1. Community Building/Rhythm Grade K August-September I Can Learn about steady beat Keep a steady beat Recognize a steady beat National Music Standards 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture KY Standards 1.14 Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music. 1.15 Students make sense of and communicate ideas with movement. 2.23 Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards. Assessments: Exit Slips, Engagement Slips, Projects, Classroom Performance Create Perform Respond © James Ray Morgan 2013

2. Music Opposites Grade 1 February 25-March 31 I Can learn loud and soft Learn high and low Learn fast and slow Sing a song Play instruments Compose a song using opposites National Music Standards 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture KY Standards 1.14 Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music. 1.15 Students make sense of and communicate ideas with movement. 2.23 Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards. Assessments: Exit Slips, Engagement Slips, Projects, Classroom Performance Create Perform Respond © James Ray Morgan 2013

3. Music Opposites Grade 2 February 25-March 31 I Can learn loud and soft Learn high and low Learn fast and slow Sing a song Play instruments Compose a song using opposites National Music Standards 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture KY Standards 1.14 Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music. 1.15 Students make sense of and communicate ideas with movement. 2.23 Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards. Assessments: Exit Slips, Engagement Slips, Projects, Classroom Performance Create Perform Respond © James Ray Morgan 2013

4. Music In Schools Month (evaluating and listening) Grade 3 February 25-March 31 I Can Learn a new song to sing each week Continue to learn to read notation Evaluate performances I see and hear Listen to music and respond to it National Music Standards 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture KY Standards 1.14 Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music. 1.15 Students make sense of and communicate ideas with movement. 2.23 Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards. Assessments: Exit Slips, Engagement Slips, Projects, Classroom Performance Create Perform Respond © James Ray Morgan 2013

5. Music In Schools Month (evaluating and listening) Grade 4 February 25-March 31 I Can Learn a new song to sing each week Continue to learn to read notation Evaluate performances I see and hear Listen to music and respond to it National Music Standards 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture KY Standards 1.14 Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music. 1.15 Students make sense of and communicate ideas with movement. 2.23 Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards. Assessments: Exit Slips, Engagement Slips, Projects, Classroom Performance Create Perform Respond © James Ray Morgan 2013

6. Music In Schools Month (SKYPE with musicians/evaluating and listening) Grade 5 February 25-March 31 I Can Learn a new song to sing each week Continue to learn to read notation Evaluate performances I see and hear Listen to music and respond to it Ask a real professional musicians questions National Music Standards 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture KY Standards 1.14 Students make sense of ideas and communicate ideas with music. 1.15 Students make sense of and communicate ideas with movement. 2.23 Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards. Assessments: Exit Slips, Engagement Slips, Projects, Classroom Performance Create Perform Respond © James Ray Morgan 2013