Lopatcong Township School District

Music Curriculum

Grade 5

 
 

STRAND: Expression
 
OBJECTIVES

Student will be able to:

NJ Core

Curriculum

Content

Standard

Instructional

       Level

Suggested Activities from the New Jersey Music Curriculum Frameworks

                                                                                                                                     

Identify the difference between loud and soft. 

1.1

R

 (See Appendix A: Expression)

Identify the difference between slow and fast.

1.1

R

 

Sing, play, move to loud and soft examples.

1.2

R

 

Sing, play, move to slow and fast examples

1.2

R

 

Be able to hear and identify crescendos, decrescendos. 

1.1

R

 

Be able to hear and identify accents in music.

1.1

R

 

Sing, play, move to crescendos, decrescendos.

1.2

R

 

Sing, play, move to accented beats.

1.2

R

 

Identify dynamic and tempo changes.

1.1

R

 

Identify dynamics using traditional terms (p, f, mf, etc) 

1.3

R

 

Identify major and minor modes.

1.3

D

 

Identify modal changes as a means of expression.

1.3

D

 

Identify and perform the use of rests and note duration.

1.2

I

 

Evaluate the use of rests and note duration.

1.4

I

 

 

 

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