Third Grade Music
The third grade represents the center of the music program. The three preceding years lead up to the level of skill and understanding the third grader exhibits. The spontaneity and creative freshness of young children is still present in third grade, but now coupled with a greater capacity for intellectual understanding and a more developed physical capability to express musical ideas and thoughts.
Rhythm
· Continued development of beat competency in a variety of musical styles and in a variety of tempos
· Recognizing, expressing, reading, and writing duration values
· Recognizing and expressing 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter
· Understanding and expressing complementary rhythms. Performing within an ensemble with multiple rhythmic textures
· Continued rhythmic improvisation
Melody
· Review pentatonic in all modes
· Transpose pentatonic to keys of F and G
· Improvise and/or compose pentatonic melodies
· Solidify melodic reading through recorder study
· Sing simple canon and two-part songs
Harmony
· Review all drones.
Movement
· Third Grade Rodeo Round up!
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