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

Music Education — Grade 4

Goal 6: The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Objective 6.02. Demonstrate perceptual skills by conducting, moving to, answering questions about, and describing aural examples of music of various styles and cultures.

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

Spirituals and the power of music in slave narratives
In this lesson for grade 4, students will learn about the importance of music in the lives of slaves by reading slave narratives and listening to recordings.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Music Education and Social Studies)
By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
Experience ABA form
This lesson will help students understand ABA Form. Through listening activities, they will be able to distinguish the "A" section from the "B" section and the return of the "A" section. Other activities will also be used for illustration.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–5 Music Education)
By Lisa Qualls.

Resources on the web

Chinese instruments
In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students identify and classify Western instruments and traditional Chinese instruments. Each student researches and writes about a specific instrument, and then creates a version of the Chinese musical instrument using recycled... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Music Education)