Grade Level Overview Charts

Fifth Grade Music
2019—2020
Trimester 3 : Creating
Trimester 1: Responding Trimester 2 : Performing
Unit 1 Musical Math & Meter
Unit 1: American History Music Unit 1: American Folk Songs
Learning Targets: I can…
Learning Targets: I can… and Dances
 Create rhythmic measures in 4/4, 3/4,
 Sing and play a variety of Learning Targets: I can… and 6/8 meter
songs from our historical past  Sing and dance a variety of  Use a variety of notes and rests in
American folk songs those measures
 Attend a Dubuque Symphony
performance and explain how  Perform a variety of American Unit 2: Treble Clef & Ledger Line
these songs help to tell our Folk dances Note Names
American story.
 Accept feedback and make Learning Targets: I can…
Unit 2: Responding to Music changes to improve perfor-  Identify notes on the treble staff
mance
Learning Targets: I can…  Identify notes that use ledger lines
Unit 2 All Grade Performance above and below the staff
 Create a listening map for
“Yankee Doodle.” Learning Targets: I can…  Read the notes of the treble staff
while playing an instrument
 Listen to variations of “Yankee  Perform music in a concert set-
Doodle” selecting one that I ting with performance and au- Unit 3: Composing
prefer, and describe why I like dience etiquette Learning Targets: I can…
that version using musical ele-
 Self-evaluate, making changes  Create 4 melodic or rhythmic phrases in
ments such as dynamics and 4/4, or 3/4 and 6/8
to my performance
tempo.
 Compose an 8 measure melody or rhythm
 Analyze and interpret the Unit 3: World Drumming line in 4/4 or 3/4 and 6/8
meaning of a song.  Create rhythmic ideas on the  Review and accept feedback from a part-
 Perform the dance for tubano/djembe drums. ner, making changes
“Yankee Doodle.”  Perform a variety of patterns  Perform my 8 measure melody or rhythm

accurately
 Analyze and evaluate my using standard notation.
Unit 4: Ukulele
singing of “Yankee Doodle.”  Self-evaluate to make changes
to performance Learning Targets: I can…
 Review and identify the parts of the uku-

lele.
 Play a variety of chords to accompany

songs.
 Perform a variety of strums using proper

technique.
 Learn how to tune the ukulele (e-tune or

basic)
Fourth Grade Music
2019—2020
Trimester 1 : Responding) Trimester 2: Performing

Trimester 3: Creating
Unit 1: Dynamics and Tempo Unit 1: Folk Songs & Dances
Unit 1: Treble Clef Names
Learning Targets: I can… Learning Targets: I can…
 Identify and demonstrate the  Sing a variety of folk songs
dynamic level of a piece of  Identify the notes of the
music, using correct music vo-  Perform a variety of folk songs treble staff
cabulary  Accept feedback and make  Read the notes while
 Identify and demonstrate the changes to improve perfor- playing a pitch instrument
tempo of a piece of music, mance
Unit 2: Composing
using correct music vocabulary Unit 2 All Grade Performance
 Unit 2: Responding to Mu- Learning Targets: I can…
 Create 4 melodic or
sic
 Perform music in a concert set- rhythmic phrases
Learning Targets: I can… ting with performance and au-
 Compose an 8 measure
dience etiquette
 Complete a listening map for melody or rhythm line
a piece of music  Self-evaluate, making changes
 Accept feedback from a
to my performance
 Listen to variations of a piece partner
of music, selecting one that I Unit 3: Exploring World Music
 Review feedback and
prefer and describe why I like
Learning Targets: I can… make changes
that version
 Sing a variety of winter holiday  Perform my 8 measure
 Analyze and interpret the
songs from around the world melody or rhythm accu-
meaning of a song
rately
 Demonstrate my knowledge  Explain the country of origin for
of form through movement each song
Unit 3: Ukulele
 Unit 3: Recorder Playing
 Review and identify the parts
Learning Targets: I can… of the ukulele.
 Learn to play B, A, G , high C and  Play a variety of chords to
high D on the recorder
accompany songs.
 Play songs musically on the re-
 Perform a variety of strums
corder with expression, using cor-
rect dynamics, tempos, articula-
using proper technique.
tion and phrasing  Learn how to tune the ukule-
 Follow a printed piece of music le (e-tune or basic)
from beginning to end
Third Grade Music
2019—2020
Trimester 3 : Creating
Trimester 1 :Responding Trimester 2 : Performing Unit 1: All Grade Perfor-
Unit 1: Dynamics/Tempos Unit 1: Musical Mapping mance
 Perform music in a concert setting
 Identify and demonstrate the  Use Boomwhackers and/or with performance and audience
dynamic level of a piece of mu- Recorders to perform a song etiquette
sic, using correct music vocabu- that uses musical road map-  Self-evaluate, making changes to
lary ping signals my performance
 Identify and demonstrate the  Identify the symbols used Unit 2: Musical Math & Meters
tempo of a piece of music, using
 Choose a song to sing and/or Learning Targets: I can…
correct music vocabulary
play following the musical  Create combinations of notes/rests
Unit 2: Orchestral Instruments road maps to equal certain values
Learning Targets: I can…  Self-evaluate, make changes  Create measures of rhythms, using
a variety of notes/rests
 Name instruments in each of the Unit 2: Why This Song?
 Create measures of music in a
4 orchestral families by sight and variety of musical time signatures
sound
 Listen to one of the Arts Trek Unit 3: Composing
 Attend a DSO performance us-
songs and explain why this Learning Targets: I can…
ing proper audience etiquette
song was appropriate for this  Write 6 measures of rhythms using
Unit 3: Responding to Music type of performance a variety of notes/rests
Learning Targets: I can…  Select a concert setting and  Create a 6 measure pentatonic
create a list of songs that composition, using my rhythmic
 Complete a visual thinking chart measures
would be appropriate for this
for a piece of music
setting  Organize my composition into
 Listen to variations of a piece of Rondo form
Unit 3: Folk Dancing
music, selecting one that I prefer,  Review and accept partner feed-
and describe why I like that ver- Learning Targets: I can… back , making changes
sion.  Perform my 6 measure composi-
 Perform a variety of folk
tion accurately on a pitched instru-
 Explain how the musical ele- dances.
ment
ments were effective in creating
the mood of the piece. Unit 4: Composing

