Music Class Objectives
1. Opening Ears To Music
2. Responding To Music
3. Understanding Music
4. Creating Music
5. Performing Music
6. Appreciating Music
- Listens to music actively from a variety of styles, periods or genres
2. Responding To Music
- Sings a variety of songs in various keys, meters and genres
- Participates in various body movements developing sensory awareness, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills
- Plays pitched and un-pitched instruments experiencing a steady beat or rhythms in songs
3. Understanding Music
- Learns musical concepts including melody, notes, tempo, tune, pitch, beat, rhythm, dynamics, etc
- Learns musical symbols to represent musical ideas
- Learns about the variety of musical instruments in the select music
4. Creating Music
- Improvises instrumental accompaniments to songs' recorded stories, etc
- Creates own pieces of music using voice and/or instruments
- Improvises musical body movements to select songs
5. Performing Music
- Sings/Plays instruments in front of the audience in the classroom
- Participates in group singing on the stage in the special school performances
6. Appreciating Music
- Shows awareness of music in daily lives
- Builds a good foundation for extended music education