MUSIC FOR ALL Kindergarten-Sixth Grade Standards, Vocabulary, Content and Language Objectives, & Lessons/Activities

MUSIC FOR ALLKindergarten-Sixth Grade

Standards, Vocabulary, Content and Language Objectives, & Lessons/Activities

STATE MUSIC CURRICULUM STANDARDS

• SINGING The student will develop the voice and body as instruments of musical expression. In this standard the student sings to discover and enjoy the literature of children’s songs and to explore and learn about the elements of music.

• PLAYING The student will play instruments as a means of musical expression. In this standard the student plays classroom instruments to enhance the learning and enjoyment of songs.

• LISTENING The student will listen to, analyze, and describe music. In this standard the student listens to feel the emotional qualities of the sounds of music and to notice and become acquainted with its elements.

• CREATING The students will create music through improvising, arranging, and composing. In this standard the student creates music that expresses his thoughts and feelings and shows some understanding of music elements and skills. Key Concept for Differentiation

• In an effort to assist teachers in the process of differentiation in Tier One teaching, key concepts have been identified in the curriculum maps as those specific objectives a teacher would focus on during small group instruction with struggling students. Key concepts cover minimum, basic skills and knowledge every student must master. Key concepts are not an alternative to teaching the entire Utah State Core Standards, rather they emphasize which concepts to prioritize for differentiation.

• 1 Music Expressions Teacher Resource Guide, Warner Bros Publications 2003, pp. 13-16. ISBN 0-7579-1298-2 2 e.g., increased literacy, complex symbolization and meaning skills, integration of sensory data -Richards Institute of ETM, 1985 3e.g. rhythm, accent, timing, flow, pitch, voice inflections, phrasing in reciting a nursery rhyme, telling a story

KINDERGARTEN MUSIC CURRICULUM MAP PREFACE

In Kindergarten students develop an awareness of the elements of music through playful song experiences and creative movement.

The conceptual sequence begins with opposites and contrasts with kindergarteners, who can identify characteristics and differences more easily when there is a contrast, such as high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft, long/short.

Through their participation in music activities the students can develop these important learning skills:

• The ability to focus and gain intrinsic motivation

• Social comfort in participating

• Ease of movement-i.e., the physical ability to move and the desire to try to move

• The habit of singing

• Spatial and sequential reasoning

• Musical capacity and the ability to recognize and use previously-acquired language skills

KINDERGARTEN-MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTERMELODY

• Song

• Sing/speak

• Light,unforced

• Childlike quality

• Move

• Melody

• Mi-re-do

KINDERGARTEN MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER MELODY

• Hand signs

• Repeated tones

• Steps/skips

• Pitch

• High/low

• Up/down

• Match pitch

MUSIC CONTENT OBJECTIVES-1ST QUARTER MELODY

Through playful song experiences and creative movement

1. I can sing with a light, unforced, beautiful childlike quality.

2. I can recognize when melodies move upward or downward or repeat, and make my voice match the pitches.

3. I can express myself through singing and moving to music.

MUSIC LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES 1ST QUARTER MELODY

Through singing, moving, speaking, and/or hand signs - I can clearly express how I feel about singing and moving.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• First “I can”- Use Hey, Hey, Look At Me (and/or other songs of limited range, e.g., Rain, Rain, Go Away), to help students sing with a light quality in their head voices – experiment on various pitches, not ignoring their high tones.

Play with the vocal difference between speaking and singing. Teaching Ideas: *Our Amazing Voice!; Developing Singing Skills in the Classroom; 101 Ways to Repeat a Song

• Second “I can”- Utilizing instructional strategies from Favorite Songs and/or Let’s Do It Again, help children discover melodic direction, repeated tones, and steps and skips.

Sing Hot Cross Buns, and experience the descent of the melody using the hand signs as well as desired singing activities from text.

Find additional songs with the same mi-re-do pattern, repeated tones, skips, steps, and help the children recognize them (e.g., Three Blind Mice, Old MacDonald, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer in the Dell, This Old Man, Sally Go ‘Round the Sun, Teddy Bear).

