September: - Rules and Procedures
- Pre-Assessment for SGO (Rhythms)
- Matching pitches (call-and-respone; through-composed songs)
- Multicultural Music: Ghana (Exploring games and songs of children from other parts of the world. How are these songs and games similar or different from American song games?)
- Listening: The Canceling of Stamps by Ghana Postal Workers
October: - Listening: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
- Instruments of the Orchestra (Strings/Woodwind/Brass/Percussion)
- Structure of Song: AB form/verse and refrain
- Moving to Music: keeping beat; beat vs. rhythm
November: - Patriotic Songs: America (My Country 'Tis of Thee); Yankee Doodle Boy
- Folk Songs of America (Appalachians; African-American)
- Improvisation of movement; moving to beat
December: January-March: - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Song: Keep the Dream Alive
- Rhythms: Listening for the Half Note in Songs
- Dr. Seuss: Connection with Read Across America
- American Folk Songs
- Connection with Immigration Unit in Social Studies
April-May: - Concert Preparation
- Rhythm Drills
- Listening Lesson: Spring I. Allegro from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
June: - Review of the Content from the School Year
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