Evidence of Individual, Small-Group, and Partner Instructional Groups in Music, 2014-2015

Kindergarten:August: Individual creative movement to classical pieces of music. September: Individual creative movement, responding to high and low sounds. October: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Aquarium). November: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (The Swan). December: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Kangaroo). January: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Tortoises). February: Partner activity with rhythm sticks. March: Mirror-game activity with partners to recording of Japanese folk song played on harp. April: Partner dancing to Mi Cuerpo Hace Musica. Responding to musical form through movement activity to March Past the Kitchen Utensils by Vaughn Williams. First Grade:August: Individual creative movement to classical pieces of music. September: Individual creative movement, responding to high and low sounds. October: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Aquarium). November: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (The Swan). December: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Kangaroo). January: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Tortoises). February: Partner activity with rhythm sticks. Partner activity to practice steady beats with the song tick tock goes the little clock March: Beat chart activity in which students had to track the steady beat, figuring out on which beats certain words fell on in a song.April: Beat vs. rhythm movement activity with drums. Second Grade:August: Individual creative movement to Schubert Impromptu in B-flat, and other classical music selections. September: Individual creative movement, responding to high and low sounds. Quiz-quiz trade activity with flash cards.October: Quiz-quiz trade activity with flash cards.November: Rhythmic dictation with Popsicle sticks. Rhythmic dictation quizzes. December: Individual creative movement to Carnival of the Animals (Kangaroo). January: Peas porridge clapping game activity. February: Partner activity with rhythm sticks. Partner activity to practice steady beats with the song tick tock goes the little clock March: Beat chart activity in which students had to track the steady beat, figuring out on which beats certain words fell on in a song. Easter Egg Hunt Rhythm Race Activity. Cards with rhythms written on them scattered on the floor. Students worked in teams. The teacher clapped a rhythm and one student from each team had to find the card with the correct rhythm.April: Responding to musical form through movement activity to March Past the Kitchen Utensils by Vaughn Williams.

Third Grade:August: Partner game, bow wow wow.September: Learned about Haydn, the Surprise Symphony, and the Joke Quartet. Worked in groups of five to create their own variations of the rhythm of the surprise symphony with different instruments. Presented their work to the class.October: quiz quiz trade with rhythm flashcards.November: popsicle stick rhythmic dication.December: rhythmic dictation on white boards.January: rhythmic dictation quizzesFebruary: practicing for concert (whole group only)March: practicing for concert (whole group only)April: practicing for concert (whole group only)Fourth:August: Unit on the composer, Haydn. Learned about Theme and Variation. Worked in groups of five to create their own variations of the simple rhythm from the main theme from the Surprise Symphony by playing it on different instruments. September: Practiced for the Respect Assembly (Whole Group).October: Began unit on the recorder. They also worked individually on worksheets designed to reinforce note naming on the staff. They worked with partners in quiz quiz trade flash card activities to review concepts such as note names on the staff.November: Practiced recorder music in small groups.December: Note math worksheet. Practiced recorder music in groups.January: Prepared for 2015 Music Memory Concert. Individual listening assessments and worksheets. Worked individually on artwork depicting the music they were learning about. Many pieces of Abia Judd artwork were selected by the Music Memory organizers and projected on a large screen at the concert. February: quiz quiz trade with music notes on the staff that spelled words. March: Listened to the book, The Composer is Dead, by Lemony Snicket. Filled out reading comprehension worksheet while listening to the story. April: Composition unit in which students worked in groups to write a composition on the staff. They had to decide how to orchestrate their compositions (who is playing the melody? Who is playing a steady beat in the background? Who is creating a separate introduction to be played before the actual piece starts?). They had to practice their pieces in their groups and present them to the class.Fifth: August: practicing music and skit for Citizenship assembly: whole group only.September: Unit on the composer, Haydn. Learned about Theme and Variation. Worked in groups of five to create their own variations of the simple rhythm from the main theme from the Surprise Symphony by playing it on different instruments. October-December: Practicing for their Rock and Roll Forever Concert. (Whole group only.)January: Listened to the book, The Composer is Dead, by Lemony Snicket. Filled out reading comprehension worksheet while listening to the story. February-April: Students worked individually on keyboard music, presenting songs they mastered to the class. They also worked individually on worksheets designed to reinforce note naming on the staff. They worked with partners in quiz quiz trade flash card activities to review concepts such as note names on the staff and piano keys.