Music 5

Avon Lake City Schools

Curriculum Framework

Music 5

Course Overview:

Building on rhythm vocabulary, introduction to new figures

Building on vocal technique, singing in unison and 2-part

Resources:

  • Rote songs/ folk songs
  • World Music Tour resources

Assessments:

  • Rhythmic reading assessment
  • Rhythm dictation
  • Informal singing assessment

Content/Topics/Learning Goals

Subject to Pacing and Schedules

1st Quarter

  • Rhythm review and application (counting/playing)
  • Singing/Rote songs
  • World Music: Africa (Rhythm percussion activity, singing games)

2nd Quarter

  • Vocal technique
  • Singing/Rote songs
  • New rhythm figure (dotted 8th-16th figure)
  • Melodic reading/notation

3rd Quarter

  • World Music: Asia (melodic reading activity, singing)
  • Diminished rhythms (“syncopa” to 8th-16-th8th, “tom ti” to dotted 8th-16th)
  • Rhythm dictation

4th Quarter

  • Intro to unison sightsinging
  • World Music: New Zealand (singing activity)