Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

Elementary Music
Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: Kindergarten

Progress
Point(s)

Cognitive
Learning
Process(es)

Content
Statements

Vocabulary

Instructional
Strategies

2014

Length of Time: 40 minutes

A. Demonstrate how musical elements communicate meaning and emotion by playing, singing, or
moving to music.
B. Recognize the use of music for various purposes by performers and listeners in a variety of
cultures.
C. Create music in simple forms to be performed with dance, drama or in response to a work of
visual art.
D. Individually and collaboratively select ideas in a media form of the day to create musical pieces.
E. Use digital technology to listen to and study music recognizing instruments, voices, ensembles
and musical forms.
F. Form and express opinions about music they hear in formal and informal live and recorded
performances.
1. Perceiving / Knowing / Creating
2. Producing / Performing
3. Responding / Reflecting
* All Ohio Music Content Standards are represented in our curriculum. The music standards listed
below have been emphasized for mastery at this grade level.
1CE Identify same / different (high / low pitch / loud / soft dynamics)
1PR Demonstrate same and different (high / low pitch / loud / soft dynamics)
8CE Explore connections between sound and its visual representation
2CE Explore steady beat and rhythm
2PR Demonstrate a steady beat and maintain it while performing
3PR Sing (using head voice and appropriate posture) and move to music
3RE Describe the difference between steady beat and rhythm
1. steady beat
1. forte (loud) dynamics
1. high pitch
2. dynamics
2. piano (soft) dynamics
2. low pitch
3. pitch
4. slow / fast tempo
6. bells / rhythm sticks / egg shakers /
4. tempo
5. quarter (ta) / eighth (ti-ti) wood block / triangle / drum
5. rhythm
8. performer / conductor /
7. voice / instrument timbre
6. instrument
composer
7. tone / timbre
8. musician
1. Kodaly method
2. Orff method
3. Curwen hand pitch syllables
4. Montessori
5. Scaffold Instruction
6. Modeling (visiting artists / musicians)
7. Discovery
8. Cooperative Learning
9. Off-site / On-site performances (concerts / field trips)

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

1. Explore and perform pitch / rhythm / dynamics / and melodies using class instruments and
Instructional voice
2. Participate and experience musical activities
Activities
3. Read and compose rhythms
4. Explore music professions
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight on Music
on Music series)
series)
Possible
2. Classroom participation and mastery
2. Classroom participation and mastery
Pre and Post 3. Standards based rubric template
Assessments 4. Arts assessment menu

Teaching
Resources

Diverse
Learners
Connections
To Core
Subjects

2014

1. Music K-8 magazine

2. Activate magazine
3. Spotlight on Music series
4. LINK to Pearltrees (ODE)
Lesson design & content
Digital Tools
Research & Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross Disciplinary Fine Arts
1. ODE Diverse Learners
2. VSA Ohio LINK
3. CAST LINK
1. English / Language Arts
2. Mathematics
3. Science
4. Social Studies

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

Elementary Music
Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: Grade 1

Progress
Point(s)

Cognitive
Learning
Process(es)

Content
Statements

Vocabulary

Instructional
Strategies

2014

Length of Time: 40 minutes

A. Demonstrate how musical elements communicate meaning and emotion by playing, singing, or
moving to music.
B. Recognize the use of music for various purposes by performers and listeners in a variety of
cultures.
C. Create music in simple forms to be performed with dance, drama or in response to a work of
visual art.
D. Individually and collaboratively select ideas in a media form of the day to create musical pieces.
E. Use digital technology to listen to and study music recognizing instruments, voices, ensembles
and musical forms.
F. Form and express opinions about music they hear in formal and informal live and recorded
performances.
1. Perceiving / Knowing / Creating
2. Producing / Performing
3. Responding / Reflecting
* All Ohio Music Content Standards are represented in our curriculum. The music standards listed
below have been emphasized for mastery at this grade level.
2CE Explore steady beat / rhythm / meter
5CE Explore selected musical instruments aurally and visually
2PR Sing (using head voice and appropriate posture) and move to music of various styles,
composers and cultures with accurate pitch and rhythm
3PR Read, write and perform using eighth-notes, quarter-notes and quarter-rests
6PR Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others, and demonstrate proper
technique
2RE Describe how music communicates feelings, moods, images and meaning
4RE Connect concepts shared between music, other art forms and other curricular subjects
1. steady beat
1. forte (loud) dynamics 1. high pitch
2. dynamics
2. piano (soft) dynamics 2. low pitch
3. pitch
4. slow / fast tempo
6. bells / rhythm sticks / egg shakers /
4. tempo
5. quarter (ta) / eighth
wood block / triangle / drum
5. rhythm
(ti-ti) / quarter-rest
7. voice / instrument timbre
6. instrument
8. performer /
7. tone / timbre
conductor / composer
8. musician
1. Kodaly method
2. Orff method
3. Curwen hand pitch syllables
4. Montessori
5. Scaffold Instruction
6. Modeling (visiting artists / musicians)
7. Discovery
8. Cooperative Learning