• Third “I can”-Play the singing games found in Favorite Songs and Let’s Do It Again for these songs: Bluebird, Bluebird, Three Blind Mice, London Bridge, Johnny Get Your Hair Cut, Shake Those Simmons Down, The Farmer in the Dell, Mulberry Bush. Holiday Idea Enjoy singing songs such as this one as you approach the holiday season: Five Fat Turkeys, Boo!, Halloween Witches, The Witch Rides, Thanksgiving

RESOURCES

Embedded links provide access to selected corresponding music teaching ideas, written scores, and mp3 files for singing, listening and dancing activities from publications such as FAVORITE SONGS AND MUSIC ACTIVITIES, THE MUSICAL CLASSROOM, and other valuable resources. K; PRE-K STATE MUSIC GUIDEBOOK: Links to additional songs, teaching ideas, music

FIRST GRADE MUSIC CURRICULUM MAPPREFACE

• In first grade students develop an awareness of the elements of music through song experiences, creative movement, and listening activities. The conceptual sequence with first graders builds on the concept of opposites/contrasts by discovering different tone qualities and differences in melodic patterns.








1ST GRADE MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER-MELODY

• Song

• Echo song

• Sing/speak

• Light, unforced, child-like voice

• Good posture

• Breath support

• Mi-re-do

• Hand signs

• Pitch (tone)

1ST GRADE MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER-MELODY

• Match pitch

• Up/down

• High/low

• Step/skip

• Phrase

• Movement

• Repeat

• same/different/similar

• Melody pattern

MUSIC CONTENT OBJECTIVES-MELODY 1ST GRADE

Through playful song experiences and creative movement-


2. I can sing with a light, unforced, beautiful childlike quality, using good posture and breath support, and match my voice to the pitches.

3. I can recognize when melody patterns are the same, similar, or different.

MUSIC LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES 1ST GRADE-MELODY

Through singing, moving, speaking, hand signs, listening, and/or creating:

I can clearly communicate what an unforced, childlike singing voice feels like.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• First “I can”- Sing a variety of previously learned songs, singing games, and use mi-re-do hand signs for enjoyment e.g.: Hot Cross Buns, Three Blind Mice, Old MacDonald, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer in the Dell, This Old Man.

• Second “I Can”- Use, Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (and other songs of limited range, e.g., Tony Chestnut), to help students sing with a light quality in their head voices – experiment on various pitches, not ignoring their high tones. Play with the vocal difference between speaking and singing. Help them use good posture and breath support. RESOURCES: *Our Amazing Voice, Developing Singing Skills in the Classroom, 101 Ways to Repeat A Song

• Third “I Can”-Utilizing suggestions from Favorite Songs and Let’s Do It Again, help children discover same, similar, and different phrases and repeating melodies in these songs: Li’l Liza Jane, Did You Ever See A Lassie? In Charlie Over the Ocean, an echo song, every phrase is repeated. In Little Tom Tinker help children discover that every phrase is different.

RESOURCES

• Embedded links provide access to selected corresponding music teaching ideas, written scores, and mp3 files for singing, listening and dancing activities from publications such as FAVORITE SONGS AND MUSIC ACTIVITIES, THE MUSICAL CLASSROOM, and other valuable resources.

• 1st Grade STATE MUSIC GUIDEBOOK: Links to additional songs, teaching ideas, music notation, vocabulary, prof. music teaching associations

SECOND GRADE MUSIC CURRICULUM MAPPREFACE

• In second grade students develop an awareness of the elements of music through song experiences, creative movement, and listening activities.

• The conceptual sequence with second graders focuses on patterns in rhythms, melodies, form and movement.

• They can begin to explore and experience melodic rhythms and steady beat through using body percussion, instruments of various tone colors, and performing movement to depict patterns in music.

• They also learn to recognize musical groups such as ensembles or instrument families.








2ND GRADE MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER

• vocal quality

• accuracy

• rising/falling

• interval

• repeated tones

• skip/step

• pitch/tone/note

• shape of melody

2ND GRADE MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER

• symbol

• sound

• staff

• lines

• spaces

• measure

• reading music

MUSIC CONTENT OBJECTIVES-MELODY 2ND GRADE

Through structured musical experiences and creative movement:

1. I can sing with a light, unforced, beautiful childlike quality, using good posture and breath support.

2. I can show through up or down movement when the distance (interval) between two tones is large or small or stays the same.

