LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Music Education — Grade 2

Goal 4: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

Objective 4.03. Compose a simple rhythmic piece using half, quarter, eighth note and quarter rest durations.

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Aligned lesson plans

Create a Music Carnival
This is a lesson in which the students will combine their knowledge of rhythm, pitch, and tone color with their imaginations to create original compositions about animals. They will use "Carnival of the Animals", by Saint-Saens, and "Peter and the Wolf", by Prokofiev, for comparisons.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Music Education)
By Rowena Licko.