THIRD GRADE
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Unit 1 - Rhythm (August - September)
-Sing songs that include quarter notes, quarter rests, barred sixteenth notes, barred eighth notes, half notes and whole notes.
-Read rhythm patterns that include quarter notes, quarter rests, barred sixteenth notes, barred eighth notes, half notes and whole notes.
-Recognize, read and sing syncopated rhythm patterns.
-Compose a 16 beat using all known notes.
-Play rhythm patterns on instruments.
-Introduce meter in 2, 3 and 4.
Songs: Gypsy in the Moonlight, Alligator Pie, Ding Dong, Golden Ring Around the Susan Girl, Old Dan Tucker, Au Clair de la Luna, Never Smile at a Crocodile, and Turn the Glasses Over.
Standards: 1, 2, 3 and 5 (See standards tab for description.)
Unit 2 - Melody (October - December)
Move to show the melodic direction of a song. Trace the melodic direction. Define the word "accompaniment." Play an accompaniment pattern on rhythm instruments. Aurally determine vocal timbre of a Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass. Decipher between solo and ensemble singing excerpts. Sing new songs using Solfege syllables. Read and play the Pentatonic scale. Write a four measure Solfege composition using the Pentatonic scale.
Songs: Au Claire de la Luna, I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down, Make New Friends, Ding Dong Diggidiggidong, Old Man Mosie, Hop Up My Ladies, and Ida Red.
Standards: 1, 2, 4 and 10 (See standards tab for description.)
Unit 3 - Movement and Musical Expression (January - February)
Move to show the dynamics and tempo for musical selections.
Describe the mood and timbre of musical selections.
Recognize legato and staccato articulation markings.
Perform choreographed and non-choreographed movements.
Create movement maps for listening songs.
Perform line dances.
Perform single circle dances.
Perform double circle dances.
Create movement with props.
Songs in the Unit: Choo Choo Joubert, Supercalifragilisticexpialadosious, Bamboula, Gavotte, Alabama Gal, Old Dan Tucker, I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down, Draw Me a Bucket of Water, Gypsy in the Moonlight and Waltzing with Bears.
Standards: 1, 6 and 10 (See standards tab for description.)
Unit 4 - Instruments and Musical Form (March - May)
Review the instruments of the string family.
Introduce arco and pizzacato as string instrument techniques.
Introduce fold instruments....how they are played and what they sound like.
Research folk instruments and complete a project.
Sing and distinguish between the call and response sections of a song.
Sing and distinguish between the verse and refrain of a song.
Recognize the form of a song....Binary and Ternary
Introduce Rondo form.
Introduce and perform partner songs.
Perform a round.
Songs in the Unit: John Kanaka, Old Texas, Old Dan Tucker, Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious, Mud, Draw Me a Bucket, Bananas and Cream, This Old Man, Make New Friends, and A Ram Sam Sam.
Standards: 1, 2, 6 and 10 (See standards tab for description.)
In 3rd grade, students have the opportunity to play an instrument all year long!
This year, 3rd graders will be playing the recorder. Students will learn how to
properly hold, play and clean the recorder. We will also learn how to read and
play the following notes: B,A,G,C,D.
Recorder songs taught this year: Hot Cross Buns, Joy to the World, Au Claire de la Lune, Rockin’ Robin, Indian Chant, Tea BAG Tango, Just A and B, Shake it Off, and Zigeunerpolka.
Typically, we loan out a school-owned recorder to each child. These recorders have gone through two sanitizing procedures to make sure that germs are not passed along from student to student. However, we understand if you’d like to send in a store-bought recorder for your child instead. Please purchase your child's recorder from a music store. The Dollar Store, Wal-Mart and Target recorders don't hold up well and are typically out of tune.
Music Standards Covered: M3GM.2c, M3GM.3a, M3GM.6g
3rd Grade Music Benchmarks:
1. Sings, plays, and demonstrates the hand signs for low Sol, low La, Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La, and high Do.
