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.6 Students will sing accurately on sol and mi and explore and demonstrate various elements of music and movement (e.g. musical patterns, same/different, moving in a self-space, moving in a circle), , through the performance and analysis of classroom songs.

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Standard(s)

  FA.KM.6.1 Sing a simple question and answer sing with the teacher on sol-mi. MU:Pr6.1.Ka
  FA.KM.6.2 Identify and perform sol and mi in standard notation with Curwen hand signs and on instruments. MU:Pr6.1.Ka
  FA.KM.6.3 Identify which phrases in a song are the same and different, and use movement and iconic notation to differentiate. MU:Cr.1.1Ka, MU.Cr.4.2.Ka
  FA.KM.6.4 Describe ways to find personal space in a classroom and to move safely around the space, individually and in a circle.

PE:19.A.1a,

PE:19.B.1a

  FA.KM.6.5 Engage in a group song activity using sol and mi and demonstrating appropriate movement behavior. MU:Pr6.1.Ka

Academic Vocabulary:  Sing, Identify, Describe, Engage

Content Vocabulary: Sol-Mi, Hand Signs, Iconic Notation