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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
GRADE LEVEL MELODY RHYTHM HARMONY FORM
Pre-K High vs. Low Sound vs. Silence Voice vs. Same / Different
Voice Short vs. Long Instruments
Exploration
Kindergarten Voice Slow vs. Fast; Ostinato; One A B Form
Exploration; Quarter Note / Voice vs. Many
Sol-Mi Quarter Rest Voices
st
1 Grade Sol-La-Mi; Same / Different; Instrument A B A Form
Contour Long vs. Short Families
nd
2 Grade Mi-Re-Do; Half Notes; Partner Songs; Repeat Sign;
beginning Duple and Triple Specific Rounds
expression Meter Instruments
3rd Grade Pentatonic 16th Notes; Solo/Tutti; 2-part 1st/2nd Endings;
Scale; Note Tempo singing; I-V D.S. al fine
Names progression
4th Grade Notation; Triads Dotted Rhythms; I-IV-V progression; Programmatic /
Fermata introduce vi Storytelling Music
chords
5th Grade Ledger Lines; Syncopation; 3-part partner Theme &
Key Signatures Triplet songs; band & Variations
orch. Instruments;
Progressions (I, IV,
V7, vi)
6th Grade Sight-Singing; Latin Dance Intro to Harmonic Investigate Style;
Expression; Key Rhythms; Dictation; 3-part Pop Form
Signatures (+4) Hemiola Songs Analysis; Folk
Dancing
7th Grade Scaler Sight- Soundscape; 4-part Partner Form
Singing; Text and African Songs; Key Identification;
Melody ; Key Drumming Changes Investigate Style
Signatures (+4)
8th Grade Sight-Singing Text Rhythms; Consonance/ Music in
Steps and Skips; Irregular Dissonance; SATB Historical and
a capella Groupings singing Modern Context
9th Grade Sight-Reading; Sight-Reading; 12-bar blues; Analyze Form;
Creating Analyzing Creating Sonata Form
Advanced Rhythmic Accompaniment
Melodies Motives

Enactive, Iconic, Symbolic learning occurs at each grade level within each concept.