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.2 Students will move freely about the space, responding to recorded music through movement, and will make connections about the composer of the day on a historical, instrumental, and/or stylistic level.

Pacing  

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Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

FA.3M.2.1

Engage in a free movement activity, actively listening for and responding to changes in tempo, dynamic, and texture. MU:Pr4.3.3a, MU:Re7.2.3a
 

FA.3M.2.2

Analyze how a composer’s work fits into the timeline of their life. MU.Re7.1.3a
  FA.3M.2.3 Identify and discuss the instrumental makeup of composers’ works from the same time period. MU:Cn11.0.3a, MU:Pr4.2.3a
  FA.3M.2.4 Choose another work by the same composer (from a teacher-provided list) for group listening and analysis.

MU:Pr4.1.3a,

MU:Pr4.2.3a

Academic Vocabulary: Engage, Analyze, Identify, Discuss

Content Vocabulary: Composer, Tempo, Dynamic, Texture