Music for Learning - Unit 2

Foundation – Year 6

Music for Learning meets Australian Curriculum Music requirements.

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Starter Lessons

Unit Overview

Foundation Year: The Weather

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Foundation Year Unit 2: The Weather is a Music unit for Foundation Year students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:  

  • AC9AMUFE01  

Explore how and why the arts are important for people and communities.

  • AC9AMUFD01  

Use play, arts knowledge, processes and/or skills to discover possibilities and develop ideas.

  • AC9AMUFC01  

Create artworks that communicate ideas.

  • AC9AMUFP01  

Share their artworks with audiences.

Learning Objectives

Year Foundation Lesson 1 Series: 

Students will: 

  • know that letters, numbers, signs and music notes are all symbols used for reading 
  • learn to sing s and m in tune 
  • learn to show the correct body ladder positions for s and m 
  • learn to notate the rhythm of ‘Rain, Rain’ and ‘Snail, Snail’ 
  • learn to tap the beat and clap the rhythm 
  • recognise the rhythm of their own name 
  • learn to compose a rhythm using ta and titi 
  • match simple words to ta and titi 
  • use their speaking voice to memorise and respond to a rhyme 
  • know the ways music can tell a story about the weather 
  • make a rain stick and perform a weather soundscape 

Year Foundation Lesson 2 Series: 

Students will: 

  • learn to sing songs about the weather in tune 
  • show the shape of melodies in the air 
  • compose and perform a rhythm using body percussion 
  • demonstrate a strong beat when singing and performing 
  • learn how to sing in different groups in a choir formation 
  • learn and show good behaviours for performing 
  • learn how to rehearse for a performance 

    Assessment

    End-of-Unit Assessment 

    The End-of-Unit 

    Assessment occurs at the end of the unit and usually includes a performing, composing or responding task. Composing tasks are usually completed progressively throughout the unit, and assessed at the end. All assessment resources are contained within the teaching resources.  

    Year 1: Forces of Nature

    Teaching Resources

    Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

    Year 1 Unit 2: Forces of Nature is a Music unit for Year 1 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

    • AC9AMU2E01  

    Explore where, why and how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience music. 

    • AC9AMU2E02 

    Explore examples of music composed and/or performance by First Nations Australians 

    • AC9AMU2D01  

    Developing listening skills and skills for singing and playing instruments. 

    • AC9AMU2C01  

    Select and combine elements of music when composing and practising music for performance. 

    • AC9AMU2P01  

    Sing and play music in informal settings.

    Learning Objectives

    Year 1 Lesson 1 Series: 

    Students will: 

    • notate s-m-l on the 3-line stave 
    • show s-m-l with their body ladder when singing 
    • understand connections between song lyrics and meaning 
    • explore how the music elements can show the feeling of a particular season 
    • order rhythms to match the structure of a known song 
    • read and perform graphic notation 
    • use body percussion patterns and actions with a partner to show the beat 
    • notate the pitch and rhythm for ‘Plainsies Clapsies’ and ‘Bluebells’ 
    • link learning to Science: push and pull 

    Year 1 Lesson 2 Series: 

    Students will: 

    • sing in tune in unison and keep a steady beat 
    • practice using clear diction when singing
    • compose and then perform a body percussion ostinato 
    • memorise lyrics, actions and storyline to perform a cumulative song 
    • know that melodies can have different high and low shapes 
    • learn and show good behaviours for performing 
    • learn how to rehearse for a performance 
    • perform songs about nature for an audience 

      Assessment

      End-of-Unit Assessment 

      The End-of-Unit 

      Assessment occurs at the end of the unit and usually includes a performing, composing or responding task. Composing tasks are usually completed progressively throughout the unit, and assessed at the end. All assessment resources are contained within the teaching resources.

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      Year 4: Instruments of the Orchestra

      Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

      Year 4 Unit 2: Instruments of the Orchestra is a Music unit for Year 4 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

      • AC9AMU4E01

      Explore where, why and how music is composed and/or performed across cultures, times places and/or other contexts.

