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
- 1.3A.8.Cn10a: Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills related to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
- 1.3A.8.Cn11a: Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
Supplemental Resources
- Ukuleles
- Chord charts
- Tablature
- Promethean board
- Vocal and instrumental scores
- Sheet music
Music - Connecting
Students engage in collaborative discussions about music, develop and present arguments about musical selections, and use written communication to analyze and interpret musical works across all units.
Students apply mathematical thinking to understand rhythm patterns, tempo relationships, and proportional structures in musical compositions and performances.
Students explore the physics of sound waves and acoustic properties of instruments through inquiry-based learning and investigation.
Students learn about diverse music histories and genres reflecting various cultures, historical periods, and societies, including jazz, hip-hop, spirituals, classical, ragtime, and rap traditions.
Students engage with music from diverse cultural and linguistic traditions and develop appreciation for global musical perspectives.
Formative Assessments
- Group Work
- Projects
- Discussion
- Question and Answer
- Teacher Observation
- Skill Testing
Summative Assessment
Using cultural experiences to develop musical connections and use personal experiences to create final compositions of music.
Benchmark Assessment
Group Work, Projects, Discussion, Question and Answer, Teacher Observation, Skill Testing
Alternative Assessment
Group Work, Projects, Discussion, Question and Answer, Teacher Observation, Skill Testing
IEP (Individualized Education Program)
Modifications and accommodations listed in an IEP will take priority for each individual student instruction.
Section 504
Modifications and accommodations are suggested for all types of learners. Specific student accommodations listed in a 504 plan will take priority.
ELL / MLL
Modifications and accommodations are suggested for all types of learners including ELL students.
At Risk (RTI)
Modifications and accommodations are suggested for all types of learners including At Risk students.
Gifted & Talented
Modifications and accommodations are suggested for all types of learners including Gifted and Talented students.