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

9. Off-site / On-site performances (concerts / field trips)

Instructional
Activities
Possible
Pre and Post
Assessments

Teaching
Resources

Diverse
Learners
Connections
To Core
Subjects

2014

1. Explore and perform pitch / rhythm / dynamics / and melodies using class instruments and
voice
2. Participate and experience musical activities
3. Read and compose rhythms
4. Explore music professions
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight on Music
on Music series)
series)
2. Classroom participation and mastery
2. Classroom participation and mastery
3. Standards based rubric template
3. Standards based rubric template
4. Arts assessment menu
4. Arts assessment menu
1. Music K-8 magazine
2. Activate magazine
3. Spotlight on Music series
4. LINK to Pearltrees (ODE)
Lesson design & content
Digital Tools
Research & Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross Disciplinary Fine Arts
1. ODE Diverse Learners
2. VSA Ohio LINK
3. CAST LINK
1. English / Language Arts
2. Mathematics
3. Science
4. Social Studies

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

Elementary Music
Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: Grade 2

Progress
Point(s)

Cognitive
Learning
Process(es)

Content
Statements

Vocabulary

Instructional
Strategies

2014

Length of Time: 40 minutes

A. Demonstrate how musical elements communicate meaning and emotion by playing, singing, or
moving to music.
B. Recognize the use of music for various purposes by performers and listeners in a variety of
cultures.
C. Create music in simple forms to be performed with dance, drama or in response to a work of
visual art.
D. Individually and collaboratively select ideas in a media form of the day to create musical pieces.
E. Use digital technology to listen to and study music recognizing instruments, voices, ensembles
and musical forms.
F. Form and express opinions about music they hear in formal and informal live and recorded
performances.
1. Perceiving / Knowing / Creating
2. Producing / Performing
3. Responding / Reflecting
* All Ohio Music Content Standards are represented in our curriculum. The music standards listed
below have been emphasized for mastery at this grade level.
3CE Listen to and identify music of various styles, composers, periods and cultures
4CE Identify elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary (e.g. rhythm
syllables and solfege)
2PR Sing (using head voice and appropriate posture) and move to music of various styles,
composers and cultures with accurate pitch and rhythm
3PR Read, write and perform using eighth-notes, quarter-notes, half-notes and quarter-rests in
2/4 and 4/4 meter
5PR Read, write and perform pentatonic (la, so, mi, re, do) melodies on the treble staff using a
system (e.g. solfege numbers or letters)
3RE Discuss how music communicates feelings, moods, images and meaning
1. meter
1. 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
5. eighth-notes, quarter-notes, half2. treble clef
3. solfege (la, so, mi, re, notes and quarter-rests
3. pitch
do)
4. tempo
5. note and rest values
5. rhythm
6. pentatonic scale
7. compose
1. Kodaly method
2. Orff method
3. Curwen hand pitch syllables
4. Montessori
5. Scaffold Instruction
6. Modeling (visiting artists / musicians)
7. Discovery
8. Cooperative Learning

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

9. Off-site / On-site performances (concerts / field trips)

Instructional
Activities
Possible
Pre and Post
Assessments

Teaching
Resources

Diverse
Learners
Connections
To Core
Subjects

2014

1. Explore and perform pitch / rhythm / dynamics / and melodies using class instruments and
voice
2. Participate and experience musical activities
3. Read and compose rhythms
4. Explore music professions
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight on Music
on Music series)
series)
2. Classroom participation and mastery
2. Classroom participation and mastery
3. Standards based rubric template
3. Standards based rubric template
4. Arts assessment menu
4. Arts assessment menu
1. Music K-8 magazine
2. Activate magazine
3. Spotlight on Music series
4. LINK to Pearltrees (ODE)
Lesson design & content
Digital Tools
Research & Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross Disciplinary Fine Arts
1. ODE Diverse Learners
2. VSA Ohio LINK
3. CAST LINK
1. English / Language Arts
2. Mathematics
3. Science
4. Social Studies