2. Understands and recognizes melodic direction.
3. Performs melodic patterns on instruments.
4. Reads and sings the lyrics for simple songs with increased pitch accuracy.
5. Responds to simple ear training and tonal memory.
6. Recognizes and explains G A B on the treble staff.
7. Recognizes the pentatonic scale.
8. Reads, performs, and improvises accompaniment patterns on chordal instruments.
9. Recognizes chordal instrumentations and chordal instruments such as the autoharp, guitar, ukulele, and banjo.
10. Identifies and sings simple multiple part songs such as partner songs, canons, and rounds.
11. Moves to, performs, sings, plays, reads, and creates rhythm patterns by ear and notation.
12. Distinguishes between duple and triple meter and recognizes time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4.
13. Reads, performs, and notates the following: quarter note/rest, beamed eighth notes, beamed sixteenth notes, half
note/rest, tied quarter notes, single eighth note, dotted half note, whole note/rest.
14. Distinguishes between repeating and contrasting sections.
15. Recognizes and explains AB, ABA, AABA, and rondo forms.
16. Sings songs with multiple stanzas.
17. Participates in singing rounds and canons.
18. Recognizes classroom, folk, orchestral, and electronic instruments by sight and sound.
19. Recognizes the four families of orchestral instruments.
20. Describes various environmental sounds.
21. Identifies the members of the string family.
22. Demonstrates an understanding of music in relation to history and culture.
23. Describes relationships between music, arts, and other disciplines.
24. Performs easy folk dances.
25. Sings easy folk songs in native tongue and in a foreign language.
26. Identifies and demonstrates contrasts in music: loud/soft and fast/slow.
27. Participates in song stories, singing games, action songs, and musical dramatizations.
28. Moves expressively to music.
29. Creates new text to familiar songs.
30. Creates and performs simple accompaniments to songs, poems, and stories.
31. Evaluates music and performances.
32. Demonstrates appropriate music vocabulary.
33. Responds to music in a variety of styles through listening, analyzing, describing, moving, singing, and playing instruments.
34. Performs simple body percussion exercises.
35.Creates movements to music while being sensitive to tempo and style of music.
36. Recognizes and moves to musical phrases.
37. Identifies dynamic markings: f and p.
38. Describes personal responses to listening selections.
1. Sings, plays, and demonstrates the hand signs for low Sol, low La, Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La, and high Do.
2. Understands and recognizes melodic direction.
3. Performs melodic patterns on instruments.
4. Reads and sings the lyrics for simple songs with increased pitch accuracy.
5. Responds to simple ear training and tonal memory.
6. Recognizes and explains G A B on the treble staff.
7. Recognizes the pentatonic scale.
8. Reads, performs, and improvises accompaniment patterns on chordal instruments.
9. Recognizes chordal instrumentations and chordal instruments such as the autoharp, guitar, ukulele, and banjo.
10. Identifies and sings simple multiple part songs such as partner songs, canons, and rounds.
11. Moves to, performs, sings, plays, reads, and creates rhythm patterns by ear and notation.
12. Distinguishes between duple and triple meter and recognizes time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4.
13. Reads, performs, and notates the following: quarter note/rest, beamed eighth notes, beamed sixteenth notes, half
note/rest, tied quarter notes, single eighth note, dotted half note, whole note/rest.
14. Distinguishes between repeating and contrasting sections.
15. Recognizes and explains AB, ABA, AABA, and rondo forms.
16. Sings songs with multiple stanzas.
17. Participates in singing rounds and canons.
18. Recognizes classroom, folk, orchestral, and electronic instruments by sight and sound.
19. Recognizes the four families of orchestral instruments.
20. Describes various environmental sounds.
21. Identifies the members of the string family.
22. Demonstrates an understanding of music in relation to history and culture.
23. Describes relationships between music, arts, and other disciplines.
24. Performs easy folk dances.
25. Sings easy folk songs in native tongue and in a foreign language.
26. Identifies and demonstrates contrasts in music: loud/soft and fast/slow.
27. Participates in song stories, singing games, action songs, and musical dramatizations.
28. Moves expressively to music.
29. Creates new text to familiar songs.
30. Creates and performs simple accompaniments to songs, poems, and stories.
31. Evaluates music and performances.
32. Demonstrates appropriate music vocabulary.
33. Responds to music in a variety of styles through listening, analyzing, describing, moving, singing, and playing instruments.
34. Performs simple body percussion exercises.
35.Creates movements to music while being sensitive to tempo and style of music.
36. Recognizes and moves to musical phrases.
37. Identifies dynamic markings: f and p.
38. Describes personal responses to listening selections.