Year Long Plan

Year Long Plan

Grade: 2nd Subject: Music Teacher: J. Rhoades

August/September
Unit – Music is Mine to Share / October
Unit – Let’s Play the Day Away / November/December
Christmas Program Preparation / January
Unit – Take a New Path
Expressive Qualities
-Recognize beat at different tempos
Tone Color
-Identify & use speaking & singing voices
Duration
-Identify beat & no beat
-Identify rhythm of the words
-Identify quarter & 2 8th notes
Pitch
-Identify higher & lower pitches
-Identify & use mi, so, la
-Identify pitch
Design
-Perform accompaniment
Cultural Context
-Experience & recognize music from diverse cultures / Expressive Qualities
-Show recognition of loud (f) and soft (p)
Tone Color
-Sing & “sizzle” a song
Duration
-Move with beat
-Read patterns with quarter note, 2 8ths, and quarter rest
-Walk, gallop, trot & jump to a song
Pitch
-Identify do, mi, so
Design
(none)
Cultural Context
-Hear and sing songs from diverse cultures / Expressive Qualities
-Identify f and p in songs and sing as indicated
Tone Color
-Develop good singing habits
Duration
-Play beat and rhythm accompaniments
Pitch
-Identify do, mi, so patterns in songs
Design
-Identify verse-refrain form
Cultural Context
-Recognize cultural context of songs performed / Expressive Qualities
-Identify crescendo and decrescendo
Tone Color
-Identify 4 unpitched instrument families
Duration
-Identify half note
-Alternate between 2 1-beat movements and 1-2-beat movement
Pitch
-Use do, mi, so, la
Design
-Identify repeat sign
Cultural Context
-Hear and sing songs from diverse cultures
February
(continuation of January) / March
Unit – The Sky’s the Limit / April
(continuation of March) / May
Unit – Accent on Surprise
Expressive Qualities
-same
Tone Color
-same
Duration
-same
Pitch
-same
Design
-same
Cultural Context
-same / Expressive Qualities
-Identify crescendo and decrescendo
Tone Color
-Identify 4 unpitched instrument families
Duration
-Identify and play half notes
Pitch
-Identify re
Design
-Identify ostinato
Cultural Context
-Hear and sing songs from diverse cultures / Expressive Qualities
-same
Tone Color
-same
Duration
-same
Pitch
-same
Design
-same
Cultural Context
-same / Expressive Qualities
-Distinguish between loud & soft
-Identify accents
Tone Color
-Recognize trumpet, trombone, French horn, & tuba
Duration
-Identify equal & unequal sounds to a beat
Pitch
-Maintain do, re, mi, so, la
Design
-Recognize imitation
Cultural Context
-Hear and sing songs from diverse cultures