LEARN NC

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

Music Education — Grade 3

Goal 5: The learner will read and notate music.

Objective 5.04. Identify symbols and traditional terms referring to expressive qualities including dynamics and tempo.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Rhythm beginnings
This lesson plan introduces the terms beat, steady beat, and tempo for the first day of rhythm work.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Music Education)
By Meg Anderson.
Love songs
In BioMusic, page 1.4
In this lesson, students will investigate how birds use song to communicate. After listening to the story Birdsongs and recordings of bird songs, they will identify “words” in the calls and patterns in the songs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Music Education and Science)
By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.