Elementary Music Grade 2

Segment One 

• Elements of music 
• Introduction to music 
• Active listening 
• Music classroom and performance behaviors 
• Rhythm 
• Steady beat 
• Strong beat and weak beat 
• Meters of 2, 3, and 4 
• Half note and half rest 
• Improvisation 
• Rhythmic ostinato 
• Introduction of the musical staff 
• Treble clef 
• Melodic direction 
• Pentatonic scale 
• Solfege 
• Iconic notation 
• Singing technique 
• Melodic ostinato 
• Dynamics 
• Forte, piano, fortissimo, and pianissimo 
• Crescendo and descrescendo 
• Staccato and legato 
• Accent marks 
• Describing dynamic changes 
• Dynamics create mood 
• Tempo 
• Allegro, largo, presto, and andante 
• What is a metronome? 
• Describing tempo changes 
• Tempo creates mood 

Segment Two 

• Form 
• Active listening 
• Comparing patterns in songs aurally 
• Comparing patterns in songs visually 
• Identify the form 
• AB, ABA, ABCA, and Rondo 
• Playing songs with form changes 
• Playing songs from memory 
• Verse, chorus, and repeat 
• Call and response 
• Echo 
• Phrasing 
• Singing songs with form changes 
• Singing songs from memory 
• Timbre 
• Orchestra families 
• What is percussion? 
• Unpitched percussion instruments 
• Classifying percussion instruments 
• Brass instruments 
• Accompanied vs. unaccompanied 
• Solo vs. ensemble 
• How the voice works 
• Vocal technique 
• Adult and child voices 
• Music in celebrations 
• Music around the world 
• Compare and contrast versions of familiar songs 
• Composed music and folk music 
• John Philip Sousa 
• Antonio Vivaldi 
• Johann Sebastian Bach 
• Baroque period 
• Forming and sharing opinions about music 
• Evaluating performances 
• Role of musicians in the community 
• Role of music in daily life 
• Improvisation 
• Creating a musical performance to accompany a story 
• Collaboration 

Students will need the following materials: printer, cell phone or scanner, headset or earbuds, notebook, pen, pencils, erasers, scissors, coloring materials (markers, crayons, colored pencils), glue, tape, stapler, ruler, printer paper, lined paper, colored-paper, and general household objects for activities. 

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple-choice questions, writing assignments, projects, oral assessments, and discussions. Core courses will use the state-approved grading scale and Special Area courses will use an S or U grading scale.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.