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.

Outcomes and Components:

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.

Pacing  

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Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  FA.2M.3.1 Identify, visually and verbally, basic elements of notation (e.g. bar lines, measures, note heads, stems, treble clef, time signature). MU:Pr4.2.2b
  FA.2M.3.2 Perform a major octave scale (e.g. C4 to C5) with Curwen hand signs and solfege syllables. MU:Cr.1.1.2b
  FA.2M.3.3 Perform a minor octave scale (e.g. A3 to A4) with Curwen hand signs and solfege syllables. MU:Cr.1.1.2b
  FA.2M.3.4 Show the proper placement of bar lines in a 4-8 measure rhythmic phrase in simple duple meter. MU:Pr4.2.2a
  FA.2M.3.5 Show the proper placement of bar lines in a 4-8 measure melodic phrase. MU:Pr4.2.2a
  FA.2M.3.6 Identify the notes on the treble clef (E4-F5) and perform simple melodic phrases using those notes on a variety of instruments. MU:Pr4.2.2b

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Perform

Content Vocabulary: Treble Clef, Bar Lines, Measures, TIme Signature