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WINTERS ELEMENTARY PERFORMING ARTS

At Waggoner Elementary School, music education is based upon interactive, collaborative, and kinesthetic (movement) based activities that develop the core skills of musicianship.  Through the focus on expressive and creative skills students are provided with the tools for a lifelong appreciation of music.

 

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MUSIC INSTRUCTION OVERVIEW

 

Kindergarten-Second Grade Areas of Emphasis

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Making Music with Singing and Playing

  1. California Standards Addressed

    1. 1.2 Identify and describe basic elements of music (e.g. high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft, beat)

    2. 2.1 Use the singing voice to echo short melodic patterns

    3. 2.2 Sing age appropriate songs from memory awareness of beat, tempo, dynamics, and melodic direction

    4. 2.3 Play instruments and move or verbalize to demonstrate awareness of beat, tempo, dynamics, and melodic direction

    5. 3.2 Sing and play simple singing games from various cultures

  2. Essential Questions:

    1. How can I make music with music with my friends?

    2. How does music make me feel?

    3. How can I use my body to move with the music

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Learning the Written Language of Music

  1. California Standards Addressed

    1. 1.1 Use icons or invented symbols to represent beat

    2. 1.2 Identify and describe basic elements of music (e.g. high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft, beat

  2. Essential Questions:

    1. How can symbols help us know what music sounds like?

    2. What kind of symbols can we use to show the way music sounds?

 

Learning About Music in Our community and World

  1. California Standards Addressed

    1. 1.2 Identify and describe basic elements of music (e.g. high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft, beat)

    2. 2.2 Sing age appropriate songs from memory awareness of beat, tempo, dynamics, and melodic direction

    3. 3.1 Identify the various uses of music in daily experiences

    4. 3.2 Sing and play simple singing games from various cultures

    5. 4.2 Identify, talk about, sing or play music written for specific purposes (e.g. lullaby)

  2. Essential Questions:

    1. How is music used in our lives?

    2. How do we use music at school?

    3. What does making music teach me about being in a community?

    4. How do we use music to celebrate?

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Expressing Ideas and Feelings Through Music

  1. California Standards Addressed

    1. 1.2 Identify and describe basic elements in music (e.g. high/low, loud/soft, beat)

    2. 2.3 Play instruments and move or verbalize to demonstrate awareness of beat, tempo, dynamics, and melodic direction

    3. Create accompaniments, using the voice or a variety of classroom instruments

    4. 4.1 Create movements that correspond to specific music.

    5. 5.1 Use music, together with dance, theatre and visual arts for storytelling

  2. Essential Questions:

    1. How does music help tell a story?

    2. How can we reason and move to music to help tell a story?

    3. How can music be combined with other art forms (dance, theatre and visual arts) to tell a story?

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