Call and Response Songs
Students explore call and response songs through singing.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Form, Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Responding
Musical Patterns
Students identify musical form through movement.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Form
Artistic Process: Performing, Responding
Telling a Story with Music
Students use pitch to explore the characters in a story.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Form, Pitch
Artistic Process: Performing, Responding, Connecting
Exploring the Sounds Around Us
Students listen to and describe sounds.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Form, Dynamics, Articulation
Artistic Process: Responding, Connecting
Melodic Phrases
Students explore phrases in poetry and in song.
Grade: 1st
Concept: Form
Artistic Process: Performing, Responding
Composing in Simple and Compound Meters
Students compose and notate short rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 meters across multiple class periods.
Grade: 3rd
Concept: Rhythm & Meter, Form
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating
Musical Mapping
Students explore first and second endings by singing and moving.
Grade: 3rd
Concept: Form
Artistic Process: Responding
Quartet Chief
Students form quartets to explore roles in an ensemble.
Grade: 4th
Concept: Form
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Improvising with Brazilian Samba
Students use samba rhythms and percussion to improvise in rondo form.
Grade: 5th
Concept: Rhythm & Meter, Form
Artistic Process: Responding, Connecting
Theme and Variation
Students explore different ways to change a simple sentence and melody to understand the concept of theme and variation.
Grade: 5th
Concept: Form
Artistic Process: Creating, Responding
