Music+Level+4-5+Essential+Learnings

= Essential Learnings and Indicators of Success =

== **EL 1** Students will demonstrate how to play a variety of pitched/ non-pitched instruments using enhanced musical techniques. ==
 * 1) Use mallets to strike bars of xylophone with correct hand position (All Orff Instruments)
 * 2) Hit a pitched colored tube on the floor or body to produce sound (Boomwhackers)
 * 3) Listen to songs and play along melodically/rhythmically with instruments
 * 4) Perform on non-pitched classroom instruments (drums, triangle, rhythm sticks, cymbals, jingle bells, tambourine, woodblock, guiro, sand blocks, maracas)

== **EL 2** Students will create, listen to, and perform rhythm/melodic patterns. ==
 * 1) Look at and clap out rhythm patterns in groups
 * 2) Create/Perform rhythms when composing on instruments
 * 3) Comprehend melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns

== **EL 3** Students will pitch-match a song. ==
 * 1) Practice songs for Concerts/Musicals
 * 2) Identify/Demonstrate Solfegge (Do-Re-Mi) singing and hand symbols
 * 3) Sing/Echo words/phrases/songs
 * 4) Sing a variety of songs and analyze vocal examples

== **EL 4** Students will compose and create songs on pitched/non-pitched instruments. ==
 * 1) Write music in groups on pitched/non-pitched instruments using specific guidelines and traditional notation
 * 2) Identify note rhythms/note lengths
 * 3) Create composed music on staff paper
 * 4) Perform compositions for entire class
 * 5) Listen to class performances and evaluate on a scale from 1-10
 * 6) Improvise basic musical phrases on instruments

== **EL 5** Students will listen to, analyze, evaluate music and identify orchestra instruments by sight and sound. == > == **EL 6** Students will identify musical symbols, notes on the staff, and match musical terms with their meanings. ==
 * 1) Listen to music from different composers and compare using a double bubble map
 * 2) Listen to live instrument performances by teacher
 * 3) Compare instruments by sight and sound
 * 4) Listen to and analyze recordings of different instruments
 * 5) Explain personal preferences for specific musical styles
 * 6) Respect diverse musical styles
 * 7) Analyze aurally and visually notation of form in music
 * 1) Identify notes and their values using music flashcards
 * 2) Play musical games reinforcing rhythms, musical symbols, and musical terms
 * 3) Listen to and analayze differences in music selections using musical terminology
 * 4) Analyze dynamics, tempo, meter, and articulation