Kindergarten Music
Music TEKS
Fall Semester | |||||
| Unit Title* | TUNEFUL SINGING | MELODIC CONCEPTS | RHYTHMIC CONCEPTS | INSTRUMENT TECHNIQUE | PERFORMANCE PRACTICE |
| Time | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester |
| Understandings | Students will distinguish between different types of voices: singing, speaking, inner, whispering, and calling voices. Students will identify the timbre of adult and child singing voices. Students will practice singing on pitch. | Students will identify and practice same/different in: higher/lower and louder/softer. Students will identify simple two-tone melodies using iconic representation.. Students will sing songs and play musical games, including rhymes, folk music, and seasonal music. .Students will compare same/different, higher/lower, louder/softer, and simple patterns in musical performances. | Students will identify and practice same/different in: beat/rhythm and faster/slower. Students will perform simple part-work including beat versus rhythm. Students will identify beat and rhythm using iconic representation. Students will compare same/different, beat/rhythm, faster/slower, and simple patterns in musical performances. | Students will explore classroom instruments independently or in groups. Students will play classroom instruments from diverse cultures and styles independently or in groups. . | Students will move alone or with others to a varied repertoire of music using gross and fine locomotor and non-locomotor movement. Students will perform music using faster/slower and louder/softer. Students will identify and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior during live or recorded performances. Students will identify the steady beat in musical performances. |
| TEKS | 1.A, 1.B, 2.A | 1.D, 1.E, 2.E, 3.A, 4.C | 1.D, 2.D, 1.E, 2.E, 4.C | 2.A, 2.B | 2.C, 2.E, 4.A, 4.B |
Spring Semester | |||||
| Unit Title* | TUNEFUL SINGING | MELODIC CONCEPTS | RHYTHMIC CONCEPTS | INSTRUMENT TECHNIQUE | PERFORMANCE PRACTICE |
| Time | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester | Throughout the semester |
| Understandings | Students will identify the different types of voices: singing, speaking, inner, whispering, and calling voices. Students will identify the timbre of adult and child singing voices. Students will practice singing on pitch independently or in groups. | Students will identify and perform using same/different in: higher/lower and louder/softer. Students will identify simple two-tone melodies using iconic representation.. Students will sing songs and play m musical games, including rhymes, folk music, and seasonal music. Students will compare same/different, higher/lower, louder/softer, and simple patterns in musical performances. | Students will identify and perform using same/different in: beat/rhythm and faster/slower. Students will perform simple part-work including beat versus rhythm. Students will identify beat and rhythm using iconic representation.. Students will compare same/different, beat/rhythm, faster/slower, and simple patterns in musical performances. | Students will identify the timbre of instrument families. Students will play classroom instruments independently or in groups through steady beat accompaniment. Students will play classroom instruments from diverse cultures and styles independently or in groups. .. | Students will move alone or with others to a varied repertoire of music using gross and fine locomotor and non-locomotor movement. Students will perform music using faster/slower and louder/softer. Students will identify simple interdisciplinary concepts related to music. Students will identify and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior during live or recorded performances. Students will identify the steady beat in musical performances. |
| TEKS | 1.A, 1.B, 2.A | 1.D, 1.E, 2.E, 3A, 4.C | 1.D, 2.D, 1.E, 2.E, 4.C | 1.C, 2.A, 2.B | 2.C, 2.E, 3.B, 4.A, 4.B |
*Units of study are interchangeable within the given timeframe. Units may overlap as needed at the discretion of the teacher.