What We Learn In Grade 2 Music

I Can

• show high, medium, low.
• move to show beats in groups of 2, 3, 4.
• show how melodies go up, down or same.
• tell when there’s a beat or no beat.
• sing, read and write songs that use these notes: msl and drm.
• tell when sounds are held for more than one beat.
• read these rhythms:

Elements in Music: Timbre

I Can

• use and identify speaking, whispering, calling, and singing voices; adult and children’s voices.
• identify classroom instruments, body percussion.
• show phrase form and tell if the phrases are the same or different.
• identify these forms: AB, ABA, rondo.
• name and identify woodwind, brass, percussion, string families.

Elements of Music: Expression Vocabulary

I Can

• identify and perform high/low woods.
• loud/quiet.
• fast/slow.
• smooth/separated.
• talk about the mood of music and how expression helps the listener to know what it’s about.

Perform, Respond, Connect

I Can

• improvise, create and play rhythm patterns, melodies, new verses, and sound effects for stories and poems.
• sing, move, and play.
• tell or show how music makes me feel.
• listen to music and tell about the places they’re from.

Themes & Variations

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