Month/Unit: VOCAL TECHNIQUE Duration: Year-Long 9.2.5 Posture Correct sitting posture for singing Correct standing posture for singing Pitch Matching Pitch matching within an interval through
of an octave Reinforce concepts from 4 th grade chorus curriculum Proper singing tone and musicianship through
Pha se I Month/Unit: RHYTHM Duration: Year-Long 9.3.5 Review Gr. 3 Rhythmic Notation: Quarter note Two eighth notes Quarter rest Half note Half rest Dotted half note Read, write, create, and perform 4- beat patterns using combinations of quarter note, two eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, half rest and dotted half note and Written Assessment Rhythmic Notation: Four sixteenth notes Whole note Whole rest Read, write, create, and perform 4- and 8-beat patterns using combinations of quarter note, two eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, half rest, dotted half note, four sixteenth notes, whole note, whole rest and Written Assessment Review 2 4 and 3 4 Meter Physically respond to strong and weak beats in 2 4 and 3 4 meter Identify and use 2 4 and 3 4 time signatures correctly Written Practice 4 4 Meter Physically respond to strong and weak beats in 4 4 meter
Identify and use 4 4 time signature correctly Written Assessment Conducting Demonstrate 2 4 3 4 and 4 4 conducting patterns Month/Unit: MELODY Duration: Year-Long 9.3.5 Do Pentatone / Pentatonic Scale Sing do, re, mi, so, la melodic patterns using Curwen hand signs
Sing, read, write, create, and perform melodic patterns using do, re, mi, so, la on the music staff and Written Assessment Do 1 (High Do) Scale Tone Sing do, re, mi, so, la, do 1 melodic patterns using Curwen hand signs Sing, read, write, create, and perform melodic patterns using do, re, mi, so, la, do 1 on the music staff and Written Assessment Review Intervals: Steps and Skips Recognize and identify intervallic steps (e.g. so-la) and skips (e.g. somi) on the music staff Written Practice
Pha se I Month/Unit: DYNAMICS Duration: Year-Long 9.3.5 Review Piano, Forte, and Mezzo- Forte Identify soft, loud, and moderately loud dynamic levels in music using the terms piano, forte, and mezzoforte and their associated dynamic symbols Apply the terms piano, forte and mezzo-forte in musical performance through Crescendo, Decrescendo, Diminuendo Identify gradual changes in the dynamic levels in music using the terms crescendo, decrescendo and diminuendo Written Assessment* Recognize and identify the dynamic symbols and abbreviations Written Assessment*
associated with the terms crescendo, decrescendo and diminuendo Apply the terms crescendo, decrescendo and diminuendo in musical performance through *Combined Assessment Month/Unit: TEMPO Duration: Year-Long
9.3.5 Review Gr. 3 Tempo Curriculum Identify fast, slow, and moderate tempi in music Written Assessment* Perform fast, slow, and moderate tempi in music through Ritardando, Accelerando Identify gradual changes in the tempo of the music using the terms ritardando and accelerando Written Assessment* Apply the terms ritardando and accelerando in musical performance through *Combined Assessment
Pha se I Month/Unit: TEXTURE/HARMONY Duration: Year-Long 9.3.5 Unison Sing songs in unison with accurate pitch through Rhythmic and Melodic Ostinati Recognize, identify and perform moderately difficult rhythmic and melodic ostinati through Round/Canon Perform a moderately difficult song in canon, maintaining voice part, beat, and pitch through
Month/Unit: FORM Duration: Year-Long
9.3.5 Review Extended Phrase Forms Identify and label musical phrases that sound the same, different, or similar in four-phrase songs: a a b a a a v a b Written Practice Review Verse-Refrain Form Recognize and identify Verse Refrain form in a song; label using upper case letters: A B Written Practice A B A Form Recognize and identify rounded three-part form in a song; label using upper case letters: A B A Written Assessment Rondo Form Recognize and identify rondo form in a musical selection; label using upper case letters: A B A C A Written Assessment
Pha se I Month/Unit: MUSIC SYMBOLS Duration: Year-Long Review: Repeat Sign, Tie, Music Staff, and Phrase Mark Identify and apply the repeat sign, the tie, music staff and phrase mark in a musical selection Review Meter Symbols: Time Signature (Meter Signature) Barline Double Barline / Final Barline Measure Identify and apply the following meter symbols: time signature, barline, double barline and measure Dynamic Symbols Identify and apply the dynamic symbols associated with the terms piano, forte, mezzo forte, crescendo, decrescendo and diminuendo Written Assessment (see Dynamics Unit)
D. C. (da capo) al Fine Fermata 1 st and 2 nd endings Identify and apply D. C. al Fine, fermata, 1 st and 2 nd endings in musical selections Written Assessment* (Two-note slur?) (Identify and apply the two-note slur in a musical selection; distinguish from the two-note tie) (Written Assessment*) * Combined Assessment