Grades 1 to 6 Music Curriculum Objectives

Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
(I) Creative/Productive
Musical Notation
Melody Patterns Based on scales So Mi La Matching Tones	Melody Has Direction Scales Moves by steps/skips Aural Dictation	Melody Ends on Tonic Moves by step/skip/leap Interval recognition - Octave	Melody Intervals Has shape and colour 8v, P5, +3, -3 C+ scale	Melody G, F+ scales and relative minors Rhythm changes melody Recognize ties, slurs, accidentals, dynamics P4, +2, -2	Melody Other scales (ethnic, whole tone etc.) Sequence A+, E+ and minors +6, -6 Key signatures
Rhythm Beats Patterns Stick Notation +6, -6	Rhythm Accompanies melodies Beat divisions/accents Stick Patterns	Rhythm illustration Time signature	Rhythm Beats grouped in 4's Meter changes illustration	Rhythm Dotted notes Pattern combinations conducting 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 patterns Time signatures 5/4, 2/2, 12/8	Rhythm Types of rhythms - waltzes etc. Triplet Changes of meter 2/4 to 6/8 Dictation Conducting 6/8 pattern
Harmony Accompanies a melody	Harmony Chords (+&-)	Harmony Rounds, partner songs, descant Accompany with I & V7	Harmony IV, V chords Making harmony (partner songs)	Harmony I, IV, V, and V7 chords Soprano, alto	Harmony Cadence Other chords - minors, 7th 3 part singing
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Musical Expression (Creating & Listening)
Tempo Dynamics Tone colour	Tempo (Fast/slow) Dynamics (cresc./dim.)	Dynamics (adds effects) Tone colour (different instruments)	Tempo (rit., Accel., Allegro, Andante Tone colour (tone qualities of instruments)	Tone colour (inventing new instruments)	Text enhanced by interpretation Styles (Blues, swing etc) Dynamics (f, p, ff, pp, mf, cresc., dim.)
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Performing
Singing Respond to tone Respond to hand signals S M L Unison singing	Singing S M L R D Tone matching Folk/Ethnic Songs	Singing S M R L D Li Si Di 2 part rounds Descants Expressively Question and answer	Singing Legato & Staccato S M L R D L1 S1 D1 F1 T1 3 part rounds Musical interpretation (text)	Singing Read music usinf Sol Fa skills 3-4 part rounds Phrasing/enunciation	Singing Expand repertoire Use variety of keys "in-tune" singing
Playing Instruments Echo rhythms Accompany singing/stories, poems Body percussion (movement) Orff instruments	Playing Instruments Play simple patterns Follow rhythm scores	Playing Instruments Keyboard instruments	Playing Instruments Recorder Latin instruments Ukelele	Playing Instruments Handbells String, wind and percussion instruments	Playing Instruments Continue band instruction etc.

Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6
(II) Critical/Responsive
Focused Listening
Form Understanding phrases Introductions Form (A, B) Repetition	Form Sections in music Intro & endings	Form Phrase length/comparison Ostinato Binary/Ternary form Rondo form	Form Interlude, theme and variation Rondo Intro and Coda Repeats	Form Tone poem, suite, overture, concert overture Improvisation Repitition/Contrast Repetition	Form Concerto, canon, fugue, prelude and fugue, symphony, opera, operetta Differences of various forms
Notation Rhythm stick notation for simple patterns Pictures for melody contours s m l patterns (pictographs) "Musical Map" Dynamics Simple instrumental scores	Notation s m l d r patterns (pictures / graphs / simple staff Musical symbols Multiple endings and D.S. Staff and clefs	Notation s m l d r notation - traditional - nontraditional Time signatures 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 time Full staff - dictation Musical Terms Musical Symbols Phrase markings	Notation Syncopation Rhythm dictation Scales Intervals - aurally and visually Melodic notation add f and p Staff symbols Key signatures Music reading for classroom instruments Chord symbols	Notation Compound meters Dotted rhuthms Fi and Si Minor scales Intervals - aurally and visually Bass Clef Symbols Key signatures II, IV, and V7 chords Part singing	Notation Irregular meters Key signatures Intervals - aurally and visually +/- scales - chords on the staff Key signatures in Bass clef Chord symbols
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Responding to Music
Movement Body Movement - High/Low sounds Move to the beat Respond to the beat Improvise Movement	Movement Improvie to songs, poems, stories Moving to form of music Changes in dynamics, tempo, mood	Movement Rhthmic patterns Rounds/Canons Folk, square, traditional ethnic dancing	Movement Planned movement Purposeful movement to specific characteristics	Movement Illustrate musical form	Movement Choreograph / perform popular styles
Intellectual / Discussion Environmental sounds Musical / non-musical sounds Voice sounds Common instrument sounds Audience ettiquette Seasonal/ethnic music Musical stories Rhythm identification	Intellectual / Discussion Melody (rise/fall) Like/unlike patterns Phrases Identify voices Tempo variation Dynamic variation	Intellectual / Discussion Melodic contour Differences in tempo, tone colour, dynamics, major/minor keys Repetition/Contrast Identify Melody Expression Instrument families Instrumental production of tone colour	Intellectual / Discussion Chord recognition Music recognition Instrument families and tone qualities +/- Chords Musical Terms Legato staccato Performance evaluation Personal preferences using terminology	Intellectual / Discussion Changing meters Conducting Scale patterns +/- scales (aural distinction) Changes in I, IV, V7 chords Human voices SATB Instrumental recognition Creating sounds	Intellectual / Discussion Conducting patterns Identify Instrumental ensembles Styles Electronic Music Identify Vocal ensembles Vocal timbral qualities Interpretation / Accompaniment of vocal music Performance quality and effectiveness

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