Music K

Avon Lake Curriculum Framework

Kindergarten Vocal Music



Content Overview: 

Students follow a Kodaly-based curriculum, focused on developing basic musical knowledge.  Students will develop a love of singing, with the goal of singing in tune alone and with others.  

 

Resources:

Variety of authentic literature

“Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saent-Saens

Carnival of the Animals workbook

 

Assessments: 

Classroom activities and projects

 

Standards/Learning Goals 

1st Quarter- Finding our Singing Voice

  • Vocal Exploration

    • 4 voices (whisper, talk, shout, sing)

    • High and Low

  • Steady Beat

    • Students will begin to demonstrate an awareness of keeping the beat

2nd Quarter- Keep the Beat

  • Steady Beat

    • Students will show proficiency keeping a steady beat using physical movement 

    • Students will track the beat given a visual aid

  • Performance Skills

    • Group singing, riser etiquette, following a conductor’s cues

3rd Quarter- Opposites

  • Large work study: “Carnival of the Animals”

    • Students will move purposefully to recorded music

    • Students will use musical vocabulary to describe music

  • Loud/soft

  • Fast/slow

4th Quarter -  Patterns

  • Large work study (continued): “Carnival of the Animals”

  • Form

    • Recognize same and different musical sections

    • Recognize patterns in music

    • Label form using visual representations (apples, bananas, cherries)

  • Classroom instruments

    • Identify wood/metal/skin

    • Show and identify shake/hit/rub