3. I can notate the mi re do pattern on the lines and spaces of the staff.


MUSIC LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES 2ND GRADE

Through singing, moving, speaking, hand signs, notation, listening, and/or creating:

I can demonstrate how notes are placed on the lines and spaces of the staff.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• First “I Can”- Play the singing game Lucy Locket. Observe the child who sings alone and evaluate his/her vocal quality and watch for opportunities to encourage further development. RESOURCES: *Our Amazing Voice, Developing Singing Skills in the Classroom, 101 Ways to Repeat A Song

• Second “I Can”- Sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat – noticing the small steps as the melody rises and the large skip to the high note beginning and continuing with “merrily, merrily, merrily,” and notice the small descending steps in “life is but a dream.” Note: These could be played on a pitched instrument to reinforce the sound.

• -Through singing and movement, help children detect and show the large and small intervals in songs such as: Are You Sleeping; Bow Belinda; Bluebird, Bluebird; Tinga Layo; Tony Chestnut.

• -Help children identify through gesture, body percussion, or rhythm instruments the repeated note patterns in the following songs: If You’re Happy, Bingo, She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain, Sandy Land, Skip to My Lou, and Row, Row Row Your Boat

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• Third “I Can” -Bow Wow Wow* – Use hand signals to show and feel the rise of the melody as it skips up in the first part of the song and skips down in the last part of the song. After many happy experiences with Bow Wow Wow, have the children reflect on the sound of mi re do, and have them show what the last measure of the song looks like in hand signals and on the lines and spaces of the staff. Perhaps the children can recall the mi re do pattern in previous songs, such as Hot Cross Buns , Three Blind Mice, and Li’l Liza Jane, Old MacDonald, Shake Those Simmons Down

• Fourth“I can”- Enjoy performing a variety of previously learned songs and singing games.

RESOURCES

• Embedded links provide access to selected corresponding music teaching ideas, written scores, and mp3 files for singing, listening and dancing activities from publications such as FAVORITE SONGS AND MUSIC ACTIVITIES, THE MUSICAL CLASSROOM, and other valuable resources.

• 2nd Grade STATE MUSIC GUIDEBOOK: Links to additional songs,

THIRD GRADE MUSIC FOR LIFE CURRICULUM MAP PREFACE

• In third grade students develop an understanding of the elements of music through song experiences, creative movement, and listening activities.

• The conceptual sequence for third grade children combines and builds upon prior knowledge, leading to independent singing and rhythmic competence.

• They are able to focus on vocal and instrumental tone color, and cultural and historical features of the music literature. At this level the children study various string instruments.








3RD GRADE MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER

• vocal quality

• posture

• breath support

• head voice

• high tones

• accurate pitch (in tune)

• volume (loud>soft) (soft<loud)

• movement

• melody

3RD GRADE MUSIC VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER

• hand signs

• melodic pattern

• repeated notes

• upward

• downward

• intervals

• music notation

• music staff

• measure

MUSIC CONTENT OBJECTIVES-MELODY 3RD GRADE

• Through playful song experiences and creative movement

1. I can develop my ability to sing a melody with accurate pitch and rhythm.

2. I can sing with a light, unforced, beautiful childlike quality using good posture and breath support.

3. I can use hand signs to show the direction of simple melody patterns. 4. I can sing pitches that move up and down or stay the same as I read them in simple music notation.

MUSIC LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES 3RD GRADE

• Through singing, moving, speaking, hand signs, listening, drawing, notation, dramatizing, writing, and/or creating: I can clearly communicate what it means to sing in tune.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

First and second “I Cans” - Help children learn to sing songs accurately that may have a wide range, recognizing the low and high tones and how it feels when they sing those different pitches.

Help children realize the high tones are sung in the head voice and with good breath support in order to get an unforced, beautiful child-like quality.

Sing the songs many times in a variety of ways, always emphasizing good posture while standing or sitting, or even when having fun by standing on one leg, facing backwards, singing softly, changing the key, closing eyes, etc.

Consider songs such as Scotland’s Burning, Rocky Mountain, The Ghost of Tom, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, I Love the Mountains, Mama Paquita, Little Tom Tinker.

RESOURCES: Our Amazing Voice, Developing Singing Skills in the Classroom, 101 Ways to Repeat A Song

LESSON ACTIVITIES

Third and fourth “I Cans”- Three Blind Mice Relate the downward direction of mi re do hand signs with the downward direction of the mi re do (in “three blind mice”) notation on the musical staff.

