2nd Grade
Songs, Activities, and Musical Concepts the students worked on this year are:
- Fall Concert on November 2, 2017 it was called, "Spooktacular Concert"
- The students did a unit on the Opera, "Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
1. Rhythm: quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest, whole rest, Time signatures, Rhythmic Patterns, Rhythmic Dictation 2. Melody: Do, Re, Mi, Sol and La writing melodic dictations and listening for melodic patterns 3. Form: Ostinatato, Coda 1st and 2nd Ending, Repeats, AB, ABA, Listening Maps 4. Timbre: Basic instruments, voice Timbre, length & size affects pitch 5. Harmony: perform ostinato patterns with a melody, 2 or more parts 6. 6. Expression - Dynamics, (p, mp,F, mf,) tempo, (fast and slow) texture 7. Styles: March, lullaby, waltz, polka
Assessments: 1. Rhythm: Identify correct rhythms and create rhythms,
2. Tempo: Fast and Slow
3. Form: AB and ABA
4. Timbre: Identify Instrument Families and Instruments
A few songs include: Hiccup Buttercup, Let's Go Fly A Kite, Doggie, Doggie, Holiday Songs, Vocal Exploration, Riddle Ree, We're All Gonna Shine Tonight, Zip a Dee Doo Dah, Old Dan Tucker, Shoo Fly,
Resources: Game Plan, Silver Burdett, "Making Music" , White Board Music Module 1, The Singing Classroom, Music K-8, Music Express, Computer Music Ace
Instruments used: Drums, Triangle, Bells, Boomwhackers, Tambourines, Finger Cymbals, Keyboards, Maracas, Tone Block, Xylophones, Sound Drums, Bells
- Helpful Music Sites:
- Music K-8 Kids Music Express