| OUTCOME/
ESSENTIAL
QUESTION |
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| What
is sound and what are sound sources? |
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| Kinds
of sounds- environmental, voices, animals,
instruments, body sounds |
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| Listening
to, demonstrating and distinguishing between and
imitating sounds (NS6B) |
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| Teacher
observation, aural analysis, worksheets, performance
assessment |
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| What
is music and what are the elements of music? |
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| Basic
concepts: dynamics-loud/soft, tempo-fast/slow,
duration-long/short |
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| Sing,
play and move to differences in basic concepts
(NS1A, NS1B), describe differences in music (NS7A,
NS7B) |
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| Worksheets,
teacher observation, aural and visual analysis,
performance assessment |
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| Sound/silence,
steady beat, beat/no beat, same/different,
form-introduction/song |
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| Demonstrate
understanding by moving, playing, singing,
describing (NS6A), echo basic rhythms |
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| Performance
assessment, teacher observation, aural/visual
analysis |
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| How
does music help us celebrate? |
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| Holiday
songs and stories (integration with social studies) |
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| Listen
to, move to, sing and play songs of celebration
(NS6B) |
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| Worksheets,
performance assessment |
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What
is pitch?
What is a melody?
What is harmony? |
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| Distinguish
pitch-high/low, melody-up/down/same, produce
melody/harmony on instruments and with voices |
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| Describing
pitch, playing moving, singing melody, sing in
unison, play accompaniment on instruments (NS1A,
NS1B, NS2A) |
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| Performance
assessment, teacher observation, aural observation,
worksheets |
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| What
are instruments and how are they grouped? |
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| Introduction
to instruments and their families, how their sound
is produced |
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| Listening
to instruments (NS6D), playing instruments (NS2A),
describing shapes and sounds and how to play them
(NS6D) |
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| Worksheets,
aural assessment, performance assessment |
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| Distinguish
between sounds and choose appropriate movement |
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| Respond
to music through movement-march, gallop, skate,
jump/hop, tip-toe, stomp, clap, slow motion (NS6E),
use and create appropriate movement to music |
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| Performance
assessment, teacher observation |
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1.
How does music help tell a story?
2. How to sing? |
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1.
Stories in song, stories with musical accompaniment
2. Integration with reading |
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1.
Describing how music tells a story, performing a
musical story (NS2E)
2. Demonstrate correct posture for singing (NS1E) |
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1.
Performance assessment, aural assessment
2. Performance assessment |
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| What
is music appreciation? |
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| Feelings,
songs of different cultures and styles, times, music
vocabulary |
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| Listening
and describing what is heard (NS7A, NS7B), using
correct and age appropriate musical vocabulary |
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| Performance
assessment, verbal assessment |
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