Music and Social Emotional Learning:

A Dynamic Duo

CONTENT




 

ACTIVITIES KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS SONGS

Unit 1

MELODY: do-re-mi-so (key of C) (Pr4.2)

GENRE: Samoan Sasa (Re7.1)

Do-Re-Mi" - THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Samoan Sasa


RHYTHM: Quarter (ta) and pair-eighth (ti-tit) notes (Pr4.2)

FORM: Same & different (Pr4.2)

ASSESSMENT: Rubric (Pr5.1) 

Samoan Sasa

Mary had a little lamb


TONE COLORS: Classical Instruments (Pr4.3)

Brass
Woodwind
String
Percussion



Unit 2

MELODY: do-re-mi-so-la (Pr4.2)

SCALE: Do-pentatonic (Pr4.2)

RHYTHM: Ta, ti-ti, ta-a, quarter rest (Pr4.2)

STYLE: Pop music (Re7.2)

Don't Worry, Be Happy!


FORM: ABA 

 

HARMONY: Playing Boomwhackers (Pr6.1)

IMPROVISATION: Do-pentatonic (Cr1.1 & 3.1)

Power of the Pentatonic Scale
Boomwhakers


TONALITIES: Major and minor scales (Pr4.3)

TEMPO: Fast & slow (Pr4.3)

STYLE: JAZZ, Jewish folk dance (Re7.1)

 

Summative Assessment

The Sound of Music

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Jazz style)
Shabat Shalom


Unit 3

RHYTHM: Dotted half note, 3/4, Simple Triple Meter (Pr4.2)

HARMONY: Round (Pr6.1)

 

ASSESSMENT: Singing Rubric (Pr5.1) 

Oh, How Lovely
The Sound of Music


Unit 4

RHYTHM: 16th notes (Tiri-tiri) (Pr4.2), Dalcroze (Re9.1)

PERFORMING: Boomwhackers/Body Percussion (Pr6.1)

COMPOSITION: Hawaiian Terms (Cr2.1)

Dalcroze game
Waimānalo Warriors


Unit 5

REPERTOIRE - Doraji (Pr4.1)

MELODY: Pentatonic solfege on staff (Pr4.2)
FORM: same and different phrases (Pr4.2)
METER: Simple and Compound meters (Pr4.2)

STYLE/TONE COLORS: Korean folk song (Re8.1)

ASSESSMENT: Singing Rubric (Pr5.1) 

Doraji


Unit 6

REPERTOIRE - We Shall Overcome (Pr4.1)

RHYTHM: Dotted quarter-eighth (tai-ti) (Pr4.2)

FORM: Same and different phrases (Pr4.2)

STYLE: Civil Rights Movement (Re7.2)

ASSESSMENT: Singing Rubric (Pr5.1) 

We Shall Overcome


Unit 7

SCALE: Notes in C major scale (add fa and ti) (Pr4.2)

HARMONY: Canon (Pr6.1)

FORM: Same and different phrases (Pr4.2)

TONALITIES: Major and minor scales (Pr4.2)

We shall overcome
Water Canon


Unit 8

REPERTOIRE - Doraji, Kāhuli Aku (Pr4.1)

TRANSPOSITION, from C to F major (Pr4.2)

SCALE: Notes in F major (Pr4.2)

KEY SIGNATURE: Accidental, B-flat (Pr4.2)

STYLE: Hawaiian Hula (Re7.2)

 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Doraji

Kāhuli Aku


Unit 9

Music Piece - Movement #4: Vanished Voices: A Farewell to the ʻŌʻō (Pr4.1)

TONALITIES, TONE COLORS, REGISTER, ARRANGEMENT, DYNAMICS: (Re7.1, Re7.2, Re8.1)

SOCIETAL, CULTURAL, & HISTORICAL CONTEXTS (CN 11.0)

 

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds:

Movement #4: Vanished Voices: A Farewell to the ʻŌʻō

Classical Instruments