HS+Music+Choir+Els

Essential Learnings and Indicators of Success
== **EL 1** Students will match pitch. ==
 * 1) Students will engage in vocal production that displays good posture, breath support and correct intonation
 * 2) Students will attain the ability to adjust their pitch either lower or higher to better match a given pitch
 * 3) Students will sing a major, harmonic minor, natural minor and melodic scale with the correct scale steps from a given pitch
 * 4) Students will sing a major, minor, diminished and augmented triad with the correct scale steps from a given pitch
 * 5) Students will vocally respond to Kodaly hand sings of the major scale

== **EL 2** Students will read and notate music ==
 * 1) Students will identify basic music symbols as well as learn to sight read rhythms and melodies in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8.
 * 2) Students will engage in daily rhythmic sight reading
 * 3) Students will engage in daily melodic sight reading
 * 4) Students will write simple rhythms and melodies on the music staff