Music Curriculum

5th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will analyze the musical traditions of the world and will explore the connections between music, art, and composition.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.5M.7 Students will improvise and compose, using standard notation, including various ostinati and borduns using a variety of classroom instruments.

Pacing  

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Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  FA.5M.7.1 Identify and perform proper technique for playing a stringed instrument with 4 strings. MU:Pr6.1.5a
  FA.5M.7.2 Create and compose a 4-8 bar ukulele melody through plucking. MU:Cr.1.1.5b, MU:Cr2.1.5b
  FA.5M.7.3 Create and compose a 4-8 bar ukulele melody through chords.

MU:Cr.1.1.5b, MU:Cr2.1.5b

MU:Pr4.2.5b

  FA.5M.7.4 Identify and perform proper technique for playing non-percussion classroom instruments (e.g. alto recorder, ukulele, guitar) MU:Pr6.1.5a, MU:Pr4.1.5a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Create, Perform, Compose

Content Vocabulary: Ukulele, Chords, Plucking, Strumming, Stringed, Non-percussion, Melody