Elementary Music

Elementary Music is taught based on grade level. We strive to have each of our students successfully complete the following during each grade level:

Kindergarten:

• Beat
• Voice
• Rhythm
• Pitch
• Melody
• Meter
• Learn Instrument Families
• Dynamics
• Duration

First Grade:

• Beat
• Meter
• Rhythm
• Voice
• Lines and Spaces
• Melody
• Notes and Rests
• Tempo
• Dynamics

Second Grade:

• Beat
• Meter
• Rhythm
• Singing
• Melody
• The Baroque Period
• Notes and Rests
• Dynamics
• Composing
• Form

Third Grade:

• Rhythm
• Singing- Rounds and Canons
• Melody
• The Classical Period
• Notes and Rests
• Dynamics
• Musical Alphabet
• Styles- Blues
• Tempo
• Chords and Harmony
• Form

Fourth Grade:

• Rhythm
• Singing
• Style-Patriotic
• Melody-Major and Minor
• Chords and Harmony
• Duration
• Notation
• The Romantic Period
• Dynamics
• Instruments-Orchestral and Concert Band, Fretted

Students in K-4 music classes will be graded based on four standards: Create, Perform, Respond, and Connect.

These standards are drawn from the Core Music Standards (PreK to Grade 8 General Music) created by the National Association for Music Education. More information about the Core Music Standards can be found here

They also correspond to the new Wisconsin Standards for Music (General Strand), more information here