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

Elementary Music
Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: Grade 3

Progress
Point(s)

Cognitive
Learning
Process(es)

Content
Statements

Vocabulary

Instructional
Strategies

Instructional
Activities
2014

Length of Time: 40 minutes

A. Sing and play instruments, focusing on how musical elements such as tempo, beat, rhythm,
pitch, form, harmony and timbre create meaning.
B. Listen to and perform a wide variety of music from multiple cultures focusing on historical and
cultural significance of the works.
C. Identify and classify voices, musical instruments, roles and careers of musicians.
D. Relate historical information from the study of music to other art forms and disciplines outside
the arts.
E. Develop criteria to evaluate solo and group performances of music.
1. Perceiving / Knowing / Creating
2. Producing / Performing
3. Responding / Reflecting
* All Ohio Music Content Standards are represented in our curriculum. The music standards listed
below have been emphasized for mastery at this grade level.
1CE Visually and orally, identify the four families of orchestral instruments.
3CE Listen to and identify the music of different composers and world cultures.
1PR Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch individually and with others.
2PR Follow and respond to the cues of a conductor.
4PR Play a variety of classroom instruments.
3RE Explain personal preferences for specific musical selections using music vocabulary.
1. instrument families
1. string, percussion,
6. eighth-notes, quarter-notes, half2. conductor
brass, woodwind
notes, whole notes, quarter-rests,
3. timbre
4. largo, presto
half- and whole-rests
4. tempo
6. note and rest values
5. beat
7. major scale
6. rhythm
8. AB / ABA / Verse /
7. pitch
Refrain
8. form
9. genre / style
1. Kodaly method
2. Orff method
3. Curwen hand pitch syllables
4. Montessori
5. Scaffold Instruction
6. Modeling (visiting artists / musicians)
7. Discovery
8. Cooperative Learning
9. Off-site / On-site performances (concerts / field trips)
1. Explore and perform pitch / rhythm / dynamics / and melodies using class instruments and
voice
2. Participate and experience musical activities
3. Read and compose rhythms

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

4. Explore music professions

Possible
Pre and Post
Assessments

Teaching
Resources

Diverse
Learners
Connections
To Core
Subjects

2014

1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight

on Music series)
2. Classroom participation and mastery
3. Standards based rubric template
4. Arts assessment menu
1. Music K-8 magazine
2. Activate magazine
3. Spotlight on Music series
4. LINK to Pearltrees (ODE)
Lesson design & content
Digital Tools
Research & Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross Disciplinary Fine Arts
1. ODE Diverse Learners
2. VSA Ohio LINK
3. CAST LINK
1. English / Language Arts
2. Mathematics
3. Science
4. Social Studies

1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight on Music

series)
2. Classroom participation and mastery
3. Standards based rubric template
4. Arts assessment menu

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

Elementary Music
Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: Grade 4

Progress
Point(s)

Cognitive
Learning
Process(es)

Content
Statements

Vocabulary

Instructional
Strategies

2014

Length of Time: 40 minutes

A. Sing and play instruments, focusing on how musical elements such as tempo, beat, rhythm,
pitch, form, harmony and timbre create meaning.
B. Listen to and perform a wide variety of music from multiple cultures focusing on historical and
cultural significance of the works.
C. Identify and classify voices, musical instruments, roles and careers of musicians.
D. Relate historical information from the study of music to other art forms and disciplines outside
the arts.
E. Develop criteria to evaluate solo and group performances of music.
1. Perceiving / Knowing / Creating
2. Producing / Performing
3. Responding / Reflecting
* All Ohio Music Content Standards are represented in our curriculum. The music standards listed
below have been emphasized for mastery at this grade level.
1CE Classify instruments by the four families of the orchestra
6CE Identify elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary
6PR Read, write and perform using sixteenth through whole-note values including syncopated
rhythms in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter
3RE Explain classification of musical instruments, voices, composers and forms using appropriate
music vocabulary
5PR Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and
sound sources
1. instrument families
2. conducting in 2/4 and 6. eighth-notes, quarter-notes, half
2. conducting
3/4 meter
notes, whole notes, quarter-rests,
3. timbre
4. moderato, allegro
eighth, half- and whole-rests
4. tempo
6. note and rest values
5. beat
7. major / minor scale
6. rhythm
8. AB / ABA / ABC /
7. pitch
Intro A / B / A / Coda
8. form
9. 2-part
9. harmony
10. sight-reading
1. Kodaly method
2. Orff method
3. Curwen hand pitch syllables
4. Montessori
5. Scaffold Instruction
6. Modeling (visiting artists / musicians)
7. Discovery
8. Cooperative Learning
9. Off-site / On-site performances (concerts / field trips)

