Pacing Guide/Core Content Tracking
Course: 6th Grade Beginning Band
Fall Semester(Beginning Students meet with 2nd year after Christmas)
Unit / Big Idea and Skills and concepts / Guiding Question or I Can Statement/s / Core Content & Program Of Studies / Literacy Standards / Type of Assessments / Target Completion Date1 / Preparing to Play / I can understand basic notation reading to prepare to play my instrument. / AH-06-4.1.5 Students will sing or play alone and sustain own part in an ensemble, a given piece of music with increasingly complex melodies and rhythmic patterns in treble and bass clef (with practice).
Academic Expectations
1.14Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music.
2.22Students create works of art and make presentations to convey a point of view.
2.25In the products they make and the performances they present, students show that they understand how time, place, and society influence the arts and humanities such as languages, literature, and history.
POS:
AH-6-PA-S-Mu2
Students will use knowledge of musical elements to create and perform music in an expressive manner
AH68-PA-S-Mu3
Students will sing or play alone, and sustain own part in an ensemble, a given piece of music with increasingly complex melodies and rhythmic patterns in treble and bass clef (with practice) / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative - multiple group performances, flash cards Summative - Perform basic rhythms from sheet / Fri., Aug. 21
2 / Wind Instrument Fundamentals / I can learn how to have proper posture and breathing for my instrument.
I can assemble my instrument and hold it correctly.
I can develop the correct embouchure for my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – multiple performance objectives observed
Summative –
Demonstration of characteristic embouchure/posture/breathing / Fri., Aug. 28
3 / 1st 3 notes (F, Eb, D) / I can perform the first 3 notes on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – multiple performance objectives observed
Summative –
Exercise from pg. 4 in Essential Elements 2000 / Thu., Sept. 3
4 / Next 2 notes (C, Bb) / I can perform 5 notes on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 5 in Essential Elements 2000 / Thu., Sept. 10
5 / Review Pitches; Half Note, Half Rest / I can perform the first 5 notes on my instrument using quarter notes/rests and half notes/rests. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 6 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Sept 18
6 / Key Signature, Time Signature, Mixed Rhythms, Concert G / I can understand how key signatures and time signatures work.
I can count mixed rhythms.
I can perform Concert G on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 7 or 8 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Sept. 25
7 / Low Concert A; pick-up notes; Dynamics / I can perform low Concert A on my instrument.
I can understand and perform pick-up notes on my instrument.
I can understand how to follow Italian terms for loudness. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 9 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Sept. 27
8 / Eighth Notes / I can count and perform 8th notes on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 10 in Essential Elements 2000 / Thu., Oct. 1
9 / Low Concert G; tempo markings / I can perform low Concert G on my instrument.
I can understand Italian terms for speed. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 11 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Oct. 16
10 / Low Concert F; dotted half note / I can perform low concert F on my instrument.
I can count and perform the dotted half note. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 14 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Oct. 23
11 / ¾ Time; Concert Ab / I can understand how to count in ¾ time.
I can perform Concert Ab (both octaves) on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 15-16 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Oct. 30
12 / Concert Bb / I can perform Concert Bb on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 15-16 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Nov. 7
13 / Concert E nat. / I can perform Concert E natural on my instrument. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Exercise from pg. 15-16 in Essential Elements 2000 / Fri., Nov. 13
14 / Clarinet – Over Break; Christmas Concert Prep / Clarinets – I can successfully perform over the break.
I can prepare music for a successful performance at our Christmas Concert. / AH-06.4.1.5
POS Performing music in an expressive manner, Performing in an ensemble
For details, see unit 1 / Standard 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases [or musical symbols] as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to music. / Formative – ongoing group performances, formative exercises in book
Summative – Christmas Concert / Fri., Dec. 11