Musical Tension and Release
(View Complete Item Description)Students learn to identify tension and release within a piece of music.
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Musical Expression Through Movement
(View Complete Item Description)Students demonstrate expressive qualities of music through movement.
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Exploring Expressive Qualities in Music
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore expressive qualities in music through listening, singing, and moving.
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Identifying Accents in Music
(View Complete Item Description)Students use language and movement to explore accents in music.
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Musical Patterns
(View Complete Item Description)Students identify musical form through movement.
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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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Composing a Melody
(View Complete Item Description)Students compose and notate short melodies using their names.
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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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Telling a Story with Music
(View Complete Item Description)Students use pitch to explore the characters in a story.
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Musical Mapping—First and Second Endings
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore first and second endings by singing and moving.
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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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Creating and Performing Melodic Contour
(View Complete Item Description)Students create and perform melodic contours.
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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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Exploring Long and Short Rhythmic Patterns Through Movement and Composition
(View Complete Item Description)Students create movements to represent long and short rhythmic patterns and compose patterns using non-traditional notation.
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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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Goldilocks Sings
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore healthy posture through storytelling and observation.
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Classroom Thunderstorm
(View Complete Item Description)Students create a class composition of a thunderstorm by exploring expressive qualities of crescendo/decrescendo and accelerando/ritardando
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Exploring Melodic Phrases
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore phrases in poetry and in song.
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The Language of Rhythm
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore and create rhythms through language and body percussion.
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Dynamics Hide and Seek
(View Complete Item Description)Students play an identification game of hot and cold using their voices and dynamics.
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