Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Musicians connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding.
EQ: How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?
EQ: How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?
Skills Examples
Performing
- Sing patriotic songs from various time periods, i.e., "Yankee Doodle," "My Country 'Tis of Thee," and "This Land Is Your Land."
- March to the steady beat of America's National March, "Stars and Stripes Forever," while waving an American flag in accordance with appropriate flag etiquette.
- Create new verses with animal sounds while singing "Old MacDonald" to demonstrate knowledge of living things.
- Sing "Rain, Rain Go Away" while following a written melodic contour and discuss how to respond to severe weather.
- Analyze the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner" to understand the story behind our National Anthem.
- Discuss the sequence of events after listening to "The Fox" to demonstrate how animals provide for their needs.
Vocabulary
Rhythm
- Steady beat
- Long/ Short
- One and two sounds per beat
- Silent beat
- High and low
- Pitch set: So, Mi
- Musical alphabet
- Accompaniment/ no accompaniment
- Like and unlike phrases
- Echo
- Speak, sing, shout, whisper
- Solo/ Group
- Unpitched percussion
- Flute, trumpet, violin, piano
- Loud /Soft
- Fast/ Slow
- Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.
