3-5 Music Curriculum at Mountain View School
Students at Mountain View School receive music once a week and learn how to create, perform, respond to, and connect music in a variety of ways. We prepare for two to three concerts a year.
3rd Grade - Students in 3rd Grade start learning about naming the notes on the staff, increase their repertoire of songs, learn new dances and games, play a wider array of instruments, and increase their singing range. Partner songs and rounds are introduced which helps students become more independent. These skills are transferred to playing ostinatos and reading simple music on Orff instruments.
4th Grade - Recorders! Recorders! Recorders! Once students have learned how to create music independently and learn how to read notes, we start learning how to play the recorder. The recorder is a woodwind instrument in which students cover tone holes to produce various pitches. Singing, playing games, and learning about music history is present in the learning as it was in past grades.
5th Grade - Students in 5th grade not only have music class once a week, but these students have the option of participating in beginner band, too. Please encourage your child to start an instrument! Fifth grade also prepares students for middle school show choir.
3rd Grade - Students in 3rd Grade start learning about naming the notes on the staff, increase their repertoire of songs, learn new dances and games, play a wider array of instruments, and increase their singing range. Partner songs and rounds are introduced which helps students become more independent. These skills are transferred to playing ostinatos and reading simple music on Orff instruments.
4th Grade - Recorders! Recorders! Recorders! Once students have learned how to create music independently and learn how to read notes, we start learning how to play the recorder. The recorder is a woodwind instrument in which students cover tone holes to produce various pitches. Singing, playing games, and learning about music history is present in the learning as it was in past grades.
5th Grade - Students in 5th grade not only have music class once a week, but these students have the option of participating in beginner band, too. Please encourage your child to start an instrument! Fifth grade also prepares students for middle school show choir.