In Row, Row, Row Your Boat relate the upward direction of the do re mi (”row your boat”) pattern to the notation in the first measure of the song.

Help children discover the repeated notes before the melody moves up. Suggest that children use the hand signs to help their voices go up and down with the notation.

Encourage children to discover these same melodic patterns by singing, using hand signs and pointing it out in the notation in other songs, such as Mary Had a Little Lamb, Hot Cross Buns, Li’l Liza Jane, Long Legged Sailor, Mary Had A Baby, Shake Those Simmons Down, Circle Left and The Farmer In The Dell.

Hint: When you are studying specific intervals choose songs with a limited range that emphasize those intervals.

RESOURCES

Embedded links provide access to selected corresponding music teaching ideas, written scores, and mp3 files for singing, listening and dancing activities from publications such as FAVORITE SONGS AND MUSIC ACTIVITIES, THE MUSICAL CLASSROOM, and other valuable resources. 3rd Grade STATE MUSIC GUIDEBOOK: Links to additional songs, teaching ideas, music notation, vocabulary, prof. music teaching associations

FOURTH GRADE MUSIC CURRICULUM MAPPREFACE

• In the fourth grade the student expands understanding of the elements of music through performing song games, part songs and accompaniments, creative movement, and listening activities. The conceptual sequence for fourth grade children leads to rhythmic and melodic independence including pitch and beat accuracy, and an understanding of tonality and cultural and historical features. At this level the children study woodwind instruments.+

• Through their participation in music activities the students can develop2 these important learning skills: The ability to focus and gain intrinsic motivation Social comfort in participating Ease of movement-i.e., the physical ability to move and the desire to try to move The habit of singing Spatial and sequential reasoning Musical capacity and the ability to recognize and use previously-acquired language skills

MUSIC VOCABULARY 4TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER-MELODY

• Ostinato

• Echo song

• partner songs

• round

• harmony

• pitch accuracy

• rhythm accuracy

MUSIC VOCABULARY 4TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER-MELODY

• tone

• tonality

• major

• minor

• scale

• independent singer

• staff lines & spaces

• note recognition

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Through playful song experiences and creative movement-


2. I can improve my ability to sing a melody with accurate pitch and rhythm.

3. I can develop my ability to sing my own part independently while others are singing a different part in echo songs, rounds and ostinatos.

4. I can tell by the sound whether the song is major or minor.

5. I can develop my ability to play a recorder.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• First and second “I Cans” Lead students in singing My Paddle (2pt round), My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (AB -verse/chorus), Peace Like a River (abab’), Kum Ba Yah (AA-verse/chorus). Listen closely as the children sing and encourage them to listen to each other and blend their voices in pitch and quality. RESOURCES: Our Amazing Voice, Developing Singing Skills in the Classroom, 101 Ways to Repeat a Song

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• Repeat A Song Third “I Can” Down by the Bay and Old Texas- In singing these echo songs, help children learn to hold out the long notes while the echo part is sung. This produces harmony.

• Sing Are You Sleeping and when children are secure with the melody line, consider adding a second part in the form of a simple ostinato.

• Make the ostinato* by repeating the last phrase (ding dong ding) throughout the song.

• Notice that an ostinato can be created from any phrase, not just the last.

• Expand the experience by adding actions or hand signs that illustrate the words on the ostinato phrase you choose.

• Expand the experience by adding an action that illustrates the words on the ostinato. A four-part round can be sung if and when the children are ready. Be particularly aware of vocal quality in part-singing, as children may try to sing louder to hold their own.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• Help children develop rhythmic and tonal (pitch) security as they sing these songs.

• When they are ready,

• Let them discover the delight of enjoying them as partner songs: Bow Belinda, Skip to my Lou & Sandy Land.

• *Note: A quick way to understand an ostinato is through singing these words (from a Grace Nash workshop) to the melody of Are You Sleeping? Let the children be your echo. Ostinato, ostinato; What are you, What are you? I’m a little pattern, I’m a little pattern; Stubborn too, stubborn too.

