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.7 Students will improvise and compose (with standard notation), pentatonic melodies in both rondo form and ABA form,  on both pitched and unpitched instruments.

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Standard(s)

  FA.3M.7.1 Identify and analyze a standard orchestral work (e.g. Spring) in rondo form. MU:Pr4.2.3a, MU:Pr4.2.3c
  FA.3M.7.2 Create and perform, using known rhythms, a rhythmic piece in rondo form.

MU:Cr2.1.3a,

MU:Cr2.1.3b

  FA.3M.7.3 Create and perform, on percussion instruments, a melodic piece in rondo form.

MU:Cr2.1.3a,

MU:Cr2.1.3b

  FA.3M.7.4 Compose and perform, with a partner or a small group, a themed rondo using a pentatonic scale.

MU:Cr1.1.3b,

MU:Cr2.1.3b

  FA.3M.7.5 Offer feedback on other students’ rondos, based on teacher-provided criteria. MU:Cr3.1.3a

Academic Vocabulary: Create, Identify, Perform

Content Vocabulary: Tempo, Dynamic, Rhythm, Meter, Steady Beat