The Learning Corner

Music in Third Grade

During Third Grade, students will:

·        Identify and perform decrescendo, crescendo, and fermata signs

·        Identify, perform, and create patterns using the following notes and rests: quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note pair, single eighth note, eighth rest, sixteenth notes, half note, half rest, dotted half note, whole note, and whole rest

·        Reinforce staff elements, including time signatures, note names, and note values by playing the recorder

·        Identify the form of songs by listening for contrasting sections

·        Experience music of different cultures, including North, South, and Hispanic American

·        Identify characteristics of specific musical styles, including minuet and suite

·        Identify and classify orchestral and folk instruments