 Use/explain my movements to
demonstrate tempo, articula-  Compose new lyrics to a song by a
tion, and mood changes in a Dubuque composer
piece of music  Explain why the music of a Dubu-

que composer tells the story of
our city’s history
Second Grade Music
2019—2020
Opera
Trimester 1 : Responding Trimester 2 : Performing Trimester 3 : Creating
Unit 1: Dynamics Unit 1: Round and Round We Go Unit 1: Steps, Leaps, Repeats
Learning Targets: I can… Learning Targets: I can… Learning Targets: I can…
 Aurally identify loud/soft in  Sing my part in a round  Demonstrate the difference
singing between notes that step, leap
 Perform a variety of rounds
or repeat.
 Demonstrate different dy-
 Review feedback and make
namic levels in my singing and Unit 2: What’s Opera Doc?
changes to my performance
playing
Unit 2: What Am I?
Unit 2: Tempo  Aurally distinguish between un-
Learning Targets: I can… ions, harmony and accompani-
ment
 Perform a variety of game songs
 Aurally identify the tempo of
 Explain the difference between
a piece of music, using correct  Perform a variety of dances
stage plays, musicals, and operas
music vocabulary
 Perform a variety o lullabies  Perform in a class opera, being a
 Demonstrate different tempos contributing member of the en-
 Perform a variety of music from
in my singing and/or playing. semble.
different genres
Unit 3: Responding to Music  Choose one song to perform, pre- Unit 3: Let’s compose
Learning Targets: I can… sent song and make changes for Learning Targets: I can…
improvement
 Complete a visual thinking  Write 4 measures of rhythms,
chart for a piece of music Unit 3: Road Mapping using a variety of notes/rests
 Listen to variations of a piece Learning Targets: I can…  Make an 8 measure rhythm
of music, selecting one that I line, using my phrases
 Find the verse and refrain of a
prefer, and describe why I like
song  Organize my composition into
that version
 Sing a song that includes verse ABA form
 Explain how the musical ele-
and refrain  Perform my 8 measure
ments are effective in creating
Unit 4: All Grade Performance
rhythm accurately on body
the mood of the piece
percussion and/or non-pitched
 Use/explain my movements to Learning Targets: I can… percussion instruments
demonstrate tempo, articula-  Perform music in a concert setting
tion, and mood changes in a using correct performance and audi-
piece of music ence etiquette
 Self-evaluate, make changes
First Grade Music
2019—2020
Trimester 1 : Responding Trimester 2 : Performing Trimester 3 : Creating
Unit 1: Ready to Make Music Unit 1: Performing Music Unit 1: Creating patterns in Mu-
Learning Targets: I can… sic
 Be a leader in a “Call/Response” Learning Targets: I can…
 Enter Music Room quietly,
following teacher directions song  Create an AB movement piece
 Show respect to people, materi-  Hold a musical rhythmic conversa-  Create an AB pattern
als, and instruments tion with a partner