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

1. Explore and perform pitch / rhythm / dynamics / and melodies using class instruments and
Instructional voice
2. Participate and experience musical activities
Activities
3. Read and compose rhythms
4. Explore music professions
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight on Music
on Music series)
series)
Possible
2. Classroom participation and mastery
2. Classroom participation and mastery
Pre and Post 3. Standards based rubric template
3. Standards based rubric template
4. Arts assessment menu
Assessments 4. Arts assessment menu

Teaching
Resources

Diverse
Learners
Connections
To Core
Subjects

2014

1. Music K-8 magazine

2. Activate magazine
3. Spotlight on Music series
4. LINK to Pearltrees (ODE)
Lesson design & content
Digital Tools
Research & Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross Disciplinary Fine Arts
1. ODE Diverse Learners
2. VSA Ohio LINK
3. CAST LINK
1. English / Language Arts
2. Mathematics
3. Science
4. Social Studies

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

Elementary Music
Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: Grade 5

Progress
Point(s)

Cognitive
Learning
Process(es)

Content
Statements

Vocabulary

Instructional
Strategies

2014

Length of Time: 40 minutes

A. Sing and play instruments, focusing on how musical elements such as tempo, beat, rhythm,
pitch, form, harmony and timbre create meaning.
B. Listen to and perform a wide variety of music from multiple cultures focusing on historical and
cultural significance of the works.
C. Identify and classify voices, musical instruments, roles and careers of musicians.
D. Relate historical information from the study of music to other art forms and disciplines outside
the arts.
E. Develop criteria to evaluate solo and group performances of music.
1. Perceiving / Knowing / Creating
2. Producing / Performing
3. Responding / Reflecting
* All Ohio Music Content Standards are represented in our curriculum. The music standards listed
below have been emphasized for mastery at this grade level.
3CE Identify terms related to form (e.g. D.C and D. S. al fine; D. C and D. S al Coda; repeat signs,
first and second endings)
5CE Identify elements of music including tonality, dynamics, tempo and meter, using music
vocabulary
1PR Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities,
good posture and breath control
5PR Read, write and perform using sixteenth through whole-note values including syncopated
rhythms in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter
6PR Read, write and perform diatonic melodies and the major scale in the treble clef
5RE Consider and articulate the influence of technology in music careers
1. instrument families
2. conducting in 2/4 ,
6. eighth-notes, quarter-notes, half
2. conductor
3/4 and 4/4 meter
notes, whole notes, quarter-rests,
3. timbre
4. andante
eighth, half- and whole-rests,
4. tempo
6. note and rest values
including dotted notes and rests
5. beat
7. major / minor scale
6. rhythm
8. AB / ABA / ABC /
7. pitch
Intro A / B / A / Coda
8. form
9. 2-part
9. harmony
10. genre / style
1. Kodaly method
2. Orff method
3. Curwen hand pitch syllables
4. Montessori
5. Scaffold Instruction
6. Modeling (visiting artists / musicians)
7. Discovery
8. Cooperative Learning

Elementary Music Curriculum Guide

9. Off-site / On-site performances (concerts / field trips)

Instructional
Activities
Possible
Pre and Post
Assessments

Teaching
Resources

Diverse
Learners
Connections
To Core
Subjects

1. Explore and perform pitch / rhythm / dynamics / and melodies using class instruments and
voice
2. Participate and experience musical activities
3. Read and compose rhythms
4. Explore music professions
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight
1. Teachers Resource Masters (Spotlight on Music
on Music series)
series)
2. Classroom participation and mastery
2. Classroom participation and mastery
3. Standards based rubric template
3. Standards based rubric template
4. Arts assessment menu
4. Arts assessment menu
1. Music K-8 magazine
2. Activate magazine
3. Spotlight on Music series
4. LINK to Pearltrees (ODE)
Lesson design & content
Digital Tools
Research & Advocacy
Professional Organizations
Careers
Cross Disciplinary Fine Arts
1. ODE Diverse Learners
2. VSA Ohio LINK
3. CAST LINK
1. English / Language Arts
2. Mathematics
3. Science
4. Social Studies

Respectfully Submitted by:

Rob Keshock (William Foster Elementary)
Sarah Burrows (Maple Leaf Elementary)
Chris Eppley (Elmwood Elementary)

Revised 5/15/15

2014