Music Curriculum

Kindergarten

Course Purpose:

Students will explore the fundamental elements of music physically and aurally on a variety of instruments, and begin to analyze how music is connected to their home, community, and lived experiences.

Outcomes and Components:

 FA.KM.1 Students will keep the steady beat and the rhythm of a known song  on a variety of instruments and verbally and visually be able to differentiate between the two.

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Component Code

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Standard(s)

  FA.KM.1.1 Imitate the teacher’s steady beat on a variety of instruments, including body percussion. MU:Cr.1.1.Ka
  FA.KM.1.2 Model a steady beat for each other on a variety of instruments.

Mu:Cr.1.1.Kb,

MU:Cr3.2.Ka

  FA.KM.1.3 Imitate the teacher’s rhythms on a variety of instruments, including body percussion. MU:Cr.1.1.Ka
  FA.KM.1.4 Model a rhythm for each other on a variety of instruments. MU:Cr1.1.Kb, MU:Cr3.2.Ka
  FA.KM.1.5 Differentiate between rhythm and beat, aurally and visually. MU:Cr7.2.Ka
  FA.KM.1.6 Represent and identify both beat and rhythm visually with iconic notation. MU:Cr7.2.Ka

Academic Vocabulary:  Imitate, Model, Differentiate, Represent, Identify

Content Vocabulary: Steady Beat, Rhythm, Instruments, Iconic Notation