 Participate in music class activi-  Review feedback and make chang-
ties es to my performance Unit 2: Creating Rhythms
 Use a singing voice Learning Targets: I can…
Unit 2: World Music
Unit 2: Feel the Beat  Create a variety of 4 beat
rhythms
 Sing a variety of songs from around
 Keep the beat using body per-  Play my rhythms on body per-
the world.
cussion or instruments cussion and/or instruments
 Explain the country of origin for
 Walk to the beat of a song each song and purpose Unit 3: Creating a Rhythmic
 Demonstrate different tempos Composition
 Play a variety of singing games
and changes in tempo Learning Targets: I can…
from around the world.
Unit 3: All Grade Performance  Create four, 4 beat measures
Unit 3: Folk Dancing
Learning Targets: I can… using quarter notes/rests and
Learning Targets: I can… beamed eighth notes
 Perform music in a concert set-
ting using correct performance  Demonstrate 3 different folk dances  Organize those measures into an
and audience etiquette AB piece
 Self-evaluate, make changes each folk dance and purpose  Perform my composition using
Unit 4: Experiencing Music  Perform for an audience body percussion or instruments

 Demonstrate the contour of a
melody showing higher/lower
 Demonstrate the dynamics in a
piece of music
 Identify the difference when
hearing child vs. adult voices,
group vs. solo singing, and in-
strumental vs. vocal music
 Choose a contour song to sing,
Kindergarten Music
2019-2020
Trimester 1 : Responding Trimester 3 : Creating

Trimester 2 : Performing
Unit 1: Ready for Music Class Unit 1: Exploring Patterns
Unit 1: Experiencing Performance
 Enter Music Room quietly  Find patterns in everyday life
 Match pitch with leader by echo
 Follow teacher directions singing  Find the pattern in a song
 Participate in music class  Echo clap a variety of rhythms  Create a pattern using body
activities percussion and non-pitched
instruments
 Use the “Resting Position” for
Unit 2; Exploring World Music
instruments Unit 2: Exploring Form
 Be respectful to instruments Learning Targets: I can…
 Sing a variety of winter holiday
 Use a singing voice  Show AB form through move-
songs from around the world
 Use pictures to sequence a ment
story  Create a movement piece in
each song
AB form
Unit 2: Exploring Music
Unit 3: Exploring Our 4 Voices
Learning Targets: I can… Unit 3: Exploring Notation
 Demonstrate loud/soft Learning Targets: I can...
 Demonstrate differences in singing,
 Demonstrate fast/slow  Read rhythm patterns left to
talking, whispering and calling
right
 Demonstrate same/different voices.
 Use quarter notes/rests and
 Choose body percussion and/  Hear and recognize the difference
beamed eighth notes to create
or instruments for sound stories in the 4 voices
an 8 beat rhythm pattern
Unit 3: Experiencing Music
Learning Targets: I can… Unit 4: Exploring Nursery Rhymes
Unit 4: All Grade Performance
 Demonstrate skipping, gallop- Learning Targets: I can…
ing, walking and tip-toeing  Sing/recite a variety of Nursery
 Perform music in a concert set-
 Walk to a steady beat ) Rhymes
ting using correct performance
 Choose a singing game to sing,  Add movement/act our the and audience etiquette
explaining why I made this Nursery Rhymes
 Self-evaluate, make changes
choice.

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Fifth Grade Music

“Yankee Doodle.”  Perform a variety of patterns  Perform my 8 measure melody or rhythm

 Review and identify the parts of the uku-

 Play a variety of chords to accompany

 Perform a variety of strums using proper

 Learn how to tune the ukulele (e-tune or

Trimester 1 : Responding) Trimester 2: Performing

Learning Targets: I can…

piece of music  Explain why the music of a Dubu-

Trimester 1 : Responding Trimester 2 : Performing Trimester 3 : Creating

Learning Targets: I can…

Trimester 1 : Responding Trimester 3 : Creating

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