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Staff Hopscotch - Step and Leap

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Title:

 Staff Hopscotch - Step and Leap

URL:

 https://www.carnegiehall.org/Education/Programs/Music-Educators-Toolbox/Resources/2-Staff-Hopscotch

Content Source:

 Other
Carnegie Hall
Type: Learning Activity

Overview:

Students will identify line and space notes using a floor staff.  Students will demonstrate step and leap on the floor staff. Students will identify step and leap on pitched percussion. Video demonstrations are provided. 

Content Standard(s):
Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 2
Music: General
7) Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

Unpacked Content
Artistic Process: Performing
Anchor Standards:
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Process Components: Select
Essential Questions:
EU: Performers' interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.
EQ: How do performers select repertoire?
Concepts & Vocabulary:
Rhythm
  • Eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest
  • Strong/ weak beat — 2/4; 3/4 meter
  • Accelerando/ ritardando
Melody
  • Pitch Set: Do , Re, Mi, So, La
  • Five-line staff
  • Treble clef
  • Names of lines/ spaces (treble staff)
Harmony
  • Melodic ostinati
  • Partner songs
Form
  • AAB, AABA, Rondo
  • Verse/ Refrain
Expression
  • Orchestral instrument families
  • Piano (p), forte (f)
  • Crescendo/ decrescendo
  • Orchestral Music: programmatic
  • Indigenous music: Native American
  • American music: slave songs, colonial folk songs
Other
  • Age-appropriate pitch matching (B3-D5)1
  • Mallet/ drumming technique: alternating hands
Skill Examples:
Performing
  • Perform age-appropriate music with attention to expressive markings indicated in the printed music.
Creating
  • Perform an improvised interlude to a known song, matching expression and rhythmic/melodic themes.
Reading/ Writing
  • Identify expressive markings in printed music.
  • Identify meter marking in printed music.
Responding/ Evaluating
  • Notate from dictation 8-beat rhythm patterns using standard notation.
  • Perform short melodic patterns from standard or iconic notation.
Tags: leap, line notes, space notes, staff, step
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Author: Tiffani Stricklin
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