The Language of Rhythm
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore and create rhythms through language and body percussion.
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Using Our Voices to Improvise
(View Complete Item Description)Students create nonsense syllables and improvise on a familiar or created melody.
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Creating and Performing Melodic Contour
(View Complete Item Description)Students create and perform melodic contours.
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Listening for Styles and Genre
(View Complete Item Description)Students brainstorm strategies to guide their listening as they describe and label music of different genres.
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Musical Patterns
(View Complete Item Description)Students identify musical form through movement.
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Exploring the Sounds Around Us
(View Complete Item Description)Students listen to and describe sounds.
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Exploring Melodic Phrases
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore phrases in poetry and in song.
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Composing in Simple and Compound Meters
(View Complete Item Description)Students compose and notate short rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 meters across multiple class periods.
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Musical Expression Through Movement
(View Complete Item Description)Students demonstrate expressive qualities of music through movement.
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Comparing Different Versions of a Known Song
(View Complete Item Description)Students create different versions of a known song and listen to contrasting recordings for musical differences and similarities.
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Improvising with Our Voices
(View Complete Item Description)Students use their singing voices to take turns improvising and creating melodic phrases on a given theme.
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Performing and Composing Four-Beat Patterns
(View Complete Item Description)Students read, perform, and compose four-beat rhythmic patterns.
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Exploring Historical and Cultural Connections to the Guitar
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore the sound, evolution, performance techniques, and culture of guitar-like instruments from around the world.
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Telling a Story with Music
(View Complete Item Description)Students use pitch to explore the characters in a story.
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Composing in Common Time
(View Complete Item Description)Students compose and notate short 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 rhythms across multiple class periods.
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Goldilocks Sings
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore healthy posture through storytelling and observation.
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Improvising with Brazilian Samba
(View Complete Item Description)Students use samba rhythms and percussion to improvise in rondo form.
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Listening for Contrasts in Genre
(View Complete Item Description)Students create arrangements of a melody and listen to recordings contrasting in style and genre.
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Put Your Seat on the Beat
(View Complete Item Description)Students perform and create rhythmic patterns using their bodies.
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Composing a Melody
(View Complete Item Description)Students compose and notate short melodies using their names.
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