Elementary School/Middle School
Social Behaviors:
Following directions
Working together as a team
Identifying and expressing emotions
Critical listening: hearing music in every day sounds
Writing:
Descriptive language: Using juicy adjectives and similes
Exploring storyline arc
Story sequencing
Writing haikus
Composing music to illustrate poems
Identifying meter in poetry and music
Math:
Rhythm, fractions and fraction word problems
Identifying patterns
Science:
Basics of sound, sound waves, how the ear works
How are instruments made and how do they work?
World Cultures:
The music and culture of Native Americans
Eastern European Jews and klezmer music
Japan
Korea
Spain
Argentina
Hungary
American folk music