Elementary Elementary Music Grade K

Module One: Introduction to Beat Buddies

-Music classroom and performance behaviors

-Steady beat and non-steady beat

-Rhythm

-Body movements

-Music notation

-Songs such as Che Che Kule and La Raspa

Module Two: Melody Magic

-Melody

-Pitch

-Head voice

-Melodic contour

-Solfege

-Songs such as The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Hickory Dickory Dock

Module Three: Whispers and Roars

-Dynamics (loud and soft)

-Body movements

-Conductors

-Feelings and colors

-Songs such as Eine Kleine Nachtmusic and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Module Four: Tick-Tock Tempo

-Tempo (fast and slow)

-Clapping rhythms at different speeds

-Comparing performances

-Feelings

-Songs such as Symphony No. 5 and Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Module Five: Playful Patterns

-Patterns in songs

-Form

-Franz Joseph Haydn

-Echo and question and answer songs

-Iconic notation

-Songs such as Surprise Symphony and Going on a Bear Hunt

Module Six: Tone Time

-Timbre

-Tone

-Voice types

-Percussion instruments

-The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

-Environmental sounds

-Songs such as Five Little Monkeys and The Wheels on the Bus

Module Seven: Lively Listening

-Listening

-Comparing songs

-Types of music

-Mozart

-Music from around the world

-Songs such as If You’re Happy and You Know It and A Ram Sam Sam

Module Eight: Curious Creators

-Composition

-Rhythm

-Pitch

-Dynamics

-Tempo

-Song arrangement

-Iconic notation

-Rhythmic and melodic response

-Songs such as The Beat Buddies Song