​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
Musical Concepts include: 
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