Kindergarten through Third Grade
	Music is experienced as a gift from God to give us joy and to enable us to praise Him.  Our God is an awesome, creative God. We are created in His image. Music is a gift from God given to us to glorify Him, as well as, to enrich our lives and the lives of others. The purpose of music at Providence is to engage students in the active making of, listening to and responding to music in order to praise God, relate to others in positive ways and to enjoy and develop the gifts He has given. Music activities contribute to the total development of the child mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually and aesthetically. Elementary music is an active process in which the student explores the nature of movement and sound through excellent folk and composed materials. Students reproduce sound and learn to interpret the unique system of musical notation. Improvisation enables students to create music that is uniquely their own.  Essential experiences and assorted activities are included in lesson plans. The following elements are sequences within each grade level as well as spiraled from grade to grade: RHYTHM MELODY HARMONY FORM EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES Kindergarten Rhythm: Steady beat with movement, instruments, rhythmic speech, quarter notes/rests, duple meter Melody: High/ low pitches, sol/mi songs, melodic direction, singing a variety of songs, finding singing voice Harmony: Major and minor tonalities, playing instruments  Form: AB form, ABA form in music pieces, phrases Expressive Qualities: Loud (forte)/ soft (piano), tempos (allegro, andante, adagio), instrument timbres Activities are directed toward these goals and objectives using speech, singing, movement, listening, drama and playing instruments.  K5 students have music 3 times a week for 30 minutes.  Readiness and First Grade Rhythm: Steady beat with movement, instruments, rhythmic speech, quarter/eighth half notes/rests (reading and notating), duple meter, organized dance vocabulary Melody: High/low pitches, melodic direction, sol/mi/la songs, singing a variety of songs, using singing voice Harmony: Major/ minor tonality recognition, performing ostinato patterns, playing instruments including bordun accompaniment Form: Same and different phrases, AB form, ABA form Expressive Qualities: Contrasts in tempo, dynamics, timbre, legato/staccato Activities are directed toward these goals and objectives using speech, singing, movement, listening, drama and playing instruments.  Readiness tudents have music 3 times a week for 30 minutes. First grade students have music 2 times a week for 30 minutes.  Second Grade  Rhythm: Steady beat with movement, instruments, rhythmic speech, quarter/eighth/ half dotted notes/rests (reading and notating), organized dance vocabulary, duple and triple meter Melody: High/low pitches (skips, steps, repeats), melodic direction and contour, sol/mi/la/do/re songs, singing a variety of songs, good vocal tone Harmony: Major/minor tonality recognition, performing 2 part songs and instrument pieces, playing instruments with chord, broken, level bordun accompaniment. Form: Same and different phrases, AB form, ABA form, introduction, coda Expressive Qualities: Contrasts in tempo, dynamics, timbre, legato/staccato, music Vocabulary Activities are directed toward these goals and objectives using speech, singing, movement, listening, drama and playing instruments.  Second grade students have music 2 times a week for 30 minutes.  Third Grade  Rhythm: Steady beat with movement, instruments, rhythmic speech, quarter/eighth/ sixteenth/half/ dotted/ whole notes/rests (reading and notating), organized dance vocabulary, duple and triple meter Melody: Melodic contour (skips, steps, repeats), sol/mi/la/do/re/ high do songs, singing a variety of songs, good vocal tone Harmony: Major/ minor tonality, chord changes, performing 2 and 3 part vocal and instrument pieces, playing instruments with chord, broken, level and cross- over bordun accompaniment. Form: Same and different phrases, AB form, ABA form, introduction, coda, rondo form, interlude Expressive Qualities: Contrasts in tempo, dynamics, timbre, legato/staccato, music vocabulary Activities are directed toward these goals and objectives using speech, singing, movement, listening, drama and playing instruments.  Third grade students have music 2 times a week for 30 minutes.