Grade 2 Music

• Unit 1.1 - Reading & Writing

The student will read and demonstrate understanding of simple rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notations. (simple notation, including: quarter note/rest, eighth notes (paired), sixteenth-notes, (i.e., four sounds on a beat), half note/rest )

The student will read and demonstrate understanding of simple patterns in meters of 2 and 3.

The student will read and demonstrate understanding of simple patterns of pitch using solfege (e.g., so-mi, la-so-mi, mi-re-do, la-so-mi-re-do).

• Unit 1.2 - Performing

The student will sing alone and/or with others a varied repertoire of music chosen from diverse cultures, including unison songs and patterns with musical accuracy.

The student will play songs and/or ostinatos using classroom instruments and body percussion.

• Unit 2.1- Recognize and Describe Cultural Influence in Music

The student will use personal vocabulary to describe voices and instruments from diverse cultures.

The student will recognize and discuss music representing various cultures.

• Unit 2.2- Music’s Connection to Other Disciplines

The student will identify ways other disciplines are related to music using personal vocabulary, movement, or singing/playing.

• Unit 3.1- Improvising

The student will improvise songs to accompany play activities.

The student will improvise rhythmic patterns to accompany song.

• Unit 3.2- Pitch, Rhythm, and Timbre

The student will identify and describe basic musical elements of pitch and rhythm in selected pieces of music.

The student will identifying simple musical forms.

The student will identifying individual timbres of instruments and voices in a variety of music.

• Unit 3.3- Vocabulary, Movement and Drawing to Describe Music

The student will use age appropriate music vocabulary to critique music.

The student will use purposeful movement and drawings to demonstrate an awareness of the aesthetic qualities evoked by music