The students had a wonderful time learning about and playing on a variety of different instruments in the last unit and we used a variety of ways to measure their success in knowledge!

We have since moved onto a new unit for most of our students. All grades except for fifth grade have been learning about FORM in music. The youngest are using two main senses to see and hear differences and similarities in music. As the students get older, they look for patterns and soon are able to identify the form of a piece of music. Please ask your child what they learned in music class this week or the next and you will be engaged in a stimulating conversation!

Kindergarten – Identifying how melodies and rhythms are the same or different.

1st grade – Identifying patterns in short simple songs or speech pieces.

2nd grade – Identifying the FORM of a piece of music.

3rd grade – Identifying and describing the FORM of a familiar song.

4th grade – Singing rounds, canons, and/or partner songs using proper vocal technique while maintaining pitch.

5th grade – Describing jobs associated with various types of concert venues and explaining why live performances are important to the career of the artist.(building on last year’s unit).