Music – Grade 6

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

September	· Review K-5 concepts: Dynamics, Tone Color, Tempo, Duration, Pitch, Texture, Form Style	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Identify elements of music in each song learned	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
October	· Music eras in history · Composers · Motifs · Seasonal songs	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #3 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Explore: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Contemporary music and composers for each · Understand motifs	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
November	· Melodic movements · Syncopation	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #3, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Understand and demonstrate steps, skips, and repeated notes · Understand and demonstrate syncopated rhythms	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
December	· Nationalistic music · Styles of music · Seasonal songs	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Identify and listen to Naturalistic movement music · Polanize · Nationalistic · Concerto · Symphonic · Oratorio · Chorale · Suite	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
January	· Texture · Voice ranges	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #2, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Identify: monophony, homophony, polyphony types of texture · Identify and recognize cambiata, soprano, alto, tenor, bass voices	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
February	· Types of musical scales · Patriotic music	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Introduce scale writing: major, minor, chromatic, whole tone, polytonal, twelve tone (tonal and atonal) · Learn songs using these scales	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
March	· Genre of improvisation · American music · Identify four families of instruments	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #3 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2, #3	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Listen and analyze: Blues/blues scales · View an example of a musical · 20^th century music · Listen and identify instruments · "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"	· Classroom observations · Small group observations · Written assessments
April and May	· Program preparation and performance	Artistic Expression - Ability - Benchmarks #1, #3, #4 Understanding - Benchmarks #1, #2	· Sing a variety of songs throughout the year to teach the standards and concepts · Use all elements of musical performance · Demonstrate appropriate concert etiquette for performance and audience · Put actions to a song	· Watch video of concert · Discuss performance: individually and entire group · Written personal evaluation

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

A student shall demonstrate the "ability" to:

#1 Sing or play traditional instruments alone and sing rounds and part songs or play traditional instruments in a group;

#2 Improvise and compose rhythms, melodies, and accompaniments using classroom instruments, voice, or both to express a specific musical idea;

#3 Perform rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns on classroom instruments; and

#4 Read and write music using a system of musical notation.

A student shall demonstrate an "understanding" of:

#1 Components of music:

a. elements, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture, and form; and

b. vocabulary;

#2 Cultural and historical forms or traditions of music; and

#3 How musical elements are similar to and different from the elements of other arts areas (for example, dance, theater, or visual arts).