5th Grade Intermediate Orchestra

Month / Content and Essential Questions / Skills / Assessment / Resources
August / Class expectations
Instrument care, accessories
Tone production / Understand Elementary Orchestra Handbook, Practice Logs
Developed Skills: Identify proper position of bow & instrument; Produce sound using pizzicato & bow; Demonstrate fingering accuracy / Contract signed by parents & students
Purchase of all necessary items, instrument condition check
Rote playing in class / Orchestra Handbook
Teacher handouts developed from “Essential Elements 2000 for Orchestra”
E.E. 2000 (any song as review)
September / Tonalzation of keys D, G, & C (Standards 1 & 2)
Music Theory (Standards: 1 & 2) / Developed Skills: Identifyplay notes of D, G, & C Major scales using all low 2 finger patterns; Cellos & basses play using 2nd finger; Basses shift to II1/2 position
Developed skills: Demonstrate rhythm reading accuracy, note reading accuracy, staccato stroke, hooked bowing, detache stroke, counting, intonation accuracy, string crossings, and slurs; Recognize music staff, bar line, measure notes, rests, clef, time signature, double bar, accidentals, down & up bows, measure numbers, harmony, chords, tempo markings, key signatures, repeat signs, tie upbeat, D.C. al Fine, half steps, whole steps, chromatics, theme & variations, duet, solo, staccato, hooked bowings, dynamics, quarter note, eighth note, half note, whole note, dotted half note / Perform pieces, pages 2-5
Music Terms Bingo, written test on music terminology / Essential Elements for Strings, Book 2 pages 2-5
Teacher materials adapted from E.E. 2000
October / Tonalization of keys D, G, & C Major
Music Theory (Standards; 1 & 2)
Music History (Standards; 5) / Developed skills: Identify play notes of D, G, & C Major scales using all strings
Introduced skills: Defineplay scale interval, arpeggio, dunamics, ritadarido, Allegretto, Andante, Allegro, eighth rest, single eighth notes, and upbeats; Definepractice intonation.
Introduced skills: Discuss Jesse James / Playing tests, pages 2-7
Music Theory “baseball”
Play song #26 in E.E. Book 2 / E.E. Book 2, pgs. 2-7
E.E. Book 2 pages 2-7
E.E. Book 2
November / Sight reading (Standards; 1 & 2)
Music Theory (Standards;1 & 2)
Music History (Standards; 5)
Tonalization of keys, D, G, & C Major (Standards; 1 & 2) / Introduced skills: Play a musical selection for the first time.
Introduced skills: Define; sight reading, STARS(sharps, or flats, time signature, accidentals, rhythm, signs), dotted quarter note, fermata, Andantino.
Introduced skills: Summarize a Chorale
Developed skills: Demonstrate notes from the keys of D, G, & C Major scales using all strings / Sight reading challenge, page 7
Written Test
Listen to several Chorales from 1400’s
#27-36 / #27, 28, 29 in E.E. Bk. 2 page 7, Teacher written resources
E.E. Book 2, pages 7-8
E.E. Bk. 2, pg. 9; #35
E.E. Bk. 2, pg 7-9
December / Performance (Standards; 1, 2, 4, 5)
Music Theory (Standards; 2) / Developed skills: Perform pieces in keys of G, D, & C Major
Reinforced skills: Identify terminology introduced Aug.-present / Concert
Written Semester Final / E.E. Bk. 2; pgs. 2-9
Teacher resources developed using E.E. Bk. 2
January / Music Theory (Standards; 1, 2)
Tonalization of F Major (Standards; 1 & 2)
Music History (Standard; 5) / Reinforced skills: Identify & illustrate Legato, e (Italian term), Key change, melody, and harmony, B flat. F Major, concerto, & STARS
Introduced skills: Play lower octave F Major scale including B on G string; Bass play ½ position F on E string; sight read in F Major
Introduced skills: Explore concerto & Korean Music / Music bingo, playing tests on #40-56
Playing testson #40-56
Class discussion / E.E. Bk. 2; pgs. 9-12
E.E. Bk. 2; pgs. 9-12
E.E. Bk. 2; pgs. 10&13
February / Tonalization of F Major (Standards; 1 & 2)
Music Theory (Standards; 1 & 2) / Developed skills: Play middle octave of F Major scale including low 1st finger pattern (B & F) for violins, violas, and cellos; Basses demonstrate 2nd finger(B) on G string
Introduced skills: Identifyplay Moderato & Lento / Playing test, songs, 57-67
Same as above / E.E. Book 2, pg. 14-15
March / Music History (Standard;5)
Music Theory (Standard;2)
Tonalization of d minor (Standards;1 & 2) / Introduced skills: Compare/Contrast Mahler & Holst
Introduced skills: Examine the minor scale
Introduced skills: Play lower octave of d minor scale, perform pieces in d minor / Listening to excerpts,
Class participation, class reading, worksheet,
Playing test, sings 68-72 / E.E. Book 2, pg. 16-17
E.E. Book 2, pg 16
E.E. Book 2, pg 16-17
April / Tonalization of A Major (Standards;1 & 2)
Music Theory (I;1, 2) / Introduced skills: Identifyplay C# (high 3rd finger violin/viola on G string, forward extension on G for cellos)
Identifyplay G#(same but on D string) Violins & basses identify G# on E string (high 2 for violins, 4 fingers for basses)
Introduced skills: Identifyapply a tempo, meter changes, cantabile / Playing tests, songs 73-97
Class discussion, playing test (&3-97) / E.E. Book 2, pages 18-23
E.E. Book 2 pages 18-22
May / Performance (Standards; 1, 2, 4, & 5) / Perform pieces in D, G, C, A, & F Major and d minor / Concert / E.E. Book 2 pages 1-23