Music Curriculum

3rd Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will engage in the practice and preparation of music, with guidance, on the recorder and master more complicated folk and cultural dances.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.3M.1 Students will play a basic pentatonic scale (D, E, G, A, B), improvised, and written music on a soprano recorder with proper technique.

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Standard(s)

  FA.3M.1.1 Identify and describe the parts and construction of the recorder.  
  FA.3M.1.2 Identify and demonstrate proper fingering and playing technique, both verbally and physically. MU:Pr6.1.3a
  FA.3M.1.3 Identify and demonstrate a pentatonic scale (D, E, G, A, B) on a recorder, verbally and physically. MU:Cr4.2.3b
  FA.3M.1.4 Create and improvise 4-8 beat phrases using the pentatonic scale on recorder. MU:Cr1.1.3a, MU:Cr1.1.3b, MU:Cr2.1.3b
  FA.3M.1.5 Play and practice a teacher-assigned piece of music on the recorder.

MU:Cr4.2.3b, MU:Pr4.2.3a

MU:Pr5.1.3b

Academic Vocabulary: Play, Create, Identify, Demonstrate, Describe

Content Vocabulary: Recorder, Steady Beat, Rhythm, Pentatonic Scale, Improvisation