MAIN CONCEPTS (by grade level)
5th Grade
World Music Projects- exploring music from different cultures around the world
Music and Art- exploring the connection between music and art
Composition Projects- Creating music! Enough said.
Syncopated and Dotted Rhythms- complex rhythms
4th Grade
Instrument Creating Project- Create an instrument from one of the 4 families
Instrument Families- exploring and identifying instrument families
Improvising on Pitched and Unpitched Percussion- creating music off the top of our heads
Reading Notes on the Staff- Learn to read music on the Treble Clef
Syncopated Rhythms- Rhythms with an emphasis on the off beat
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3rd Grade
Reading Notes on the Staff- Learn to read music on the Treble Clef
Proper Names of Rhythms- Quarter Notes, Eighth Notes, Quarter Rests, Sixteenth Notes
Proper Singing Voices and Expanding Musical Range
Exploring the Elements of Music
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