Music Curriculum
4th Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will perform on the recorder independently and will compose short works of music on a digital platform. |
Outcomes and Components:
FA.4M.7 | Students will improvise and compose (with standard notation), including various ostinati and borduns using two and three mallets. | ||
Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
FA.4M.7.1 | Identify and perform level and broken borduns on a variety of percussion instruments. | MU:Pr6.1.4a | |
FA.4M.7.2 | Compose and perform a level and a broken bordun on a barred percussion instrument, using standard notation. |
MU:Cr1.1.4b, MU:Cr2.1.4b MU:Pr6.1.4a |
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FA.4M.7.3 | Differentiate between borduns and ostinati, verbally and aurally. | MU:Pr4.1.4b | |
FA.4M.7.4 | Improvise a pentatonic melody over a partner’s bordun. |
MU:Cr1.1.4a, MU:Cr1.1.4b MU:Cr2.1.4a |
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FA.4M.7.5 | Evaluate how classmates’ melodies and borduns fit together, based on teacher-provided guidelines. | MU:Cr3.1.4a |
Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Compose, Perform, Differentiate, Improvise, Evaluate |
Content Vocabulary: Steady Beat, Rhythm, Instruments |