Year Long Curriculum Plan Month All skills are ongoing throughout this period of development.

Objective/ Concept/ Skill Activities/ Evaluation Role modeling, partner singing, repetition in games and songs, using puppets, singing while moving In-tune singing

Kindergarten Extension Listen to Peter and the Wolf, The Nutcracker and other art music that they can enjoy.

beat

While singing, keep the beat in a variety of ways, e.g., walking, clapping, tapping, playing instruments

fast/slow

Keep the beat (or move) at different tempos; also increase or decrease tempo gradually while moving or keepping the beat

As children grow the complexity of the activity incises.

Use a louder or softer singing voice on cue. Also crescendo and decrescendo.

loud/soft

high/low

Extend high and low range of childrens voice by having them imitate puppets. Also, show through the height of their hands the difference between high and low notes

timber

Identify each others singing voice without seeing the person singing. Identify the sound of different instruments with eyes closed.

Year Long Curriculum Plan Month Objective/ Concept/ Skill melodic September hi-low rhythmic beat vs. rhythm Activities/ Evaluation Singing while walking the beat Responsorial singing: encourages listning to each others and singing other's parts in head Ta, Ti-Ti October sol-mi introduction of staff la 2-part melodic work/ canon December Rest beat = Ta = Ti-Ti = Rest form January do ledger line 2 beat ostinati 2-meter 2/4 :II (repeat) Simple rhythm canon Play cymbals at given point of song (an ostinato) Change from clapping rhythm to beat on cue while singing

Grade 1 Extension Perform at lower form assesment

Listen to art music using elements that students can Singing while clapping rhythm or beat recognize

November

February

March

re

2-part rhythmic work

Singing and identifing song from hand signs in solfege

April

do pentatonic Singing one song while clapping rhythm of different song

May

form (ABAB) Writing exercises in music note books

Year Long Curriculum Plan Month Objective/ Concept/ Skill melodic September review rhythmic Singing in two parts from hand signs Activities/ Evaluation

Grade 2 Extension Perform at lower form assesment

October

Ta-a

Listen to art music Singing songs while clapping abstract rhythm patterns using elements that students can recognize Change from singing solfa of known songs to singing rhythm names at cue

November

low la

4-meter 4/4

December

la pentatonic 1st & 2nd ending Singing solfa exercises in canon (Kodaly 24 Little Canons on the Black Keys or 333 Reading Exercises)

January

Ti-ri-ti-ri

February

low so Rhythmic Improvisation

March

Ti-ti-ri Connduct in both 2- and 3- meter

April

so pentatonic

May

Ti-ri-ti

Year Long Curriculum Plan Month Objective/ Concept/ Skill Activities/ Evaluation Sing a song while clapping the rhythm in canon Perform at assembly

Grade 3 Extension

melodic September review

rhythmic

October

high do

Sight singing from 333 Reading Exercises

Perform for a nursering home within walking distance

November

3- meter 3/4 Improvisation, both melodic and rhythmis Listen to art. Music elements the students recognise Sing songs in both solfa and letter names from staff

December

question + answer

Ta-a-a

January

absolute names/ treble clef

February

re pentatonic

Conduct in 3-meater 2-part singing

See film on the human voice: "Vocal Production and Technique"

March

syn-co-pa Introduce recorders to aid in the understunding and learning of absolute (letters) names of notes comparison of pentatonic songs/ scales

April

May

2- part songs

Year Long Curriculum Plan Month Objective/ Concept/ Skill melodic September review rhythmic Sing pentatonic scales from their relative starting pitches in succesion Activities/ Evaluation

Grade 4 Extension

October

fa do pentachord d-r-m-f-s

Sing pentatonic scales in canon (do + la)

November

Sing and identify whole steps and half steps within various songs and diatonic sales December ti tim-ri Pursue the relationship between diatonic scales and key sighatures January whole / half steps

February

diatonic scale

C major a minor G major c minor Sing a collection of songs from history of various cultures

March

accidentals: fis

April

ri-tim

May

accidentals: bes

F major d minor

Year Long Curriculum Plan Month Objective/ Concept/ Skill melodic September review rhythmic Activities/ Evaluation

Grade 5 Extension

October

intervals: introduction major/minor 2nd accidental: cis (D major, b minor)

ta, ti upbeat

Songs will be presented predominantly in the key or keys being studied each month

November

Sing and listen to two notes played at same time; identify the king of intervals. Use solfa to orient sound. Sing pentatonic scales from the same starting pitch. Conduct in 4/8

December

6/8 meter triplets accidentals: gis (A major, fis minor)

January

February

intervals: major/minor 3rds

Sing, listen to, and identify chords used in simple harmonic progressions.

March

intervals: perfect 5 chords / minor + minor chord progression: I-V-I

SIng three-part songs.

April

May

chord progression: I-IV-V-I