Music

GOAL: LISTEN TO AND DISCRIMINATE DIFFERENCES IN SOUND  

GOAL: IMITATE AND PRODUCE SOUNDS

GOAL: LISTEN TO AND SING SONGS

GOAL: LISTEN TO AND MOVE TO MUSIC OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PERIODS  

Identify the direction from which a sound originates.

Listen to and identify environmental sounds.

Listen to pairs of sounds that are either identical or grossly different and indicate whether they are the same or different.

Listen to pairs of sounds that are either identical or slightly different and indicate whether they are the same or different.

Indicate the number of sounds heard (up to four sounds).

Identify family members or friends by their voice alone.

Listen to environmental sounds presented sequentially as a “sound story” and describe the events in the context in which they are occurring.

Identify and associate sounds with the objects and instruments (rhythm band, piano and violin) which produce them. 

Identify a selection of music as either vocal or instrumental music.

Vocally or with musical instruments, produce sounds that are loud or soft and long or short according to verbal direction.

Vocally imitate isolated sounds produced by others, approximating intensity, duration and pitch.

Imitate clapping pattern sequences of no more than three claps per pattern.

Imitate clapping pattern sequences of at least four claps per pattern that vary in tempo, number, length of pause between claps, etc.

Use musical instruments or other objects to imitate a sequence of no more than a musical motif of three sounds made by a single instrument or object.

Use musical instruments or other objects to imitate a sequence of three or more sounds made by more than one instrument.

Accompany a story or musical piece by introducing sound effects at the appropriate moment.

Accompany an adult by either clapping or using rhythm instruments to maintain the beat in a chant, song or other musical piece.

Listen to, sing and perform children’s songs and fingerplays with others.

Listen to, sing and perform children’s songs and fingerplays individually or with others.

Sing a musical dialogue in which two or more groups answer one another. 

Sing a round for two or more groups.

Move to music individually, interpreting and modifying movements according to the tempo, intensity and rhythm.

Move to music with a partner or group, performing very simple movements.

Move to music carrying out a sequence of choreographed steps or movements to music.