Unit 4 — Connecting
Description
Students will aesthetically, and expressively relate to music based on their interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to create a meaningful performance. Students will celebrate the lives and music of various musicians through various genres of music as well as Music History. Some Specific Genres Include: Jazz, Hip-Hop, Spiritual, Classical, Ragtime, Rap. Awareness will be brought to Climate Change through chosen songs and performances.
Essential Questions
- How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?
- How do the other arts, other disciplines, contexts, and daily life inform creating, performing, and responding to music?
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills related to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music. (1.3A.8.Cn10a)
- Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life. (1.3A.8.Cn11a)
- Through creating media artworks, make meaning by investigating and developing an awareness of culture and experiences.
- Interconnect musical learning with personal experience and other disciplines.
Supplemental Resources
- Instruments (flutes, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones)
- Chord charts
- Tablature
- Promethean board
- Vocal and instrumental scores
- Sheet music
Music - Connecting
Students apply mathematical reasoning and patterns when creating rhythmic sequences, analyzing musical structures, and understanding proportional relationships in compositions and performances.
Students investigate scientific principles related to sound, acoustics, and the physics of musical instruments while exploring awareness of climate change through selected songs and performances.
Students develop communication skills through discussion, written reflection on musical choices, analysis of song lyrics and historical context, and presentation of creative musical ideas.
Students explore diverse cultural perspectives through music history, celebrate various musical genres including Jazz, Hip-Hop, Spirituals, Classical, Ragtime, and Rap, and analyze the historical and cultural contexts that shape musical expression.
Students may encounter and perform music from diverse cultural and linguistic traditions, building appreciation for global artistic expressions.
Students develop fine and gross motor skills through instrument manipulation, hand-eye coordination, and physical stamina required for band instrument performance.
Formative Assessments
- Group Work
- Projects
- Discussion
- Question and Answer
- Teacher Observation
- Skill Testing
Summative Assessment
Through creating media artworks, students make meaning by investigating and developing an awareness of culture and experiences.
Benchmark Assessment
Benchmark assessments as outlined in district assessment resources.
Alternative Assessment
Alternative assessments as outlined in district assessment resources.
IEP (Individualized Education Program)
Modifications and accommodations listed in an IEP will take priority for each individual student instruction. Suggested modifications are included in curriculum guides for all types of learners.
Section 504
Modifications and accommodations listed in a 504 plan will take priority for each individual student instruction.
ELL / MLL
Suggested accommodations and modifications provided; specific plans take priority.
At Risk (RTI)
Suggested accommodations and modifications provided; specific plans take priority.
Gifted & Talented
Suggested accommodations and modifications provided for G&T learners.