Music Curriculum
2nd Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will engage in aspects of standard musical notation and composition and make connections between music, culture, and dance. |
Outcome # |
Outcome |
FA.2M.1 | Students will notate, compose, and improvise various ostinati, using standard and iconic notation, on body and instrumental percussion, using known rhythms, dotted half note/rests, and whole note/rests. |
FA.2M.2 |
Students will analyze the instrumental makeup and historical background of a variety of works by different composers. |
FA.2M.3 |
Students will perform notes on the treble clef, identifying the placement and function of measures and bar lines, and performing a major and minor diatonic scale with correct Curwen hand signs. |
FA.2M.4 |
Students will prepare and perform vocally and instrumentally with limited guidance, a variety of age and range-appropriate music from various cultures and traditions. |
FA.2M.5 |
Students will analyze a standard orchestral work to discuss ways dance and music connect and identify and conduct various dynamics and tempi from the work. |
FA.2M.6 |
Students will create, and perform various songs on do, re, mi, sol, and la, with various stylistic elements (e.g. repeat sign, coda, question/answer song form). |
FA.2M.7 |
Students will identify and compare, aurally and visually, the form and function of various orchestral instruments. |
FA.2M.8 |
Students will perform circle and partner folk dances and contrast various dance forms and music from different cultures and traditions. |