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

Music Education — Grade 5

Goal 2: The learner will play on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Objective 2.04. Play independent instrumental parts while others sing and/or play rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic parts.

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

Rondo with B-A-G
Students will read letter and rhythmic notation of the song "Hot Cross Buns," compose a phrase using notes B,A,G, and perform the song as the "A" section of a rondo form.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Music Education)
By Beth Younts.
Native American music: Two North Carolina tribes
In this lesson plan, students will listen to songs from two North Carolina tribes. Students will learn about the music through listening, analyzing, singing, moving, and playing instruments.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies)
By Merritt Raum Flexman.
How can we represent sounds that are in the environment?
In BioMusic, page 2.2
In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will listen to frog calls and identify the difference between high and low pitches. They will represent sounds using aural, graphic, and kinesthetic methods.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Dance Arts Education and Music Education)
By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

Resources on the web

First rhythmic composition
This ARTSEDGE lesson introduces students to rhythm concepts, including the names and symbols associated with music notation. Students fill in a chart that outlines names and meanings of rhythmic musical symbols. They then clap rhythm sequences and compose... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics and Music Education)
Provided by: ArtsEdge