The Learning Corner

Music in Second Grade

During Second Grade, students will:

·        Identify wind, string, and percussion instruments by sight

·        Improvise instrument sounds with stories

·        Identify and perform music that gets louder and softer/ faster and slower

·        Identify and perform the following notes and rests: quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note pair, single eighth note, eighth rest, half note, and half rest

·        Identify and perform rhythm patterns which use the accent symbol

·        Compose short rhythmic patterns using notes and rests

·        Echo rhythmic and melodic patterns

·        Use body percussion to demonstrate the meter of a song

·        Perform two ostinatos at a time as a class

·        Experience African American music by singing, listening, and playing cultural games

·        Identify characteristics of ballet by viewing selections from “The Nutcracker”

·        Draw and identify components of the staff including, 5 lines, 4 spaces, and the treble clef