General+Music+(3rd+Grade)


 * National Standards of Music Education (MENC):** http://musiced.nafme.org/resources/national-standards-for-music-education/
 * Indiana Standards of Music Education (3rd Grade):** http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/standards/fine-arts-dance-music-theatre-visual-arts/2010_in_music_standards.pdf


 * Recurring Lessons:** //Below lessons are used throughout the year in short (2-3 minutes each) sessions, depending on the activity.//
 * 1) Explore Religious and Seasonal Music with movement as is appropriate to the school year: **Standards: (MENC 1,4,9; IN 3.1; 3.4; 3.9)**
 * 2) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html - Poetry & music about seasons, special days, and various other topics. Students are to improvise on tunes as well. **Standards: (MENC 1,4,9; IN 3.1; 3.4; 3.9)**
 * 3) Rhythm Games: I will clap rhythms and students will echo the pattern given. **Standards: (MENC 5; IN 3.5)**
 * 4) Simple Solfege Drills: Focus on stepping up and down. Drills will expand into moderate leaps as well. **Standards: (MENC 5; IN 3.5)**
 * 5) Drawing what they hear: Periodically, students will be asked to use crayons to color the feelings that they have as they listen to music. **Standards (MENC 8; IN 3.8)**
 * 6) "Porridge game". Students will be given a sample measure and be asked to identify if the measure is too large, too small, or just right. **Standards (MENC 5; IN 3.5)**
 * 7) Students will begin exploring pitch and rhythmic patterns, correct technique, and a unified sound on Orff instruments. **Standards (MENC 2,3; IN 3.2 & 3.3)**

__**Assignment**:__ Students will be given a participation grade based on their singing in class.
 * Lesson 1 - [[file:Nursery.pdf|Nursery Rhymes]]:**
 * Standards: (MENC 1/2; IN 3.1 & 3.2)**
 * Objectives:** Students will sing songs from the above list in class as well as play various percussion instruments. Students will demonstrate memorization, show improved tone quality and diction, movement, and singing a cappella, and following a director's cue.

__**Assignment:**__ Students will be given a participation grade based on their singing in class.
 * Lesson 2 - [[file:Campfire.pdf|Campfire Songs]]:**
 * Standards: (MENC 1/2; IN 3.1 & 3.2)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will sing songs from the above list in class as well as play various percussion instruments. Students will demonstrate memorization, show improved tone quality and diction, movement, and singing a cappella, and following a director's cue.//

__**Assignment:**__ Students will be given a participation grade based on their singing in class.
 * Lesson 3 - [[file:American Folk Song .pdf|American Folk Songs]]:**
 * Standards: (MENC 1/2; IN 3.1 & 3.2)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will sing songs from the above list in class as well as play various percussion instruments. Students will demonstrate memorization, show improved tone quality and diction, movement, and singing a cappella, and following a director's cue.//

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 * Lesson 4A - Music of other cultures**
 * Standards: (MENC 9; IN 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will become familiar with music of foreign cultures.//
 * **Chinese Music**
 * **African Music**
 * **African Dance**
 * Lesson 4B - Jazz in America**


 * (7:50 - 37:10)**



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 * [|Henry Ford and his employment of African-Americans]**

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 * Lesson 5 - Folk Dances**
 * Standards: (MENC 9; IN 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will become familiar with different forms of folk dances.//

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 * Lesson 6 - Music Basics:**
 * Standards: (MENC 5; IN 3.5)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will be familiar with musical staffs, clefs, measures, simplified time signatures, pitch, duration, and notes. New expectations include dotted notes/rests, music notation, and solfege practice.//

**Standards: (MENC 5; IN 2.5)** **Objectives:** //Students will be familiar with the layout of an orchestra//
 * Lesson 7 -** **Music Basics (Part 2):**
 * __Assignment__:** //Students will complete this mission in class. A grade will be given for participation.//


 * Lesson 8 - Musical Solfege:** [|Solfege Practice]
 * Standards: (MENC 1/3/5; IN 3.1/3.3/3.5)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will practice using solfege with the above guide. Students will practice with steps and move to leaps.//
 * __Assignment__:** //Students will practice solfege in class and receive an in-class grade.//

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 * Lesson 9 - Musical Canon:**
 * Standards: (MENC 1/6; IN 3.1/3.6)**
 * Objective:** //Students will learn to sing in a variety of songs in a three part round. We will also use rhythmic instruments to create a unique ostinato.//

- Theme and Variations tutorial (Simple Gifts - Aaron Copland) **Standards: (MENC 1,3,4,6; IN 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6)** **Objectives:** //Students will demonstrate the ability to sing a melody. Students will then improvise unique variations to the melody and identify which one (melodic, rhythmic, tonal, harmonic, ornamentation, style, or instrumental).//
 * Lesson 10 - Theme and Variation:**http://www.erikscull.com/musicformtutorials.php#home

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//Students will comprehend the structure of how a Rondo is formed. Students will also be able to identify AB and ABA form.//
 * Lesson 11 - Rondo Form:** http://www.erikscull.com/musicformtutorials.php#home
 * Standards: (MENC 6; IN 3.6)**

