Music+Level+K-1+Curriculum+Map

=Curriculum Map=

September- May
EL 1 Students will demonstrate how to play and construct pitched/non-pitched instruments. EL 2 Students will echo teacher responses and rhythms. EL 3 Students will sing and recognize songs alone and with others. EL 4 Students will create and respond to music through movement.
 * Essential Learnings**
 * Units** : Make drums and rainsticks, Call and response activities, Play instruments to accompany music, Practice/read rhythm patterns in small/large groups, Use instruments to echo teacher rhythm patterns, Name singing game (attendance), Group singing for musicals/concerts, Echo names and words, Practice group movement to songs, Practice dance movements to a variety of music, Practice finding the steady beat on body to music.

January- May
EL 5 Students will identify, discuss, and respond to music written for specific purposes. EL 6 Students will aurally identify simple components of musical form.
 * Essential Learnings**


 * Units**: Respond to music through drawings, Listen to music written by different composers and respond visually and artistically, Listen to music and identify beginning/end, Identify phrase/form, Identify basic music symbols.