Unit Length

Musical Standard

Unit Title

• The students will...

Instructional Strategies

Resources

Assessments

• Formative/Summative

4 times per year

Performing

Formal Concert: Fall-Winter-Spring-Offsite Field Trip Solo & Ensemble (volunteer)

• Perform songs in line with skills learned.

• Rehearsals
• Practice at home

• Books, CD’s & Instruments

• Concert  performance (S)

2 times per year

Listening Performing

Rhythm “Tune-Up” Unit

• All students play drums one lesson to learn, and strengthen mastery of rhythms

• Visual demonstration
• Singing
• Clapping
• Performing

• Teacher instruction
• Repetition
• Interactive website
• book
• Whiteboard

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)

1time per year

Performing

Solo/Ensemble Contest

• Students learn a solo, or small group piece to performance level and play for a judge

• Rehearsals
• Practice at home

• Rehearsals
• Practice time at home
• Private instruction (for some)

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)

Ongoing

Application

• Instrument Care & Maintenance (Continued)

• Visual demonstration
• Video reinforcement
• Hands on practice

• Class demo videos
• Teacher instruction
• Repetition

• Instrument parts quiz  (F)
• Instrument assembly (F)

Ongoing

Performing

Learning 16th and Triplet Notes, Rests, and Rhythms

• Read and play 16th & triplet rhythms from the method book in order to play songs

• Singing
• Clapping
• Performing
• Demonstrating

• Interactive website
• Book
• CD’s
• Instruments

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)

Ongoing

Improvising-

Composing

Ear Training Call and Response

• Students listen to teacher play an example, and try to play it back in time
• Students improvise “Music Riffs”

• Clapping
• Singing
• Playing

• Web & CD recordings
• Instruments

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)

Ongoing

Performing

Chromatic Scale and Fingering Chart

• Students learn to increase playing range and chromatic sequence throughout instrument

• Singing

• Performing
• Demonstrating

• Teacher demo
• Video & web
• Whiteboard

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)

Ongoing

Performing

12 Major Scales

• Students learn to build & play  all 12 major scales

• Singing
• Performing
• Demonstrating

• Teacher demo
• Video & web
• Whiteboard

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)

Ongoing

Performing

Minor Scales

• Students learn to build & play  in several minor Scales

• Singing

• Performing
• Demonstrating

• Teacher demo
• Video & web
• Whiteboard

• Homework/practice (F)
• Class performance opportunities (F)
• Teacher made assessment (S)