Music Instructional Calendar 2007-2008 September	October	November	December	January	February	March	April	May	June
UNIT	Beat and Rhythm	Movement and Dance	Classroom Instruments	Tempo and Dynamics	Melodic Patterns	Structure and Analysis	Tone and Texture	Identifying Instruments	Music And the Arts	Improv. and Creation
KG	K.6 Steady beat K.5 Singing and Speaking Voices	K.4 Music and Movement, Teacher Directed	K.1 Using Classroom Instruments K.7 Creating Instrument Parts	K.8 Fast and Slow; Loud and Soft	K.1 Sol-Mi, Up, Down, Stay same K.2 Echo patterns	K.3 Introduction and Coda	K.10 Male and Female Voice ID	K.10 Classroom Inst. ID by sound	K.11 Music and Other Performing arts (Dance, Drama)	K.9 Pitched vs. Unpitched Sounds K.7 Creating Movement
1^st Grade	1.5 Steady Beat vs. Rhythm Patterns 1.2	1.4 Creating movement 1.3 Following dances	1.4 Creating Instrument Parts 1.1 Beginning Melodic Perc.	1.7 ID Changes in TEMPO and DYNAMICS	1.1 Sol-La Mi 1.8 High and Low Pitch ID	1.6 Form ID ABA and AB	1.10 Male and Female Voice ID, Melody vs. Accomp.	1.9 Classroom Inst. ID by Sight and Sound	1.11 Music and the Performing Arts	1.5 Writing Rhythms
2^nd Grade	2.2 Beats grouped in 2’s and 3’s, Meter	2.4 Creative Movement 2.3 teacher Directed Movement	2.5 Student Selected Inst. Parts 2.1 Melodic percussion	2.7 Perform Gradual Changes in DYNAMICS ACC.&RIT.	2.9 Up, Down, Same 2.1 S, L, M, R, D 2.6 Step, Skip Repeat	2.6 AB,ABA and phrase differences	2.6 Beginning Harmony, Rounds	2.8 Beginning Orchestra Ins. ID	2.10 Music and Performing Arts	2.2 Notating Rhythms 2.5 Improvising Rhythms
3^rd Grade	3.2 Beginning Notation 3.5Beats grouped in 4’s 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.3 Moving Creatively and independently 3.9 Moving wth props 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.4 Performing Chords- I&V 3.5 Melody Line played on Instruments 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.8 Recognize dynamic Marking p&f 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.2 Pentatonic Scale 3.11 Step, Skip, Repeat 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.7 ABA, AB,RONDO Following Listening Maps 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.1 2 Part Ensemble Singing and Inst. Playing 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.8 ID of Orch. Inst. By SOUND 3.10 4 Inst. Families 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.12 Music and VISUAL arts 4.2 Recorder Music Reading	3.6 Improvising Melodies to set Rhythms 4.2 Recorder Music Reading
4^th Grade	4.9 Meter and Time 4.2 Syncopation&dotted rhythms	4.3 Creative Movement and Folk Dances	4.2 Recorder Music Reading 4.4 Performing Chords-I,IV&V	4.7 pp&ff 4.11 Using Music Terms to describe in Listening	4.10 Major Vs. Minor Melody ID	4.6AB,ABA RONDO, Theme and Var., 4.11 Lis.Maps	4.1 2 Part Score 4.11 Music from Around the World	4.8 Instrument ID by Sight and Sound	4.12 Music and Visual Arts	4.2 Notating Melodies 4.5 Creating Melodies for recorder
5^th Grade	5.8 Complex meter 5.2 and notation	5.3 Teacher Directed Movement 5.4 Creative Movement	5.4 Creating Melodies (Rondo) and Improvising Acc (2 voice Poems)	5.6 mf&mp Using music terms to describe	5.1 Following a 2 part score ID Notes on the Scale	5.7 Creating List. Maps Physics of Sound 5.5 ID Theme &Var. & Rondo	5.9 Musical Eras, Music of Different Cultures	5.7 Instruments from other Cultures	5.10 Music in our lives