Unit 1 — Creating
Description
Students will be increasingly able to independently use their learning to compose, create and improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns using various sources which could include voices, classroom instruments, and other classroom activities. 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 generate creative ideas?
- How do musicians make creative decisions?
- How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?
Learning Objectives
- 1.3A.8.Cr1a: Generate and improvise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic phrases and harmonic accompaniments within basic forms (e.g., AB, ABA, Theme & Variations) and expanded forms (e.g., introductions, transitions, codas) that convey expressive intent. Explain connection to specific purpose and context (e.g., social, cultural, historical).
- 1.3A.8.Cr2a: Select, organize and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate concepts such as tension and release, unity and variety, balance, and convey expressive intent.
- 1.3A.8.Cr3b: Present the final versions of documented personally and collaboratively created music that demonstrates craftsmanship and originality to others. Apply compositional techniques to achieve unity and variety, tension and release, and balance to convey expressive intent.
Supplemental Resources
- Ukuleles
- Rhythm instruments
- Folk songs
- Interactive games
- Handbells
- Boomwhackers
- Xylophones
- ChromeBooks
Music - Creating
Students apply mathematical thinking through rhythm patterns, beat subdivision, and proportional relationships in musical compositions and performances.
Students engage in speaking and listening through musical discussions, read and interpret musical notation, and write about music analysis and personal musical responses.
Students explore music from diverse cultures and historical periods, understanding how music reflects and shapes cultural values, identity, and historical contexts.
Students learn about sound waves, acoustics, and the physics of musical instruments while understanding climate change themes through selected songs and performances.
Formative Assessments
- Group Work
- Projects
- Discussion
- Question and Answer
- Teacher Observation
- Skill Testing
Summative Assessment
A call and response activity where students hear a melody and play it back with proper intonation and expression (pitch, dynamics, tempo)
Benchmark Assessment
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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.