Coonley MusicPreK-4th

Mr. Wrzesinski

PreKMusic Curriculum

Pitch Exploration- Poems, Stories, and Songs

Call & Response- Leaders sings one part and group response with a separate part

Song Tales- Piece multiple parts of a story together in a song in succession. (Bought Me a Cat)

Circle Songs/Games- stationary, hidden objects, chase games, traveling circles

Echo Songs- singing songs, copying pitch and inflection, copying rhythm on instruments

Movement Exploration- awareness of general and personal space, moving to a steady beat, responding to musical signals

Fingerplays & Action Songs- songs with finger movement, songs with full body movement

BandConcepts-Rhythm-Melody-Harmony-Form-Timbre

K-5thMusic Curriculum

Experience-Move-Speak-Sing-Listen-Play-Notate

Stage of Learning-Imitation-Exploration-Improvisation-Visualization

Stage of Teaching-Introduce-Reinforce-Assess

Kindergarten Music Curriculum

Rhythm - pulse fast/slow, long/short rhythm patterns, sound/silence

Melody- tone production, learning new songs, high/low, prepare SM, up and down

Harmony- pulse against rhythm, mallet technique

Form- same/different, phrase, time/space/shape/force

Timbre- unpitched percussion, dramatic play, body awareness, vocal qualities, loud/quiet

1st Grade Music Curriculum

Rhythm -pulse, Ta, fast/slow, quarter rest, titi (quarter note/rest and eighth note)

Melody- high/low, up/down, learning new songs, SML, contour

Harmony- mallet technique, simple bordun, ostinato

Form- same/different, phrase, introduction, repeat sign, AB/ABA

Timbre- identify unpitched percussion, vocal qualities, 4 levels of body percussion

2nd Grade Music Curriculum

Rhythm -pulse, broken eighth note, tempo, time signatures

Melody- contour, vocal technique, learning new songs, SMRLD

Harmony- mallet technique, ostinato, major/minor, vocal ostinato, broken bordun, suspended pitch

Form- phrase, coda, ABC, time/space/shape/force, bar line/double bar, measure

Timbre- forte/piano, pitched percussion, hand drum technique, accent

3rd Grade Music Curriculum

Rhythm -pulse, half rest, dotted half note, whole note, 4/4 time, Q-A, 2/4

Melody- vocal technique, learning new songs, staff SLMRD, D1, treble clef lines and spaces

Harmony- mallet technique, ostinato, major/minor, canon/round, score reading

Form- phrase, interlude, extended form, rondo

Timbre- crescendo, decrescendo, orchestral string family, orchestral percussion family, hand drum technique, fermata

4th Grade Music Curriculum

Rhythm - pulse, syncopation, Q-A body percussion and unpitched percussion, accelerando/ritardando, triplet

Melody- learning new songs, recorder-BAGEDc1, countermelody, sharp/flat, hand sign for Ti

Harmony- mallet technique, canon/round, ostinato, major/minor, moving bordun

Form- phrase, rondo, DC al Fine

Timbre- recorder family, orchestral woodwinds, orchestral brass, pp/ff