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Our Kindergarten through 3rd grade students are taught instrumental music by Mark Veregge.  Music production is taught to our 4th and 5th grade students by Bill Smethers.

 

Los Alamitos was selected to receive a generous multi-year Greenhouse Grant for music from Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley (CISV). This grant provided funding and professional curricular coaching to develop and implement a consistent, sequential music program that is aligned with state frameworks and standards. The music program was awarded another generous grant in fall 2000 from the Valley Foundation.  To discover more about music's importance in your child's early development and education, please see Music News. Also listed are exciting Los Alamitos student performances!

 

While the grants allowed Los Alamitos to develop and implement this music program, Scrip has become the primary source of funding for the Kindergarten through 3rd grade music program. To learn more about the Scrip for Music Fundraising Program, please check out Scrip FAQs.

 

Music Curriculum The music program's scope and sequence, jointly developed by Los Alamitos and Community School of Music and Arts, utilizes The Music Connection curriculum, which was developed by Silver Burdett Ginn and has been adopted by the state. Listed below is this program's state-adopted scope and sequence.
Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade
3rd Grade	4th & 5th Grades

 

KINDERGARTEN
Singing Find the singing voice Match pitch	Melody Distinguish high/low	Rhythm Develop a sense of steady beat
Harmony Distinguish accompaniment / no accompaniment	Form Call & response Echo	Cultural Context and Connections to other Curriculum Listen or sing folk songs from another country
Creating Dramatize songs	Playing instruments Hand drums, tone blocks, tambourines	Top

 

1st GRADE
Singing Match pitch with accuracy Learn many songs by memory	Memory Perform, recognize and notate melodic patterns using so, mi, la	Rhythm Perform, recognize and notate quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest Beat vs. rhythm Learn 2/4 meter
Harmony Add simple ostinati to melodies	Form Recognize like/unlike phrases Read & write repeat signs	Cultural Context and Connections to other Curriculum Discuss music & celebrations of other cultures Perform a song from another culture
Creating Improvise simple rhythmic & melodic patterns Create movements to songs	Playing Instruments Add triangle, finger cymbals	Top

 

2nd GRADE
Singing Sing familiar melodies independently Sing with good tone quality & diction	Melody Add do, re to complete pentatonic scale	Rhythm Learn half notes, tied notes, & sixteenth note patterns Learn 4/4 meter
Harmony Sing Canons (rounds)	Form Identify question / answer phrases	Cultural Context and Connections to other Curriculum Identify similar themes in various art forms
Creating Create rhythmic or melodic accompaniments to songs using classroom instruments	Playing Instruments Add guiro and maracas	Top

 

3rd GRADE
Singing Use singing voice with increased accuracy & independence Expand vocal range	Melody Add high do. Introduce fa and ti and half steps, if ready	Rhythm Learn dotted half note, whole note, half & whole rests and syncopation Learn 3 / 4 meter
Harmony Sing & play canons, ostinati & partner songs Use resonator bells to produce chordal accompaniments	Form Understand simple forms (AB, ABA) Improvise answer phrases to questions	Cultural Context and Connections to other Curriculum Study the music of Ohione & other Native American cultures Apply science of sound concepts to musical instruments
Creating Create movements to express tempo, form or mood Learn simple dances	Playing Instruments Use resonator bells or autoharp to accompany songs Begin learning recorder	Top

 

4th & 5th GRADES
Singing Sing confidently with others in canon and part songs Gain independence singing alone	Melody Sing and play melodies	Rhythm Learn dotted rhythms on one beat Distinguish upbeat/downbeat/offbeat
Musical Production Participate in large, on-stage musical productions Audition for solo musical segments	Creating Compose and/or improvise simple melodic & rhythmic patterns	Playing Instruments Students may elect to begin band or string instruments Recorder instruction to all students

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