Mr.

Tuttle's K-6
Music Curriculum
for 2012-2013

K-2 Grade Music

3 rd Grade Music

4th Grade Music

5th & 6th Grade

Music

September/ October

Rules and Procedures/Singing/ Instrument Unit: Rules and

Procedures, quarter notes as ta and ti ti for eighth notes. Simple
singing using SMART board while teacher sings using guitar or piano.
Drum rhythmic combinations using echo response. Singing- call and
response. Percussion and String instruments. Music exams; pre-test
based on numbers enrolled in each grade level. Start Groovy Jungle
Technology. Chorus for entire grade- Reading various music scores
starts and continues throughout the year.

Rules and Procedures/ Instrument Unit: Rules and Procedures,

quarter, half, whole, and rests using 4/4 time signatures. Simple
singing using SMART board while teacher sings using guitar or piano.
Students start to use Music Connection Books for 3rd grade. Verses
and Refrains. Percussion and String instrument families continuation.
Music exams; pre-test based on numbers enrolled in each grade level.

Rules and Procedures/ Vocab./ Listening Unit: Rules and

procedures, Use of common rhythms as well as beats that include
dotted rhythms. Major and Minor sounds. Chorus everyone sings as a
group. Focus on blending sounds and Breathing Techniques. Measure
Numbers. Music exams; pre-test based on numbers enrolled in each
grade level. Voice inflections in chorus. Start solfege in chorus do, re,
mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.

Rules and Procedures/ Vocab./ Piano & Guitar Unit: Rules and
Procedures, Intro to piano basic chord structures and scale formations
using piano lab supplied by Mr. Tuttle (whole and half steps). Meter
Review with Mixed Meter, South American Music, Sharps and Flats,
dotted rhythms, swing meter, comparing and contrasting jazz and
blues to modern day music. Guitar chords blues E7 and A7 as well as
all string names with proper tuning and hand formations.
Impressionism. Music exams; pre-test based on numbers enrolled in
each grade level. (Solfege in chorus with hand signals do, re, mi, fa,
sol, la, ti, do). Major and minor tonality (chorus). Chorus for entire
grade- Reading various musical scores starts and continues
throughout the year.

November/ December

Group Singing/Musicals & Dramas/"Bugs"

Common Core Unit (Insects): Review proper
singing techniques and partner singing. Work on
common core curriculum based on play performance
(MJT play topic specified at beginning of the year).
Bugz Holiday- research different bugs and cultures.
Ballet Nutcracker dances.

Notes and Performance/ "Bugs" Common Core

Unit (Insects): Melodic Dictation, canons, staff
review, measures/ meter, playing phrases on
recorder, breathing technique on recorders, posture.
Work on common core curriculum based on play
performance (MJT play topic specified at beginning
of the year). Bugz Holiday- research different bugs
and cultures. Nutcracker Dancing

Guitar/ Piano/ Ear Training Unit: Ear training with

melodies, dynamics, harmony, partner songs,
canons, holiday songs. Intro to basic guitar and
piano parts/notes and strumming patterns (using
proper hand positions on specific frets and piano
keys). Solfege in chorus using proper hand signals
for do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do).

Listening/ Scales/ Early Music Culture Unit:

Major and Minor Melodies. North American Music,
syncopations, piano pentatonic scale, review walking
strum patterns on guitar, proper fingers on frets for
D, G, A, and C chords. Chord, string/frets, and piano
key note charts/ handouts are used to learn all
chords and notes on the guitar and piano. Review
String names for all 6 strings on the guitar. Compare
other stringed instruments such as banjo, violin, and
bass, and understand number of strings with their
tunings. Using melodies identify the use of themes
comparing and contrasting Romantic and
Renaissance. Harmonies 3-4 parts. All-County
auditions.

January/ February

Reading (ELA)/ Dance Unit: Reading ABA, AABA, ABC form. Tone color,
woodwinds and Brass instrument families. Dancing to Just Dance using
different styles of music. Marching to steady beats, partner dancing, Irish gigs,
50's- present day dances create dance moves to specific genres (examples
include: country, classical, rock, swing, big band, jazz, hip-hop, modern).
Following along with popular children's songs and poems- continuation (lyrics).
Start Folk Dances. Reading new chorus scores for spring concerts (exams on
reading music).

Reading/ Recorder/Dance Unit: Reading ABA, AABA, ABC form. Tone color,
woodwinds and Brass instrument families continuation. Dancing to Just Dance
using different styles of music. Start playing recorders. Recorder Notes B,A,G,C,
and D- reading simple melodies and using correct phrasing and fingers to cover
specific recorder holes. Use music connection books grade 3 for basic music
concepts for common core- Charlotte's Web use of common instrumentation.
Around the World Boom whacker recognition using simple/ complex rhythms.
Review Folk Dances.

