Music

Music Scope and Sequence at Genesee Hill

Concepts are introduced and accessed at this grade and are reinforced in succeeding grades.

K – Demonstrates steady beat
1 – Identifies and performs: Long/Short sounds, sound/silence. Quarter note/rest, paired eighth notes
2 – Identifies and performs: Quarter note & rest, paired eighth notes, half note & rest, barline, double barline & repeat sign
3 – Creates rhythms using quarter, paired eighth, half, dotted half and whole notes and rests in duple and triple meter
4 – Creates rhythms using eighth, quarter, half, dotted half, whole, 4 sixteenth notes and rests
5 – Demonstrates and identifie: ti-ta, ta-ti, ti-tick-a, tick-a-ti and dotted quarter note

K – Differentiates between high/low
1 – Illustrates, identifies, and differentiates between pitches that move up/down/same. Sol-La-Mi-Do
2 – Illustrates, identifies, and differentiates between steps and leaps: Do-Re-Mi-Sol-La
3 – Reads, Creates and Performs melodic phrases using steps, leaps, and repeated notes
4 – Uses a strategy to recognize and identify line and space notes on the treble staff
5 – Identifies notation on a Treble Clef Staff (C-A)

K – Differentiates between speaking, singing, whispering, and calling voices
1 – Identifies Wood, Metal, and Skin Timbres
2 – Identifies different Non-Pitched instruments by name
3 – Categorizes Non-Pitched instruments
4 – Visually and aurally identifies orchestral instrument families
5 – Demonstrates unison & harmony through performance with a group vocally or instrumentally