What We Learn in Pre-K Music

I can

• show high, medium or low sounds
• tell when there’s a beat and when there’s no beat
• show how melodies go up, down or stay the same
• move to and play a steady beat

Elements of Music

Timbre

• identify and use speaking, whispering, calling, and singing voices
• show phrases
• tell if phrases are the same or different
• use classroom instruments when I see them or hear them
• woods, metals, shakes, scrapes, drums

Expression

• identify and perform beat
• loud and quiet
• fast and slow
• high/low
• smooth or separated

Perform Respond Connect

• create and play patterns using loud or quiet rhythms
• sing, move, and play with instruments
• tell or show how music makes me feel
• listen to music and tell about the places they’re from
• improvise melodies

Be a good listener.