Download Power Standard: Perform Music State Standard: 906.01.a2, 906.02

 Power Standard: Perform Music
 State Standard:
906.01.a2, 906.02.a1, 906.03.a3
 Concepts:
o Simple melodies on recorder with correct notes
o Ostinati, canons, and partner songs
 Skils:
o Perform simple melodies on the recorder
o Sing & Play ostinati, canons, and partner songs
 Big Ideas:
o Music can be performed on other instruments
o Music has many types of songs that can be performed
 Essential questions:
o What ways can we sing songs in groups?
o How can we make music with other instruments?
 Possible Topics
o Recorders
 Using the series “Recorder Karate” – begin teaching the students the notes of
the recorder and they will earn “belts” as they work through the series
o Sing, “Eagle Song”
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 Power Standard: Music Theory
 State Standard:
904.01.a1, 904.01.a2
 Concepts:
o Combinations of rhythmic patterns
o Piches Fa & Ti
o Terms
 Lento
 Da Capo (D. C.)
 Dal Segno (D. S.)
 Al Fine
 Skills:
o Perform combinations of rhythms
o Sing and identify Fa and Ti
o Identify and apply the music terms
 Lento
 Da Capo (D. C.)
 Dal Segno (D. S.)
 Al Fine
 Big Ideas:
o Music uses rhythms that can be put together in different combinations
o Music uses notes to create music
o Terms used in music give the performer instructions
 Essential questions:
o How are different rhythms combined?
o How do we change music by adding new notes?
o What happens to music if we don’t have guiding terms to help us?
 Possible Topics
o Performing rhythmic combinations
 Have students put together different rhythm cards that make up a 16 beat
rhythm
 Put together as groups and perform for the class
o Show steel drum and talk about different pitches
 Each student plays a rhythm that has been written out on any pitch. Watch a
short video about steel drums at the end of class
o Learn the song “Da Capo” from Plank Road
o Listen and apply various musical terms
 Listen and explain in musical language how to navigate through a musical
selection
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 Power Standard: Music Appreciation
 State Standard:
902.01.a2
 Concepts:
o American music styles
o Music of American Composers
 Skills:
o Identify and perform various American music styles including American Folk Music and
Patriotic Music
o Identify the music of various American Composers
 Big Ideas:
o American music was written by many different composers
o American music does not all sound the same
o American music tells a story of our history
 Essential questions:
o How are American music styles different or the same?
o What story does American music tell?
o Did all American Composers write the same?
 If not, how are they different?
 What separates their music from other composers?
 Possible Topics
o Patriotic music - Rap of the States from Plank Road
 Perform the song with each student having a different state
 Holding it up at the appropriate time
o Sing, “Simple Gifts.”
 Listen to “Appalachian Spring” and identify how many times the tune is played
and how it sounds different each time
o Teach Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” and “Simple Gifts.”
o Draw a musical picture to go with Simple Gifts
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