Music | K-4
K-4 Music Lead
Sarah Schwartz
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Program Mission:
Through inclusive, high quality, student-centered musical instruction,
the Ladue School District provides inviting and engaging musical communities that
deepen the human experience and create the foundation for lifelong engagement with music.
Kindergarten
Pitch
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High and low sounds
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Contour of melody
- Sing a variety of melodies through echos, call and response, alone, and with a group
Beat and Rhythm
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Identify beat
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Move and play a steady beat
Timbre
- Speaking, whispering, calling, and singing voices
- Identify classroom instruments by sight and sound
- For example: woods, metals, shakers, scrapes, drums
Form
- Music is organized into phrases
- Phrases can be same or different
- Show different sections of the music
- For example: Movement to AB or ABA form
Expression
- Loud and quiet
- Fast and slow
Cultural & Historical Context
- Experience and perform the music of people, places, and cultures around the world
- Music for holidays and special days
- Make connections between the arts: music, visual arts, dance, theater, literature
- Repertoire including varied musical genres, patriotic, folk, seasonal, spirituals, lullabies, nursery rhymes
Instrument Technique
- Identify and play unpitched and pitched instruments
- Identify and play barred percussion instruments
Listen
- Listen and respond to varied musical excerpts
- Appropriate audience etiquette during a performance
Create
- Create movements that reflect varied musical selections
- Create Sound Effects
- For example: wind, rain, animals
Musical Lexicon
- Echo, Sing, Speak, Whisper, Shout/Call, Beat, High & Low, Loud & Quiet, Fast & Slow, Same & Different, Wood, Metal, Shake, Scrape, Dance, Move, March, Tiptoe, Gallop, Clap, Tap, Pat, Stomp, Hop, Jump
Grade 1
Pitch
- Show high, medium, and low sounds
- Melodies go up, down, or stay the same
- Sing a variety of melodies through echos, call and response, alone, and with a group
- Exposure to the pitches so, mi, la
Beat and Rhythm
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Identify beat and no beat
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Move and play a steady beat
- Read the rhythms: (musical notes: quarter note, beamed eighth notes, and an eighth rest).
Timbre
- Speaking, whispering, calling, and singing voices
- Identify classroom instruments by sight and sound
- For example: woods, metals, shakers, scrapes, drums
Form
- Show phrases through movement
- Phrases can be same or different
- Show different sections of music
- For example: Movement to AB or ABA form, Verse-Refrain
Expression
- Loud and quiet
- Fast and slow
- Detached (separated) and connected (smooth)
Cultural & Historical Context
- Experience and perform the music of people, places, and cultures around the world
- Music for holidays and special days
- Make connections between the arts: music, visual arts, dance, theater, literature
- Repertoire including varied musical genres, patriotic, folk, seasonal, spirituals, lullabies, nursery rhymes
Instrument Technique
- Identify and play unpitched and pitched instruments
- Identify and play barred percussion instruments
Listen
- Listen and respond to varied musical excerpts
- Appropriate audience etiquette during a performance
Create
- Create movements that reflect varied musical selections
- Create Sound Effects
- For example: wind, rain, animals
- Create simple rhythmic patterns
Musical Lexicon
- Rhythm, Same & Different, Up & Down, Beat & No Beat Smooth & Separated, Long & Short
*The lexicon is cumulative and builds on previous knowledge. This section only reflects new vocabulary.
Grade 2
Pitch
- Show high, medium, and low sounds
- Melodies go up, down, or stay the same
- Sing a variety of melodies through echos, call and response, alone, and with a group
- Exposure to pitches do, re, mi, so, la
Beat and Rhythm
- Move to show beats in groups of 2, 3, 4
- Identify when there is a beat and no beat
- Tell when sounds are held for more than one beat
- Read the rhythms: (Musical notes: quarter, beamed eighths, eighth rest, quarter note with tie, and half note.)