      • AC9AMU4E02

      Explore how First Nations Australians use music to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/Place.

      • AC9AMU4D01

      Develop listening skills and skills manipulating elements of music when singing and playing instruments.

      • AC9AMU4C01

      Manipulate elements of music to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning when composing and practising for performance.

      • AC9AMU4P01

      Sing and play music they have learnt and/or composed in informal settings.

       

      Learning Objectives

      Year 4 Lesson 1 Series: 

      Students will: 

      • identify and sing the minor pentatonic scale 
      • learn to identify and sing s, 
      • sing in unison and in up to 3 parts 
      • sing folksongs in words, time names and sol-fa 
      • distinguish between major and minor tonalities 
      • notate rhythms in simple triple and simple quadruple time  
      • visually and aurally identify orchestral instruments, their family, mode of sound production and their timbre 
      • create a musical structure using a known song
      • complete an aural and written assessment task

      Year 4 Lesson 2 Series 

      Students will: 

      • sing in unison and in a round  
      • learn to recognize s, and l, when they see it and hear it 
      • read and perform rhythms in simple time signatures 
      • memorise, rehearse and perform ‘The Instrument Song,’ ‘The Riddle Song,’ ‘The Birch Tree’ and ‘Yonder Mountain.’ 
      • be introduced to the concept of a leitmotif and how character can be represented in music 
      • practice good performing behaviours 

      Assessment

      End-of-Unit Assessment 

      The End-of-Unit 

      Assessment occurs at the end of the unit and usually includes a performing, composing or responding task. Composing tasks are usually completed progressively throughout the unit, and assessed at the end. All assessment resources are contained within the teaching resources.

      Year 5: Music and Dance

      Teaching Resources

      Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

      Year 5 Unit 2: Music and Dance is a Music unit for Year 5 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

      • AC9AMU6E01  

      Explore the ways that the elements of music are combined in music across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts. 

      • AC9AMU6E02 

      Explore ways First Nations Australians use music to continue and revitalise culture. 

      • AC9AMU6D01  

      Develop listening/aural skills and skills for manipulating elements of music to achieve expressive effects when composition, singing, and playing instruments. 

      • AC9AMU6C01  

      Manipulate elements of music and use compositional devices to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning when composing and practising music for performance, and notate, document and/or record the music they compose. 

      • AC9AMU46P01  

      Perform music in a range of forms they have learnt and/or composed in informal and/or formal settings.

      Learning Objectives

      Year 5 Lesson 1 Series: 

      Students will: 

      • visually and aurally identify simple time rhythms including tikatika, ti-tika and tika-ti 
      • notate rhythms in simple triple time 
      • introduce fa to their knowledge and understanding of sol-fa 
      • revise s, and l, 
      • learn the key of F Major and the function of a flat 
      • devise and explain how movement and tempo can tell a story 
      • analyse and evaluate ‘Moth’ by Bangarra Dance Theatre 
      • learn the musical terms for tempo 
      • sing in unison and in a 3 or 4-part round 
      • complete a performing and presenting assessment based on the folk song, ‘Cedar Swamp’ 

      Year 5 Lesson 2 Series: 

      Students will: 

      • learn a new rhythmic unit: tim-ka 
      • notate and aurally and visually identify an anacrusis 
      • memorise an American Appalachian circle dance and movement for ‘Nigun Atik’ 
      • explore dances of our First Nations Peoples 
      • sing and perform ‘Oh, How Lovely,’ ‘Do Se So,’ ‘Alligator Hedgehog,’ and ‘Old Joe Clark’ 
      • learn to memorise and perform in different formations 

      Assessment

      End-of-Unit Assessment 

      The End-of-Unit 

      Assessment occurs at the end of the unit and usually includes a performing, composing or responding task. Composing tasks are usually completed progressively throughout the unit, and assessed at the end. All assessment resources are contained within the teaching resources.