Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Notation Quarter 1 Imitates simple rhythm patterns. Matches pitches in a song. Visually represent simple rhythm/melodic patterns. Match the rhythm/melodic pattern to what you heard. Quarter Note/Rest Beamed Eight Notes Quarter Note/Rest Beamed Eighth Melodic up/down Half Note Half Rest Identify Treble Clef Identify Staff Whole Note/Rest Dotted Half Note Identifying pitches on the (Treble Clef) 4/4 & 3/4 meter Instruments Quarter 2 Identify pitched and unpitched instruments by sound (i.e. rhythm sticks, piano, xylophone, maracas). Classify instruments into pitched and unpitched percussion families. Unpitched Percussion Classify unpitched percussion: Metals Membranes Shakers Identify 4 families of instruments: Woodwind Brass Percussion Strings Classify instruments into families Woodwind, Brass, String, & Percussion. Identify instruments by name and family i.e. violin, string bass, flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, bass drum, snare drum, xylophone. Expressive Elements Quarter 3 Respond to how the music makes you feel. Respond to changes in tempo and dynamics. Describe changes in tempo & dynamics getting faster, getting slower getting louder, getting softer Tempo & Dynamics change the mood of a piece of music. Loud/Soft Fast/Slow Happy/Sad Expressive Elements/lyrics change the mood of a of music. Tempo (slow/fast) Dynamics (loud/soft) Tempo & Dynamics change the mood of a piece of music. Italian Terms: Piano/Forte Voice Parts Quarter 4 Identify singing, speaking, and whispering voices. Differentiate between one singer and a group of singers. Differentiate between child, adult, male, and female voices. Unison Harmony (2-part) Describe the four primary voice parts: Soprano Alto Bass Identify a mixed choir as Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass
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