Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Two Sticks

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

K

Overview

Students will orally echo rhythm patterns in the book Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney.  They will echo the patterns playing rhythm sticks.    

    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): KG - Music

    AE17.MU.K.1

    Explore and experience music concepts.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MU.K.1

    Vocabulary

    Rhythm
    • Steady beat
    • Long/ Short
    • One and two sounds per beat
    • Silent beat
    Melody
    • High and low
    • Pitch set: So, Mi
    • Musical alphabet
    Harmony
    • Accompaniment/ no accompaniment
    Form
    • Like and unlike phrases
    • Echo
    Expression
    • Speak, sing, shout, whisper
    • Solo/ Group
    • Unpitched percussion
    • Flute, trumpet, violin, piano
    • Loud/ Soft
    • Fast/ Slow
    Other
    • Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette

    Essential Questions

    EU: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sources.
    EQ: How do musicians generate creative ideas?

    Skills Examples

    Performing
    • Chant, move, play, and sing grade level skills.
    • Echo simple rhythmic patterns.
    • Echo a three-pitch melodic pattern using the correct syllables and hand signs.
    Creating
    • Perform an improvised rhythmic pattern within a framework of four beats.
    • Perform an improvised melodic pattern on a pitched percussion instrument set to the pentatonic scale within a framework of four beats.
    • Improvise short songs and instrumental pieces using a variety of sound sources, including traditional or classroom sounds, body percussion, and sounds produced by electronic means.
    • Explore musical sources freely using found sounds, electronic sounds, or sounds from voice or instruments found in classroom, remembering to use sound and silence.
    Reading/ Writing
    • Create a visual representation of sound.
    Responding/ Evaluating
    • Respond to a musical call or question with an age- appropriate musical answer.
    • Evaluate peer performance to determine steady beat/no steady beat.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): KG - Music

    AE17.MU.K.13

    Perform appropriately for the audience.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MU.K.13

    Vocabulary

    Rhythm
    • Steady beat
    • Long/ Short
    • One and two sounds per beat
    • Silent beat
    Melody
    • High and low
    • Pitch set: So, Mi
    • Musical alphabet
    Harmony
    • Accompaniment/ no accompaniment
    Form
    • Like and unlike phrases
    • Echo
    Expression
    • Speak, sing, shout, whisper
    • Solo/ Group
    • Unpitched percussion
    • Flute, trumpet, violin, piano
    • Loud/ Soft
    • Fast/ Slow
    Other
    • Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette

    Essential Questions

    EU: Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.
    EQ: When is a performance judged ready to present? How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented influence audience response?

    Skills Examples

    Performing
    • Demonstrate same and different (e.g., fast/slow, loud/soft, high/low and long/short).
    • Demonstrate a steady beat and maintain it while performing.
    • Sing using head voice and appropriate posture.
    • Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others, and demonstrate proper technique.
    Creating
    • Create a wide variety of vocal and instrumental sounds.
    Reading/ Writing
    • Explore connections between sound and its visual representation.
    Responding/ Evaluating
    • Move to music of various and contrasting styles, composers and cultures.
    • Demonstrate audience behavior appropriate for the context and style of music performed.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
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    Cleveland Orchestra
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