Elementary Music Curriculum Outline – Grade 3 Outcomes added to Grade one are in bold

Singing/Saying Student Demonstrates:

Playing Instruments Student Demonstrates:

Creating/Improv. Student Demonstrates:

Reading/Writing Student Demonstrates:

Listen/Analyze Student Recognizes:

Vocabulary Student Recognizes::

Sol, La Do Re Mi Sol La Do’ Pitch • Accurate use of singing voice

• High & Low • Higher (la) • Singing vs. speaking voice • Melodic patterns • Tonal Center (Do-based) • Steps, skips & repeats

• Vocal exploration • Pitched vs. Unpitched • High & Low

• 5-line staff • Line vs. space • Higher (la)

• High & Low • Mi, Sol, La • Higher • Major vs. Minor

• Pitch • Staff • Tonal center • Pentatonic Scale

Q qr Q h H h. qttt qrr q. w f|f Rhythm/Meter

• Rhythmic speech • Beat competency • Long & Short • Walk & Jogging • Rhythm • Duple vs. Triple

• Long & Short • Walk & Jogging • Language and rhythm

• Dotting rhythm & language

• Tie • Measure • Barline

• Beat • Beat vs. rhythm • Duple vs. Triple

• All known rhythms • Measure • Barline

Harmony • Song ostinati • Poetry ostinati • Partner songs/poems • Cannon/Rounds

• Chord bordun • Broken bordun • Rocking bordun • Rhythmic ostinati

accompaniment

• Quarter note ostinati • Rhythmic ostinati

accompaniment

• Melody alone vs. accompanied

• cannon/rounds

• Melody • Chord Bordun • cannon/round

Form • Melodies & Rhythms using elemental forms

• 1st & 2nd ending

• Introduction • Elemental forms (aaab,

aaba, abab, abba, abac) • phrases • Piano vs. forte • Verse & Refrain

• Form • Phrase • Repeat Sign • Verse & Refrain • 1st & 2nd ending

Expressive Qualities

• Loud & Soft • Fast & Slow • Expressive speech

• Loud & Soft • Fast & Slow • High & Low

• Sound exploration (pitched and unpitched)

• Loud & Soft • Fast & Slow • High & Low • Tone Color • Multicultural works • Historical works • Popular works

• Piano vs. Forte

Movement • Skip/walk/hop beat while

singing • Mallet technique

(pinch/grab) • Skip/walk/hop/etc to

beat • Alternation of hands

• Self vs. shared space • Levels • Walk & jogging • Traveling vs. stationary • Pathway

• self vs. shared space • levels • walk & jogging • Traveling vs. stationary • Pathway • Circle vs. line