Boise Schools Curriculum

Music - Kindergarten

District Course #010

Course Description

The Music Department’s philosophy is based on the belief that experiences with music are fundamental to the education of children. Music has a powerful ability to affect the hearts, minds, and souls of our children. It gives children the opportunity to gain self-esteem by learning new skills and talents. It also gives children the sense of satisfaction that comes from working with a group to perform and create a piece of music with beauty and unity. Recent brain research shows music can tremendously boost the efficiency and performance of the brain. Music is a powerful purveyor of culture, both American and other world cultures. In today’s increasingly global society, knowledge of other peoples and cultures, as well as our own past, is a necessary part of a good education.

To further this purpose, the elementary music curriculum gives children instruction in, and opportunities for, singing, dancing, playing many types of instruments, reading music notation, performing drama pieces, creating their own music, and learning from the performances of professional and other musicians. The music and activities are chosen to teach the rich history and culture of our own country and also of countries around the world. By fully participating in the elementary music curriculum, children will feel the joy and satisfaction that comes from discovering new talents, performing in programs, and expanding their cultural horizons.

It is the District's philosophy that General Music should be offered to every elementary student, K-6, for a minimum of 60 minutes per week.

Adopted Materials

Title: Share the Music
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1996

Boise Music Curriculum Teachers Resource Guide - Kindergarten

Copyright Resources

Course Scope

Unit 1	Singing	Ongoing
Unit 2	Rhythm and Theory	Ongoing
Unit 3	Movement	Ongoing
Unit 4	Instruments	Ongoing
Unit 5	Form	Ongoing
Unit 6	History and Culture	Ongoing
Unit 7	Listening	Ongoing
Unit 8	Integrating the Arts	Ongoing

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Assessment Correlation acronyms key

Unit 1

Singing

Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.01 The students will be able to meet the following singing objectives			Standard Reference N-1a, b, c, e 872.01a, 872.02a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Demonstrate difference between singing, speaking and whispering voice	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Demonstrate the ability to sing high and low sounds			TMA, TO
03	Demonstrate inner hearing skills through various responses			TMA, TO
04	Tunefully sing within a range of major 6^th – D¹-B¹			TMA, TO
05	Tunefully sing the intervals of So, La, and Mi			TMA, TO
06	Differentiate loud/soft and fast/slow			TMA, TO
07	Respond to phrasing as a musical sentence			TMA, TO

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Unit 2	Rhythm and Theory	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.02 The students will be able to meet the following objectives in rhythm and theory			Standard Reference N-2a; 6:e 872.01, 872.02a, 872.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Demonstrate the ability to match the steady beat of a piece of music	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Demonstrate the ability to pat simple rhythmic word patterns, i.e. simple nursery rhymes			TMA, TO
03	Trace the melodic contour, left to right and up/down in a variety of ways, i.e. physically, visually, aurally			TMA, TO
04	Awareness of loud/soft and fast/slow			TMA, TO

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Unit 3	Movement	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.03 The students will be able to meet the following objectives while through movement.			Standard Reference N-6: b,e 868.02a, 870.01a, 872.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Awareness of moving to a steady beat, locomotor and non-locomotor	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"
02	Starting and stopping movement on cue
03	Perform movement to a song. Add manipulatives and props as appropriate.			TMA, TO
04	Respond physically to changes in tempo, dynamics, and high and low			TMA, TO
05	Improvise movement to various styles of music			TMA, TO
06	Function in free and organized formations, both locomotor and non-locomotor

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Unit 4	Instruments	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.04 The students will be able to meet the following objectives while playing instruments.			Standard Reference N-2a,b,d,e,f 872.01a, 872.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Recognize tone color of unpitched instrument groups: skins, shakers, metals, woods	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Explore unpitched instruments, alone and with others			TMA, TO
03	Play unpitched instruments to steady beat, alone and with others			TMA, TO
04	Play unpitched instruments as rhythmic accompaniment, alone and with others			TMA, TO
05	Correctly name and properly play each instrument used in class.			TMA, TO

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Unit 5	Form	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.05 The students will be able to meet the following objectives in analyzing form.			Standard Reference N-6a 870.01a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Respond to phrasing as a musical sentence	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Recognize and respond to "same/different"			TMA, TO

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Unit 6	History and Culture	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.06 The students will be able to meet the following Humanities objectives.			Standard Reference N-6d; 9a,b 868.01a, 868.02a, 870.01a, 870.03a, 872.02a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Sing and recite nursery rhymes.	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Sing, play, listen and move to music of varied cultures.			TMA, TO

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Unit 7	Listening	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.07 The students will be able to meet the following listening objectives.			Standard Reference N-6d,e 868.02a, 870.01a, 870.02a, 870.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Recognize orchestral instrument family groups.	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO
02	Respond to various styles of orchestral music through movement, manipulation of props, story-telling, and dramatization.			TMA, TO

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Unit 8	Integrating the Arts	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 010.08 The students will be able to integrate other art forms in the music classroom.			Standard Reference N-8b 868.02a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Recognize through picture books, dramatize and perform nursery rhymes.	1. "Share the Music" Teacher’s Editions 2. Boise Music Curriculum "Teacher’s Resource Guide"		TMA, TO

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