Elementary Skills & Concepts
Throughout the year, K-4 students will...
-learn to keep a steady beat
-read and write rhythms through a variety of methods and activities
-read and write melodies through a variety of methods and activities
-receive solfege training (do re mi fa so la ti do)
-create and improvise rhythms and melodies
-play, create and improvise with instruments
-move to music including specific actions and/or choreography
-participate in games and dances including folk games and dances
-learn about musical form-ex. AABA
-listen, analyze and discuss classical music and other listening examples
-partipate in part singing-ex. rounds/canons, melodies with countermelodies, ostinati,
and partner songs
-practice solo singing as well as singing in small and large groups
-memorize melodies, rhythm patterns, and words
-improve their inner hearing skills
-learn to play the recorder (4th grade)
-learn about appropriate stage presence
-practice focus and discipline
-have the opportunity to perform in public
-experience cross-curricular connections
-examine children's literature through music
-grow musically, socially and emotionally