Norris School District, Curriculum

 Elementary Vocal Music Grade 5

TEXTBOOK

      Music & You  (McMillan, 1991)

DESCRIPTION

      Students sing 3-part rounds, with ostinato and descants.  They study music in its relationship to          America's settlement.  They study the symphony orchestra, and learn to improvise on Orff       instruments.  Students learn to recognize theme and variation, and study various composers.  They       continue rhythm and note  reading, folk dance and creative movement.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1.         Students will be able to sing many songs with a pleasing tone quality, adding descant and ostinito.

2.         Students will be able to identify letter names of pitches in treble clef.

3.         Students will be able to respond to beat, using body percussion, instruments, and different meters.

4.         Students will be able to use expression to reflect knowledge of dynamics.

5.         Students will be able to identify and use a variety of tempos.

6.         Students will be able to identify the instruments in the symphony orchestra.

7.         Students will be able to identify form, including AB, ABA, rondo, and theme and variation.

8.         Students will be able to perform melodies with accompaniment on the Orff instruments.

9.         Students will develop awareness of the role Europeans and Africans played in the development

              of American music.

WRITING ACTIVITIES

             Students will write a critique of a live or recorded performance.

             Students will write a brief report on a composer, musician, or performer.

             Students will write an interpretation of an orchestral work.

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

            Students shall understand that people of many cultures contributed to America's music.

            Students study Native American music, jazz, Latin American rhythms, and Asian music.

            Students do folk dances and games from many different cultures.