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Second Grade Music
Essential Standards
Artistic Perception
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- Read, write, and perform simple patterns of rhythm and pitch, using quarter, eighth, half notes and rests
- Identify ascending/descending melody and even/uneven rhythm patterns
- Identify simple musical forms, emphasizing verse/refrain, AB, ABA
- Identify individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments
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Creative Expression
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- Sing age-appropriate songs accurately from memory
- Play rhythmic ostinati on classroom instruments
- Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic accompaniments, using voice and a variety of classroom instruments.
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Historical and Cultural Context |
- Identify the uses of specific music in daily or special events
- Sing and play simple songs and singing games from various cultures
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Aesthetic Valuing
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- Use music terminology in discussing individual preferences for specific music
- Respond to a live performance with appropriate audience behavior
- Create movements to express pitch, tempo, form, and dynamics and identify how musical elements communicate ideas or moods
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| Connections, Relationships, and Applications |
- Identify similar themes in stories, songs, and art forms (e.g., patterns, texture)
- Identify and talk about who composes and performs music
- Identify general curriculum connections
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Composers
Camille Saint-Saens
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"Carnival of the Animals"
More about Saint-Saens
"The Carnival of the Animals"
Word search
Coloring Page |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Click below and learn more about this composer:
More about Mozart
"Turkish Rondo"
From Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major
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Zoltan Kodaly (koh-dah-ee)
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Hary Janos Suite, "Viennese Musical Clock"
LIsten to the story of Hary Janos and more about the Viennese Musical Clock by clicking HERE. |
Captain Bogg & Salty
(A rowdy pirate band especially for kids)
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These singers are part of the sea shanty lessons we will be learning in October. They sing some very interesting pirate music. We will be watching one of their videos in class and I will place the link to the video on this website when we get closer to that lesson... :-)
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Songs
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We've Got Lot's In Common, Do - Re - Mi, Sarasponda, Allee-Allee-O, Two In a Boat, Talk Like a Pirate. |
November/December
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Winter Holiday Music... |
January/February
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Studying composers that are listed above... |
March/April
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Instruments of the Orchestra...
Folk Music - This is music that has been passed on by memorizing and repeating, instead of writing it down. It was written by common, everyday people.
Song List: "Down By the Bay" and "Old Joe Clark". |
May/June
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Finish up Folk Music/Songs
COLONIAL MUSIC and INSTRUMENTS
Song List: "Jamestown"
Play Party Songs and Games: Back in the late 1700's, and 1800's some party goers thought of dancing as inappropriate. Games were created and performed with the music instead of dancing.
Song List - "Shoo Fly", "Zudio", & "Leila"
TESTING will be completed this month. It will include reading and performing simple rhythmic patterns, singing portions of the folk or play party songs we've learned in music class, and echo singing.
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