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.5 | Students will make connections between literature and music and between personal emotions and music, and will select personal music to fit with a work of literature. | ||
Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
FA.KM.5.1 | Describe different emotions after reading a book or other piece of literature. | MU:Cn.11.0.Ka | |
FA.KM.5.2 | Create movements to accompany teacher-selected music for each emotion. | MU:Cr.2.1.Ka | |
FA.KM.5.3 | Discuss what kinds of events might lead to feeling each emotion. | MU:Cn10.0.Ka | |
FA.KM.5.4 | Analyze why each piece of music fits with each emotion, citing stylistic musical elements. | MU:Re7.1.Ka | |
FA.KM.5.5 | Choose music that might also fit into some of the emotion categories. | MU:Re.9.1.Kb |
Academic Vocabulary: Describe, Create, Discuss, Analyze |
Content Vocabulary: Emotion, Stylistic musical elements |