FIFTH GRADE MUSIC CURRICULUM MAPPREFACE

• In the fifth grade the student shows competence in understanding the elements of music through song games, two-part singing, creative movement, playing accompaniment, listening activities, gaining familiarity with masterworks, and identifying instrumental qualities.

• The conceptual sequence for fifth grade children is to expand their ability to perform and enjoy their understanding of a wide range of music.

• They are intellectually and developmentally ready to put concepts into a more personal context and discover how music impacts their life as they become discriminating creators and listeners of music.

• At this level children study brass instruments.




• Ease of movement-i.e., the physical ability to move and the desire to try to move The habit of singing



MUSIC 5TH GRADE VOCABULARY 1ST QUARTER-MELODY

• vocal quality

• Pitch accuracy

• Rhythm Accuracy

• independent singing

• 2-part singing

• home tone (tonal center, or key)

• Instrumental music

• Tonalities major /minor

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Through song experiences, two-part singing, and listening activities:

1. I can sing with a light, unforced, beautiful, childlike quality using good posture and breath support.

2. I can improve my ability to sing a melody line with accurate pitch and rhythm.

3. I can develop my ability to read and sing my own part independently while others are singing a different part.

4. I can recognize the home tone of songs.

5. I can distinguish the difference in color between major and minor tonality in songs and instrumental works

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES

Through singing, moving, speaking, hand signs, listening, drawing, notation, dramatizing, writing, mapping, and/or creating: I can clearly communicate differences between major & minor tonalities.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• First, second, and third “I Can’s”: Sing part songs, partner songs, rounds, songs with descants and ostinatos, as well as unison songs to develop skill and independence. Select such songs as: Chumbara, Rock-a-My Soul & He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, Old Abram Brown, Cindy, Hey Ho, & Oh Susanna . Note: See Developing Singing Skills , Our Amazing Voice , 101 Ways to Repeat A Song

• Fourth “I Can”: Sing a familiar song together, such as America, or Row, Row, Row, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and stop just before the last note. Ask where does the voice want to go? To the home tone of course, which is the tonal center (or key) of the song.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• Fifth “I Can”: Have students become familiar with Erie Canal and help them recognize the difference in color or mood between the minor verse and the major chorus.

• Ask them why they think the verse is in a minor tonality and the chorus is in a major tonality.

• Can they get a clue from the words? Have the students practice their ability to identify major and minor tonalities by listening to the accompaniments and by singing or playing such songs as: (minor) Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier (recorder); (major) All Night, All Day-recorder on all night, all day; (minor) Follow the Drinking Gourd, When Johnny Comes Marching Home; (major) Cindy, Clementine, Kum Ba Yah -recorder), Cotton-Eyed Joe-recorder.

• LISTEN to the 1st movement of Mozart’s Symph #40 in G-minor and compare it to 1st movement of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (in major).

• Play other recordings in both major and minor and see if children can hear the difference in tonality. Holiday: Halloween Night ABC p. 34 2-pt song; Ghost of Tom, The (BYU); Night on Bald Mountain These are all in Minor

RESOURCES

• Embedded links provide access to selected corresponding music teaching ideas, written scores, and mp3 files for singing, listening and dancing activities from publications such as FAVORITE SONGS AND MUSIC ACTIVITIES, THE MUSICAL CLASSROOM, and other valuable resources. 5th Grade STATE MUSIC GUIDEBOOK. Links to additional songs, teaching ideas, music notation, vocabulary, prof. music teaching

SIXTH GRADE MUSIC CURRICULUM MAPPREFACE

• In the sixth grade the student shows increased competence in understanding the elements of music through song games, two and three-part singing, movement, improvising and playing accompaniments, and listening activities.

• The conceptual sequence for the students culminates in their expanded ability to perform and enjoy a wide range of music experienced throughout their elementary school years.

• They are able to begin making choices about their personal connections with music, as well as their pursuit of music as students, performers, listeners and creators.

• At this level, the students study percussion and keyboard instruments.








MUSIC 6TH GRADE VOCABULARY-1ST QUARTER-MELODY

• vocal quality

• pitch accuracy

• rhythm accuracy

• major & minor tonalities

• independent singing

• 2 and 3-part singing

EMPHASIS CONCEPTS

• Note: Singing counter melodies and descants constitutes another of the many approaches to part singing.

• A counter melody is an added melodic part, usually lower than the original melody, which often imitates it and often moves in a contrary motion to it. Ideally, a descant is a melody in its own right although written to accompany another melody.