Timbre
- Use and identify speaking, whispering, calling, and singing voices
- Identify classroom instruments by sight and sound
- Introduction to woodwind, brass, percussion, string instruments
Form
- Experience AB, ABA, rondo, verse-refrain
- Show phrases and tell if phrases are the same or different
- Show different sections of the music
Expression
- p f
- Adagio, Andante, Allegro
- Detached (separated) and connected (smooth)
- Make connections with music and emotions
Cultural & Historical Context
- Experience and perform the music of people, places, and cultures around the world
- Music for holidays and special days
- Make connections between the arts: music, visual arts, dance, theater, literature
- Repertoire including varied musical genres, patriotic, folk, seasonal, spirituals
Instrument Technique
- Identify and play unpitched and pitched instruments
- Identify and play barred percussion instruments
Listen
- Listen and respond to varied musical excerpts
- Appropriate audience etiquette during a performance
Create
- Create movements that reflect varied musical selections
- Create Sound Effects
- For example: wind, rain, animals
- Create rhythm patterns, melodies, and verses for songs, stories, or poems
Musical Lexicon
- Repeat, Ostinato, Piano, Forte, Dynamics, Tempo, Head Voice, Chest Voice
*The lexicon is cumulative and builds on previous knowledge. This section only reflects new vocabulary.
Grade 3
Pitch
- Sing a variety of melodies through echos, call and response, alone, and with a group
- Explore do, re, mi, fa, so, la, do'
Beat and Rhythm
- Move to show beats in groups of 2, 3, 4
- Read the rhythms: (Musical notes and rests including quarter, eighth, dotted, sixteenth, and half notes.)
Timbre
- Identify and classify instruments by sight and sound
- Describe the families of instruments in the orchestra: woodwind, brass, strings, percussion
Form
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Define and use repeat signs
- Experience ABA, ABBA, rondo, theme and variations, verse-refrain, phrases
Expression
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Experience/perform the following symbols: pp p f ff
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Crescendo, Diminuendo
- Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Presto
- Staccato and Legato
Cultural & Historical Context
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Experience and perform the music of people, places, and cultures around the world
- Music for holidays and special days
- Make connections between the arts: music, visual arts, dance, theater, literature
- Repertoire including varied musical genres, patriotic, folk, seasonal, spirituals
Instrument Technique
- Identify and play unpitched and pitched instruments
- Identify and play barred percussion instruments
Listen
- Common Experience - 3rd Grade Field Trip to Powell Hall to hear the SLSO perform
- Listen and respond to varied musical excerpts
- Appropriate audience etiquette during a performance
Create
- Create movements that reflect varied musical selections
- Create Sound Effects
- For example: wind, rain, animals
- Create rhythm patterns, melodies, and verses for songs, stories, or poems
Musical Lexicon
- Canon, Timbre, Form, Composer, Conductor, Concertmaster, Instrument Family, Unison
*The lexicon is cumulative and builds on previous knowledge. This section only reflects new vocabulary.
Grade 4
Pitch
- Explore notes with letter names on a treble clef staff
- Sing a variety of melodies through echos, call and response, alone, and with a group
- Explore do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do'
Beat and Rhythm
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Move to show beats in groups of 2, 3, 4
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Experience music in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
- Read the rhythms: (Musical notes: quarter, eighths, half, rests, dotted quarter, sixteenths, whole/tied half.)
Timbre
- Identify and classify instruments by sight and sound
- Describe the families of instruments in the orchestra: woodwind, brass, strings, percussion
Form
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Describe phrases
- Define and use repeat signs
- Experience ABA, ABBA, rondo, theme and variations, verse-refrain, 1st and 2nd endings
Expression
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Experience/perform the following symbols: pp p mp mf f ff
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Crescendo, Diminuendo
- Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Presto, Prestissimo, Fermata
- Staccato, Legato, and Accent
Cultural & Historical Context
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Experience and perform the music of people, places, and cultures around the world
- Music for holidays and special days
- Make connections between the arts: music, visual arts, dance, theater, literature
- Repertoire including varied musical genres, patriotic, folk, spirituals
Instrument Technique
- Identify and play unpitched and pitched instruments
- Identify and play barred percussion instruments
Listen
- Listen and respond to varied musical excerpts
- Appropriate audience etiquette during a performance
Create
- Create movements that reflect varied musical selections
- Create Sound Effects
- For example: wind, rain, animals
- Create rhythm patterns, melodies, and verses for songs, stories, or poems
Musical Lexicon
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Solo, Strings, Choir, Band, Musical Theater, Measures, Line, Space, Barline, Double Barline, Time Signature, Step, Skip, Leap
*The lexicon is cumulative and builds on previous knowledge. This section only reflects new vocabulary.