1. Kindergarten music - Marking Period 1 During Marking Period 1, kindergarten students practice identifying sounds as fast or slow. The contrast between fast and slow is experienced through movement. Students also explore steady beat through playing classroom instruments and respond to music in several different meters through locomotor and non-locomotor movement. Singing games and finger plays provide most of the musical content through which students explore these concepts. Measurement Topics: Responding to Music Performing Music

2. Kindergarten Music - Marking Period 2 During Marking Period 2, students continue to explore steady beat through playing classroom instruments and moving to music. They also identify sounds as loud or soft and relate them to known examples. Much of this exploration involves singing games and finger plays. In addition, students experiment with using their voices in various ways (speaking, singing, whispering, and calling) in response to images. Measurement Topics: Responding to Music Performing Music

3. Kindergarten music - Marking Period 3 During Marking Period 3, kindergarteners develop a fundamental understanding of rhythm through the exploration of long and short sounds. These contrasts are represented by images or symbols and students produce appropriate sounds with their voices, bodies, or instruments in response to the symbols. Students also develop an understanding of meter through the performance of strong and weak beats. Measurement Topics: Reading Music

4. Kindergarten Music - Marking Period 4 During Marking Period 4, students continue to practice singing within a limited vocal range. Singing games and finger plays are a primary source of musical materials. Students further develop their abilities produce appropriate sounds in response to picture symbols representing high and low sounds. Early experiences with improvisation and composition include creating sound pieces by placing pictorial representations in a configuration which indicates how the corresponding sounds are to be performed. Measurement Topics: Reading Music Performing Music