Students at Belfair Elementary receive 40 minutes of music instruction every three days.  During these 40-minute sessions students will do one of the following activities:

• Play “Orff” instruments – xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels, non pitched percussion

• Sing

• Compose

• Listen

• Move

• Learn about music note reading and theory

Most lessons contain a combination of more than one of these.

 1st Grade Music: 

• Uses singing voice to match pitch

• Maintains steady beat on classroom instruments

• Improvises short songs and ostinatos (short musical pattern that is repeated) on barred instruments

• Plays, sings, and moves to music of various cultures

• Recognizes the use of music in everyday life

 2nd Grade Music:

• Sings on pitch and begins to develop a singing range

• Plays a steady beat and simple rhythms on classroom instruments

• Improvises short songs and ostinatos (short musical pattern that is repeated) on barred instruments

• Reads and performs simple rhythm patterns

• Plays, sings, and moves to music of various cultures

• Uses music terms to evaluate musical performances

 3rd Grade Music:

 Sings on pitch and in rhythm continuing to develop a singing range

• Sings partner songs and rounds

• Sight-reads basic rhythm patterns

• Note names in Treble Clef introduced

• Improvises and arranges short songs and ostinatos (short musical pattern that is repeated) on barred instruments

• Plays, sings, and moves to music of various cultures

• Uses music terms to evaluate musical compositions and performance

   

4th Grade Music:

• Sings accurately with good breath control

• Identifies and uses standard symbols to notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics in simple patterns

• Identifies all note names in Treble Clef

• Sings music in one or two parts

• Describes and classifies characteristics of different music genres and styles

• Understands that music serves many purposes and functions in various cultures

• Improvises, arranges, and composes short songs and ostinatos (short musical pattern that is repeated) on barred instruments and recorders

• Uses music terms to evaluate his/her own and others’ performances and compositions

 5th Grade Music:

• Sings accurately with good breath control

• Identifies and uses standard symbols to notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics in simple patterns

• Identifies all Treble Clef note names and Bass Clef introduced

• Sings music in one or two parts

• Plays one classroom instrument (barred percussion, unpitched percussion, or recorders) accurately alone, and in ensembles (groups)

• Recognizes the distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures

• Improvises short songs and ostinatos (short musical pattern that is repeated) on a variety of music room instruments

• Uses music terms to evaluate his/her own and others’ performances and compositions