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.8 Students will contrast different dance forms and music from different cultures and traditions, through performing folk dances.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  FA.3M.8.1 Identify and perform folk dance patterns (e.g. longways sets, double circles, etc) MU:Pr6.1.3a
  FA.3M.8.2 Analyze the form of various folk dances. MU:Pr4.2.3a
  FA.3M.8.3 Analyze the instrumental makeup of various folk dances. MU:Pr4.2.3a
  FA.3M.8.4 Plan and perform a folk dance with an improvisatory section. MU:Cr1.1.3a
  FA.3M.8.5 Identify and describe the historical function of mixer dances. MU:Pr4.2.3c

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Plan, Perform, Analyze

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