Hamilton Heights School Corporation
High School Band Curriculum Map
Course Title: HS Band | Quarter 1: | Academic Year: 2024-25 | ||||
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Unit Name | Total Days | Standards Number | Knowledge Objectives | Skills Objectives | Specific Assessments | Specific Resources |
Football Band | 9 wks | 1,2,5,6, | Learn music and perform for football games, homecoming parade, and other activities |
| Football game performances Parade Performances In Class assessments. | Sheet Music/Building Blocks Book/Fingering Chart |
Sight Reading | 9 wks | 1,2,5,6 | Students will sight read a variety of pieces of music at this time of the year. | Reading a variety of music that students haven't seen before. Expanded range/note and rhythm complexity. | Recording analyzation, student self assessment, teacher assessment | Smartmusic, recording equipment, fingering charts |
Composition | Q1 | 1-7 | Students will write rhythms patterns and simple melodies. | -Draw rhythm values (i.e. quarter note, half note, etc.) - Apply those rhythms with notes on the staff using first 5 notes of Bb major scale | -Rhythm drawing on the board for warm-up - Composition on a musical staff of sheet paper or online platform | White board, online platform for music writing, staff paper, examples from previous years. |
RVC | Q1 | 1,2,3,6,7 | Count and clap rhythms along with metronome while tapping toe | Identify and perform various combinations of time signatures. | 7/4, 7/4, 5/4 clapping, counting, playing. | RVC on Board |
Course Title: HS Band | Quarter 2: | Academic Year: | ||||
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Unit Name | Total Days | Standards Number | Knowledge Objectives | Skills Objectives | Specific Assessments | Specific Resources |
Fall Concert | 2 wks | 1-7 | Learn a variety of songs for the fall concert. | More diverse key signatures, rhythms, and styles of music. | Fall Concert | Concert music. Track Sheets, professional recording to listen to. |
Holiday Concert | 6 wks | 1,2,5,6, | Performance of Holiday Music: Objectives change from year to year based on literature chosen. |
| Individual Playing assessments based on the music both live and recorded. | Holiday Literature, Music Track Sheets, Professional recordings for kids to listen to. |
RVC | Q2 | 1,2,3,6,7 | Continued from Q1 | Continued from Q1 | Continued from Q1 | Continued from Q1 |
Course Title: HS Band | Quarter 3: | Academic Year: | ||||
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Unit Name | Total Days | Standards Number | Knowledge Objectives | Skills Objectives | Specific Assessments | Specific Resources |
ISSMA Contest | Q3 | 1,2,3,6,7 | Performance of Contest Music: Objectives change from year to year based on literature chosen. | Specific skills are based on the music chosen for that year. | Individual Playing assessments based on the music both live and recorded. | Contest Literature, Music Track Sheets, Professional recordings for kids to listen to. |
Solo and Esnemble | Q3 | 1,2,3,6,7 | Learn a variety of solo and ensemble music | To get more comfortable playing by themselves or with a small ensemble. | Students will play their solos and ensembles for the class or judges at ISSMA. | Solo and ensemble literature. |
RVC | Q3 | 1,2,3,6,7 | Continuation in chart from Q2 | Continuation from Q2 | Continuation from Q2 | Rhythm vocabulary chart. |
Course Title: HS Band | Quarter 4: | Academic Year: | ||||
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Unit Name | Total Days | Standards Number | Knowledge Objectives | Skills Objectives | Specific Assessments | Specific Resources |
Spring Concert | Performance of Spring Concert Music: Objectives change from year to year based on literature chosen. | Specific skills are based on the music chosen for that year. | Individual Playing assessments based on the music both live and recorded. | Concert Literature, Music Track Sheets, Professional recordings for kids to listen to. | ||