LONG TERM PLANS

							                            LONG TERM PLANS
                     K-5 GENERAL MUSIC CURRICULUM
                                 Scope and Sequence
                                       Scope:
                                     Sequence:
                            Melody
         Movement
                           Harmony
         Singing
                           Rhythm
         Listening
                                              Form
                                           Performing

                                        Improvisation
                                                                          Composing

                                                      Literacy

                                              Playing Instruments

                                              Technology
                                    Year Long Planning
                                        Subject to Change
Grade        Quarter 1                  Quarter 2            Quarter 3           Quarter 4
Level:

Kinder       Fast/Slow             Winter Concert          Steady Beat             Form AB
 and 1
                 tempo                   Loud/Soft            Step/Skip     Melody/Harmony

              High/Low                   dynamics                Melody         Xylophones
                sounds                 Happy./Sad       Playing Rhythm        writing 4 beat
                                                           Instruments              rhythms
         Singing/move                        mood     movement/singing       Spring Concert
                 ment
             Speaking                  Note Value                            Playing Rhythm
                                                                                Instruments
             Tortoise &       quarter,eighth, rests
                   Hare
         Carnival of the          Playing rhythm
               Animals               instruments
            Hello Song         Movement/Singing
                Playing
               Rhythm
             instruments
           Writing simple
                 rhythms




2 and 3         Loud/Soft            Winter Concert    Dynamic Ranges         Spring Concert
           Call/Response            Playing Rhythm      Playing rhythm        playing rhythm
                                       Instruments         instruments           instruments
             Form-Verse,                Xylophones          Xylophones            xylophones
                    Chorus
            writing simple         Rhythm notation     Rhythm Notation       rhythm notation
                  rhythms
              note values         Movement/Singing    Movement/Singing     movement/singing
                    eighth,                           3rd- Peter and the      2 part singing
            quarter, rests                                          Wolf
          singing/movem                                      Instrument
                        ent                                     Families
                      Body
                Percussion
               Instrument
                   families
                Hello Song
          The Whump-Dr
                     Suess


4 and 5              Body            Winter Concert   Singing/movement        Spring Concert
               percussion
               Hello Song           Playing Rhythm       playing rhythm       playing rhythm
                                       Instruments          instruments          instruments
          4 beat rhythms                Xylophones    4 part drumming/            xylophones
                                                            instruments
              Composing,      2 and 4 part drumming          xylophones      rhythm notation
                  playing
                   eighth,         Rhythm notation      rhythm notation      eighth, quarter,
            quarter, half,                                                 half, whole notes,
                     rests                                                              rests
              note values             Music Theory           composers            composers
                     Music        Movement/Singing         music history        music histroy
              Technology
           Call/Response
             Steady Beat
                  Rhythm
                 Notation
                  Singing
               Technique
                  Playing
                  Rhythm
             Instruments
Movement/
   Singing