Elementary Music

Content Integration-Focused Examples Musicplay Online* K-5 collection of literacy units

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Grades Learning Intention and Success Criteria

BYU McKay School: Fall in Line, Holden Creative Vocal Play

K-5th I am learning about vocal music play and the main idea in a story, so I can vocally improvise around a theme. I’ll know I have it when I can use vocal play to tell a story with sounds. ELA integration K-3rd I am learning beat and rhythm along with the needs of living things and their habitats, so I can make music on the topic. I’ll have it when I can create a four-bead pattern about the habitat of an animal. Science Integration K-3rd I am learning about verbs so I can use verbs to inform a vocal performance. I’ll know I have it when I can use verbs to inform a music and movement performance. ELA & Dance Integration I am learning about opposites so I can recognize opposites in music and daily life. I’ll know I have it when I can sing a song and play a game using opposites. Social Studies Integration I am learning about steady beats and my classmates, so I can make new friends while singing music in class. I’ll have it when I can sing with a steady beat and sing the names of my classmates. ELA & Health Integration I am learning to sing and move naturally, as well as about prepositions, so I can perform a song guided by prepositions. I’ll have it when I move to show the prepositions in the song. Dance & ELA Integration I am learning about different vocal timbres so I can change and control my voice when speaking. I’ll have it when I can listen for and use different vocal timbres. ELA Integration I am learning about instrument sounds so I can tell the difference between instrument sounds. I’ll have it when I can talk and write about the difference between instrument sounds. ELA Integration I am learning the custom of singing games in West Africa and Ghana, so I can play games from a new culture. I’ll have it when I can play a call-and-response song and compare it to American singing customs. ELA Integration 2nd-3rd I am learning about adjectives and the rhythm of a melody, so I can sing a song using adjectives. I will have it when I can identify and sing adjectives in a song. ELA integration I am learning about fractions and rhythms, so I can use fractions and rhythms to inform my movement. I will have it when I can create a movement sequence that shows a fraction through a rhythm. Math & Dance Integration I am learning about figurative language as well as other musical principles and concepts, so I can analyze the meaning of music. I’ll have it when I analyze and speak about the meaning of lyrics and music in a song. ELA Integration K K K 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd

BTS Arts: Wide Mouth Frog

BTS Arts: Rig-A- Jig-Jig Word Choice

BTS Arts: Same & Different

CSD Wonders Integrations: Make New Friends

BTS Arts: Charlie Over the Ocean

CSD Wonders Integrations: Sounds Around Me CSD Wonders Integrations: Sounds of the Orchestra CSD Wonders Integrations: Che Che Kule

BTS Arts: Paw Paw Patch: Adjectives

BTS Arts: Musical Fractions

CSD Wonders Integrations: Meaning in Music

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