Music Curriculum

Mrs. Kathy Thompson 

Grades Kindergarten, First and Second
*Students work on Orff instrument technique
*Keeping a steady beat/rhythm
*Recognizing simple notation and music terms
*Pitch and diction and building a vocal repetoire
*Drama, and dramatizing simple songs from vocal literature and children’s literature
*Present a Christmas Program
*Seasonal songs

Grades Third, Fourth and Fifth
*More advanced Orff instrument technique
*Following a choral copy
*Music reading skill
*Singing partner songs and simple harmony
*Pitch, rhythm, and music notation
*Developing a vocal repetoire including many styles of music
*Multicultural music
*Songs and musicals that enforce other areas of study such as the solar system, math facts, the rain forest, KY history etc.
*Hand bell technique
*Seasonal songs

Grades Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
*Recorder playing as well as Orff instrument technique
*Instruments of the orchestra
*Stomp Out Loud
*The history of Rock & Roll
*Music Composition
*Vocal repetoire of many styles of music
*Assessing musical performances
*Dance styles
*World drumning method
*Drama & auditioning