Curriculum Guide of K to 12 Elementary – Music Gr.1-10
Objective
Curriculum Information
Education Type
K to 12
Grade Level
Grade 2
Learning Area
Music
Content/Topic
Rhythm
Melody
Form
Timbre
Dynamics
Tempo
Texture
Curriculum Guide
Intended Users
Educators
Competencies
Distinguishes aurally and visually between sound and silence
Relates visual images to sound and silence within a rhythmic pattern
Replicates a simple series of rhythmic sounds ie echo clapping
Maintains a steady beat when chanting walking tapping clapping and playing musical instruments
Claps the written stick notation to show steady beats and divides the stick notations into measures of 2s, 3s and 4s to show rhythmic patterns
Creates simple ostinato patterns in measures of 2s 3s and 4s with body movements
Writes stick notation on the board to represent the sound heard
Plays simple ostinato patterns on classroom instruments: sticks, drums, triangles, nails, coconut shells, bamboo, empty boxes, etc.
Identifies the pitch of tones as high low higher and lower
Responds to ranges of pitch through body movements singing and playing sources of sounds
Demonstrates high and low pitches through singing or playing musical instruments
Sings the following songs with accurate pitch wrote songs echo songs and simple childrens melodies
Echoes simple melodic patterns through singing or humming
Demonstrates the melodic contour with movement
Demonstrates the melodic contour through body staff, writing the melodic line “on the air” and line notation
Relates visual imagery to melodic patterns
Identifies the beginning and ending of a song
Demonstrates the beginning and end of a song with movements vocal sounds and instrumental sounds
Identifies musical lines as similar and dissimilar with movements and with the use geometric shapes or objects
Demonstrates repeated musical lines with movements
Recognizes repetitions within a song
Creates melodic introduction and ending of songs
Creates a rhythmic introduction and ending of songs
Identifies the source of sounds eg winds waves swaying of the trees animals sounds sounds produced by machines transportation etc
Replicates different sources of sounds with body movements
Identifies the common musical instruments by their sounds and image
Recognizes the difference between speaking and singing
Sings songs with accurate pitch and pleasing vocal quality
Produces sounds using voice body and objects to enhance a given story
Interprets through body movements the dynamics of a song
Distinguishes between "loud", "louder", "soft" and "softer" in music
Relates movements of animals to dynamics: elephant walking - "loud", dog walking - "medium", tiny steps of a mouse - "soft"
Uses the words loud louder soft softer to identify variations in volume
Replicates loud medium and soft with voice or with instruments
Sings a given song with appropriate dynamics
Mimics animal movements
Responds to the accurate tempo of a song as guided by the hand signal of the teacher
Demonstrates changes in tempo with movements
Responds to variations in tempo with dance steps; slow movement with slow music
Distinguishes slow slowerfast and faster in recorded music with voice or with instruments
Uses the terms fast faster slow and slower to identify variations in tempo
Replicates slow, slower, fast and faster with voice or with instruments
Identifies musical texture with recorded music: melody with a single instrument or voice; single melody with accompaniment; two or more melodies sung or played together at the
Shows awareness of texture by relating visual images to recorded or performed music
Distinguishes between single musical line and multiple musical lines which occur simultaneously
Distinguishes between thinness and thickness of musical sound in recorded or performed music
