Music

Students at Belfair Elementary receive 40 minutes of music instruction every 3 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