Rhythm Unit: Rhythms in 2/4, 3/4/, 4/4 with 16th notes, 8th notes, quarter
notes, half notes, and whole notes- using proper counting such as 1 2 3+ 4e+a
for example. Half note, whole note, whole rests, half rests, quarter rests, and
eighth rest recognition using basic meter.

Song Writing / Continuation of Early Music Culture Unit: Creating Songs

using ABA or AABA form. Songs will need to follow basic rules found in specific
song writing rubric. Songs follow melodic, rhythmic, and overall musicality
rules. Songs created are based on Common Core curriculum in the classroom
based on History or Science related topics as well as the use of modern
technology. Classical music compared to modern day music. Waltz, baroque
dances, sonata form. Group work divided up into 5-8 groups for 4-6 weeks. 6th
grade singing at Phantoms Games "Star Spangled Banner" after audition.
Reading new chorus scores for spring concerts (exams on reading music).

March/ April

Listening/ Notes/ Rhythm Unit: Peter and the Wolf

instrument families specific to characters. Identifying
sounds to instruments. Carnival of the Animals. Tone
colors, textures, listening to different ensembles, solos,
tutti, ostinato, Treble clef notes FACE in the Space
EGBDF on the lines. Rhythm reading using quarter
notes, half notes, eighth notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4,
and 4/4/ time. Note compositions (Treble Clef)

Music History/ Notes/ Rhythm Unit: Follow the

Drinking Gourd. Common core curriculumconstellations, directions, compass use, slavery, late
1800's- early 1900's- 1940's. Use of spirituals, other
means of communication to create freedom. Textures of
music knowledge of all notes on the recorder and
rhythms learned previously. Little Richard, keyboard
instruments. Recorder hot air competitions and note
compositions.

Dance Unit: Dancing to Just Dance using different

styles of music. Tone color/ texture, large and small
ensembles, spirituals, dotted notes, meter review,
moving to music based on meter and style such as
swing, waltz, and common time. Rock Band formation
techniques. Bass Clef Notes. Verses and Refrains that
compare early to modern poems and songs.

Dance Unit: Dancing to Just Dance using different

styles of music. Tone color/ texture, large and small
ensembles, spirituals, dotted notes, meter review,
moving to music based on meter and style such as
swing, waltz, and common time. Singing rap (singing
verses speaking lyrics) Rock Band formation
techniques. Bass and Treble Clef Notes Review. Use of
Rhythms in 2/4, 3/4/, 4/4 with 16th notes, 8th notes,
quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes- using
proper counting. Identify 32nd, and 64th notes using
bridges (common core Math). Moving up song for 6th
grade is started. Reading musical scores continued
until the end of the year.

May/ June
Improvisation/ Musicals Continued/ Review all previous units: Improvisation
and reading lyrics with notes to patriotic and other cultural songs. Melodies moving
up, down, or staying the same. Review tone colors and forms. Review previous
musical concepts including terminology, notes, rhythms, history, and overall
musicality. Musical plates moving to different music tempos and styles. Bach and
Beethoven. All K-2nd grade will take a post- music test to test skills learned
throughout the year (based on number of students in each grade level). Groovy
Jungle technology continuation. Watch parts and review Musicals such as "The Sound
of Music, "The Wizard of Oz", and Peter Pan.

Performance/ Patriotic/ Review all previous units: Performance etiquette and

review for upcoming shows. Flag Day patriotic music review. Improvising, soloists and
duet performing. Review previous musical concepts including terminology, notes,
rhythms, history, and overall musicality. Music connection for grade 3 to review
common core concepts. Musical plates moving to different music tempos and styles.
All 3rd grade will take a post- music test to test skills learned throughout the year
(based on number of students in each grade level). Common Core- Preamble to the
Constitution.

Performance/ Patriotic/ Technology/ Review all previous units: Comprehensive

review, expressive elements for performing including projecting voices with
annunciating. Review Scales (solfege 1-8 scale degrees do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do)
Textures, composition reading using music connection books for grade 4. Ballads.
Musical plates moving to different music tempos and styles. All 4th grade will take a
post- music test to test skills learned throughout the year (based on number of
students in each grade level). Review Patriotic music and music from the early 50's to
present day. Intro to music recording technology using garage band on MAC to record
loops and simple tracks (Mr. Tuttle will supply his technology for use in his classroom
for this unit).

Technology/ Music History/ Review all previous units: Comprehensive review,

expressive elements for performing including projecting voices with annunciations.
Review Scales (solfege 1-8 scale degrees do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do) Textures,
composition reading using music connection books for grades 5 and 6. Musical plates
moving to different music tempos and styles. All 5th and 6th grade will take a postmusic test to test skills learned throughout the year (based on number of students in
each grade level). Review Patriotic music and music from the early 50's to present
day. Review N.Y. artists such as Billy Joel. Continue skills learned in music recording
technology using garage band on MAC to record loops and more complex tracks (Mr.
Tuttle will supply his technology for use in his classroom for this unit).