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 * Lesson 12 - The Woodwind Family:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6; IN 3.6)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify Woodwind instruments by sight and sound.//

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 * Flutes:**

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 * Clarinets:**

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 * Saxophones:**


 * Lesson 13 - The Brass Family:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6; IN 3.6)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify Brass instruments by sight and sound.//

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 * Lesson 14 - The String Family:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6; IN 3.6)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify String instruments by sight and sound.//



2. Hens and Roosters (1:58) 3. Wild Donkeys/Quick Animals (2:42) 4. Tortoises (3:22) 5. The Elephant (5:24) 6. Kangaroos (6:55) 7. Aquarium Animals (7:51) 8. Characters with long ears (9:58) 9. The Cuckoo in the woods (10:35) 10. Aviary (large building for birds) (12:40) 11. Pianists (13:52) 12. Fossils (15:15) 13. The Swan (16:41) 14. Finale (19:40) || http://www.welbourneprimary.com/Links/Music/Saintsaens/Carnivalofanimals.htm
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 * Lesson 15 - The Percussion Family:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6; IN 3.6)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify Percussion instruments by sight and sound.//

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 * Lesson 16 - Patriotic Music:** http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/patriotic/
 * Standards: (MENC 1,2,7,9; IN 3.1, 3.2, 3.7, 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will become familiar with Patriotic Music. Students will also move around the classroom with percussion instruments.//
 * Assignment:** //Students will be assessed with their in class participation of singing given patriotic music.//

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 * Lesson 17 - Renaissance Music:** http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7,9; IN 3.6, 3.7, 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify and study various Renaissance Instruments//

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 * Lesson 18 - Baroque Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7,9; IN 3.6, 3.7, 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify and study various Baroque Music//

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart.aspx - W.A. Mozart http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/ludwig-van-beethoven.aspx - L.V. Beethoven http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/joseph-haydn.aspx - J. Haydn http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/swf/beethoven/beethoven-full
 * Lesson 19 - Classical Music:** http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids/opera/index.asp
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7,9; IN 3.6, 3.7, 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify and study various Classical Music. Students will also learn the basics of how an opera is put together through the story of Hansel and Gretel.//

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 * Lesson 20 - Romantic Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7,9; IN 3.6, 3.7, 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify and study various Romantic Music//

__The Mother Goose Suite__

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 * 1. __Sleeping Beauty__**

//Music: Maurice Ravel's "Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty" (pavane = solemn dance)// media type="youtube" key="AzG-v85XvH0" width="560" height="315" // Questions: //

1. What part of Sleeping Beauty does the music describe? 2. Which colors are highlighted by the artist? 3. What feeling do you get when you see Sleeping Beauty? Describe why.

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 * 2. __Tom__ __Thumb__ **

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1. What emotion is found in this video? 2. Would you go on your own to make a lot of money? 3. If you were the father, would you have let Tom go?

__**3. Little Ugly One, Empress of the Pagodas**__ // [|Story] //

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1. How has the emotion changed in the music? 2. How is this story like Sleeping Beauty? 3. How is this story like Beauty & the Beast? 4. How does this story speak to the fact that we are all God's children, uniquely and beautifully created by Him?

//Story//
 * 4. __Beauty & the Beast__**

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//Questions:// 1. Describe the music change when Beast enters. 2. Why is Beauty crying? 3. Describe the emotions shown as they interact. Is Belle happy? 4. Describe the power of the music stopping.


 * 5.** __**The Fairy Garden**__

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 * Lesson 21 - 20th Century Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7,9; IN 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will identify and study various 20th Century Music//

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[] - A rubric for listening to music
 * Lesson 22 - Evaluating Wind Ensemble Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7; IN 3.6, 3.7)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will listen to various recordings of the same piece. They will then compare and contrast what they heard.//
 * Assignment:** //Students will be given in class participation grades.//

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[] - A rubric for listening to music
 * Lesson 23 - Evaluating Choral Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7; IN 3.6, 3.7)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will listen to various recordings of the same piece. They will then compare and contrast what they heard.//
 * Assignment:** //Students will be given in class participation grades.//

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[] - A rubric for listening to music =The Entertainer: Scott Joplin= //Sample 1: Andrea Sola// media type="custom" key="26255626" //Sample 2: Luke Vellotti; Math Prodigy and Chess Expert// media type="custom" key="26255644" //Sample 3: Scott Joplin himself (1902)// media type="custom" key="26255658"
 * Lesson 24 - Evaluating Piano Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 6,7; IN 3.6, 3.7)**
 * Objectives:** //Students will listen to various recordings of the same piece. They will then compare and contrast what they heard.//
 * Assignment:** //Students will be given in class participation grades.//

//Students will be introduced to writing music with technological resources (Finale Music).//
 * Lesson 25 - MIDI Music:**
 * Standards: (MENC 4; IN 3.4)**
 * Assignment:** There will be no assignment with this lesson.