• In practice, the descant is subordinate to the melody. It is usually higher in pitch than the melody and a small group of children sing it while the majority of the children sing the melody.

• The reason for this is that high pitches sound relatively louder than low pitches when they are combined in part singing; therefore a small group on a high part balances with a larger group on a low part.

• When the teacher understands the relation between counter melodies or descants and the chords and the original melodies, he can guide children to compose them. This is from Music in the Elementary School by Robert Evans Nye and Vernice Trousdale Nye. Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1957. p. 203

CONTENT OBJECTIVES

Through song games, unison, two and three-part singing,


2. I can increase my ability to read and sing a melody line with accurate pitch and rhythm.

3 I can increase my ability and independence in singing unison songs, partner songs, rounds, two and three-part harmony, and songs with descants and countermelodies.

4. I can recognize the home tone of songs and distinguish the difference in color between major and minor tonality in songs and instrumental works.

5. I can express my own feelings and thoughts through singing and moving to music.

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES

• Through singing, moving, speaking, hand signs, listening, drawing, notation, dramatizing, and/or writing: I can clearly explain the differences between unison songs, partner songs, rounds, two and three-part harmony, and songs with descants and countermelodies.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

First “I Can” Lead children in songs such as: Amazing Grace, Peace Like a River, Simple Gifts, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Oh How Lovely Is the Evening, Oh Shenandoah

Second “I Can” Help the children sing and explore new songs, paying attention to skips and steps and interesting rhythm patterns in such songs as Charlotte Town, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot & All Night, All Day, and by singing or playing such songs as:

MINOR: Halloween Night & Tum Balalyka –part singing; Hey Ho Nobody Home –round, We Come to Greet You In Peace, When Johnny Comes Marching Home;

MAJOR: Wabash Cannon Ball; Sourwood Mountain, Little Wheel A-Turnin’, Oh Shenandoah, The Water is Wide-part singing, Dry Bones-unison, Kum Ba Yah , Cotton-Eyed Joe , All Night, All Day–melodies could be played on recorder.

LESSON ACTIVITIES CONTINUED

• Third “I Can” – Participate with the children in singing songs and games such as: Our Old Sow, (unison song game); Swing Low, Sweet Chariot w/All Night, All Day, My Home’s in Montana w/Home on the Range, Three Blind Mice w/Are You Sleeping (partner songs); You Are My Sunshine (2-part harmony on refrain); Oh How Lovely Is the Evening (round, 2 & 3-part harmony), Simple Gifts (3 part vocal accompaniment); Star Spangled Banner, Cindy-key of F (descant); Charlotte Town (countermelody).

• Fourth “I Can” Sing a familiar song together, such as: Take Me Out to the Ball Game, or, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and stop just before the last note. Ask where does the voice want to go? To the home tone of course, which is the tonal center (or key) of the song.

• Have the students practice their ability to identify major and minor tonalities by listening to the accompaniments,


and by singing or playing such songs as: MINOR: Halloween Night & Tum Balalyka –part singing; Hey Ho Nobody Home –round, We Come to Greet You In Peace, When Johnny Comes Marching Home; MAJOR: Wabash Cannon Ball; Sourwood Mountain, Little Wheel A-Turnin’, Oh Shenandoah, The Water is Wide-part singing, Dry Bones-unison, Kum Ba Yah , Cotton-Eyed Joe , All Night, All Day–melodies could be played on recorder.


LISTEN: Ask children to determine the tonality as they listen to instrumental works such as: Brahms’s Hungarian Dance #5(minor) and Beethoven’s Fur Elise (minor); contrast with: Joplin’s The Entertainer (major), and Wagner’s Wedding March (major).

Fifth “I Can” – Lead students in their expressions of appreciation for nature, home, family, friends, and feelings of excitement/sadness/happiness through such songs as: Simple Gifts, America the Beautiful, (descant); Star Spangled Banner, We Come to Greet you in Peace, I Love the Mountains, He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, Make New Friends, This Little Light of Mine, Mama Paquita, Hush Little Baby, You Are My Sunshine.

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MUSIC FOR ALL Kindergarten-Sixth Grade Standards, Vocabulary, Content and Language Objectives, & Lessons/Activities