Elementary Music Grade 2
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Number of Credits
1
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Estimated Completion Time
2 Semesters
Description
Second-grade students will embark on a musical journey where they develop critical listening skills and learn to recognize and describe different elements of music. They will explore how music has played a vital role in various cultures and historical periods, understanding its power to tell stories and convey emotions across different societies. Through interactive activities, they will develop foundational performance skills, such as singing and playing simple instruments, while improving coordination and creativity.
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Segment One
- Elements of music
- Introduction to music
- Active listening
- Music classroom and performance behaviors
- Rhythm
- Steady beat
- Strong beat and weak beat
- Meters of 2, 3, and 4
- Half note and half rest
- Improvisation
- Rhythmic ostinato
- Introduction of the musical staff
- Treble clef
- Melodic direction
- Pentatonic scale
- Solfege
- Iconic notation
- Singing technique
- Melodic ostinato
- Dynamics
- Forte, piano, fortissimo, and pianissimo
- Crescendo and descrescendo
- Staccato and legato
- Accent marks
- Describing dynamic changes
- Dynamics create mood
- Tempo
- Allegro, largo, presto, and andante
- What is a metronome?
- Describing tempo changes
- Tempo creates mood
Segment Two
- Form
- Active listening
- Comparing patterns in songs aurally
- Comparing patterns in songs visually
- Identify the form
- AB, ABA, ABCA, and Rondo
- Playing songs with form changes
- Playing songs from memory
- Verse, chorus, and repeat
- Call and response
- Echo
- Phrasing
- Singing songs with form changes
- Singing songs from memory
- Timbre
- Orchestra families
- What is percussion?
- Unpitched percussion instruments
- Classifying percussion instruments
- Brass instruments
- Accompanied vs. unaccompanied
- Solo vs. ensemble
- How the voice works
- Vocal technique
- Adult and child voices
- Music in celebrations
- Music around the world
- Compare and contrast versions of familiar songs
- Composed music and folk music
- John Philip Sousa
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Baroque period
- Forming and sharing opinions about music
- Evaluating performances
- Role of musicians in the community
- Role of music in daily life
- Improvisation
- Creating a musical performance to accompany a story
- Collaboration
Students will need the following materials: printer, cell phone or scanner, headset or earbuds, notebook, pen, pencils, erasers, scissors, coloring materials (markers, crayons, colored pencils), glue, tape, stapler, ruler, printer paper, lined paper, colored-paper, and general household objects for activities.
Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple-choice questions, writing assignments, projects, oral assessments, and discussions. Core courses will use the state-approved grading scale and Special Area courses will use an S or U grading scale.