Third Grade Music
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First Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Organization/intro to music texts; introduction and review of instruments; American folk songs; introduction to new and review of previously introduced music notation |
Music in the world around us; text & listings of music in student life experience; band/orchestra instrument review; Music Instrument Jingo; folk dances; Music Express; Columbus day music; |
Completion of assignments; Classroom participation; Worksheets; checklists |
25A 25B 26A 26B
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Second Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Holiday and Seasonal Songs; Begin Study of composers; Continue work on score reading/music symbols; dynamics, patterns in music |
Halloween/Veteran’s Day/ December holiday songs; study of customs and cultures of same; Work on GF Handel; the Messiah; Rossini & the Barber of Seville; The Nutcracker Suite; Music Express; textbooks; worksheets; computer programs Jump Start Music and Music Ace |
Worksheets; quizzes; Classroom participation and discussion; computer progress charts; projects and writng |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A 27B |
Third Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Continue 2nd quarter work on composers; score/music reading; dynamics; singing as a group; playing rhythm patterns on instruments; American Folk music; Computer skills; music related to the historical events of this quarter as well as holidays |
Study JS Bach Study Mozart Work on the symbols of music/worksheets; music express; singing songs of other cultures; American Folk Songs; accompany with rhythm patterns on classroom instruments; textbooks; computer program Music Ace; study of Martin Luther King and related music; African American Spirituals; Music related to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington/President’s Day; Valentine’s Day music; classical listening with Music Express |
Same as 2nd quarter |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A
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Fourth Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Spring concert; emphasis on performance skills and on memorization; Review and continue all things above |
Songs for spring concert based on theme of the concert; Finish songs in text; music express; Do some American Folk music games and dances; Music Ace |
Participation and performance in Spring concert; Classroom participation; Classroom discussion; quizzes; worksheets |
25A 25B 26A 26B 27A 27B |