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	Grade 5 Music Overview

What children will study this year:

Pitch - Singing accurate pitches while reading music is emphasized. Students learn the letter names of the lines and spaces on the staff. Performance testing on playing simple melodic patterns accurately on classroom instruments is accomplished.

Reading Music - Students extend ability to identify pitches on the staff and to play them on classroom instruments. Performance testing on reading music by singing and playing instruments will be accomplished. This testing includes identifying:
accurate placement of notation on the music staff for pitch letter names,
number of beats specific notes receive,
treble clef, natural, flat, sharp, meter signature, bar line, measure, rhythmic note and rest names, dynamic markings, form markings for coda (additional ending) and D.C. al Fine (go back to beginning).

Rhythm - Students sing, play instruments, improvise, and read rhythms. Performance testing on playing simple rhythmic patterns accurately on classroom instruments is accomplished.

Harmony - Students sing two-part music. Performance testing for singing rounds and part songs in a group will be accomplished. Testing includes distinguishing between unison and harmony when listening. Performance testing on playing simple harmonic patterns accurately on classroom instruments is accomplished.

Elements of Music - Students continue to analyze how compositions are put together and demonstrate knowledge of expressive qualities in music such as tempo and dynamics. They experience various sounds of instruments, music from many cultures, and various styles of music both vocal and instrumental.

What can you do at home to help:

Have your child share and teach songs to family and friends.
If your child does not have a recorder, purchase one through school or a music store. Set aside a time and location for practicing the recorder. The left hand covers the thumbhole and the top three holes of the recorder. Have your child make up melodies using the recorder.
Review letter names of the lines and spaces on the music staff.
Have your child compose his/her own songs, then sing and play them.
Have a family member or a friend sing part songs with your child.
Listen to music around you. Describe, evaluate, and compare and contrast music with your child. Your child should be able to identify and describe instrument sounds and musical styles, as well as respond to global music.


	PROGRAM AND GRADE LEVEL UNDERSTANDINGS

Program Understandings	K	1	2	3	4	5
I. Artistic Foundations A. Students will understand that there are foundational elements that lead to music literacy	Students will understand that musicians use organized sound in relation to a regulated pulse in order to make music.	Students will understand that musicians use pitch and rhythm , regulated by a pulse, to make music (Pitch: Sol-Mi/Rhythm Q-RY-Q)	Students will understand that musicians use pitch and rhythm, regulated by a pulse, to make music (Pitch: La- Re - Do/Rhythm: Q-Q=H-H-H.) Students will understand that musicians use two or more sounds simultaneously to create harmony. Students will understand that musicians use form in order to organize music.	Students will understand that musicians use pitch and rhythm, regulated by a pulse, to make music (Pitch: Do' - La, - Sol/ Rhythm:simple time DFFG - W - W compound time RTY - Q. - Q. -H.) Students will understand that musicians use two or more sounds simultaneously to create harmony. Students will understand that musicians use form in order to organize music.	Students will understand that musicians use pitch and rhythm , regulated by a pulse, to make music (Pitch: FA-Letter Names / Rhythm: simple time EQ E - RDG - DGY, compound time Q E) Students will understand that musicians use two or more sounds simultaneously to create harmony. Students will understand that musicians use form in order to organize music.	Students will understand that musicians use pitch and rhythm, regulated by a pulse, to make music (Pitch: Ti - Letter Names / Rhythm simple time Q. E - EQ. - R. G compound time EQ) Students will understand that musicians use two or more sounds simultaneously to create harmony. Students will understand that musicians use form in order to organize music.
B. Students will understand that music is a form of communication.	Students will understand that musicians communicate through music.	Students will understand that musicians communicate through music.	Students will understand that musicians communicate meaning and emotion through music.	Students will understand that musicians communicate meaning and emotions through music.	Students will understand that musicians communicate meaning and emotions through the manipulation of musical elements.	Students will understand that musicians communicate meaning and emotions through the manipulation of musical elements.
II. Artistic Process Students will understand that music is an artistic process that is created, performed, and responded to in meaningful ways.	Students will understand that composers create music. Students will understand that musicians perform instrumentally and/or vocally. Music can be described in terms of tempo and dynamics.	Students will understand that effective composers use a process in order to create music. Students will understand that musicians perform instrumentally and/or vocally alone and/or in a group. Students will understand that music can be described in terms of tempo, dynamics, and pitch.	Students will understand that effective composers use a process (sometimes utilizing imitation, improvisation, and notation) in order to create music. Students will understand that musicians perform instrumentally and/or vocally alone and/or in a group upon which practice affects quality. Students will understand that music can be analyzed in terms of tempo, dynamics, pitch, rythm, and form.	Students will understand that effective composers use a process (sometimes utilizing imitation, exploration, improvisation, and notation) in order to create music. Students will understand that musicians perform instrumentally and/or vocally, alone and/or in a group upon which practice affects quality. Students will understand that music can be analyzed in terms of tempo, dynamics, pitch, rhythm, and form.	Students will understand that effective composers use a process (sometimes utilizing imitation, exploration, improvisation, and notation) in order to create music. Students will understand that practice leads to automaticity while singing or playing. Students will understand that musicians perform instrumentally vocally alone and/or in a group upon which practice affects quality, automaticity. Students will understand that music can be analyzed in terms of tempo, dynamics, pitch, rhythm.	Students will understand that effective composers use a process (sometimes utilizing imitation, exploration, improvisation, and notation) in order to create music. Students will understand that practice leads to muscle, visual, and auditory memory, which supports automaticity while singing or playing. Students will understand that music can be analyzed in terms of all the musical elements.
III. Artistic Connections A. Students will understand that there are meaningful connections between music and other aspects of life.	Students will understand that the human body plays an essential role in producing and expressing music.	Students will understand that the human body plays an essential role in producing and expressing music. Students will understand that music, like other disciplines, utilizes patterns.	Students will understand that the human body plays an essential role in producing and expressing music. Students will understand that music, like other disciplines, utilizes patterns and symbolic representation.	Students will understand that the human body plays an essential role in producing and expressing music. Students will understand that music, like other disciplines, utilizes patterns and symbolic representation of sound.	Students will understand that the human body plays an essential role in producing and expressing music. Students will understand that music, like other disciplines, utilizes patterns and symbolic representation of sound.	Students will understand that the human body plays an essential role in producing and expressing music. Students will understand that music, like other disciplines, utilizes patterns and symbolic representation of sound.
B. Students will understand that music expands an individual's understanding of history and culture.	Students will understand that music comes from a variety of people.	Students will understand that music comes from a variety of people.	Students will understand that music comes from a variety of people and places.	Students will understand that there are recognizable differences in music from a variety of times, people, and places.	Students will understand that there are recognizable differences in music from a variety of times, people, and places.	Students will understand that there are recognizable differences in music from a variety of times, people, and places.