Essential Elements Music Class

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Kindergarten: Lesson 1

We've Got the Beat

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Kindergarten: Lesson 2

Rhythm Just Can't Be Beat

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Kindergarten: Lesson 3

Fast and Slow, Away We Go!

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Kindergarten: Lesson 4

Do You Hear What I See?

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Kindergarten: Lesson 5

Please Take Note

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Kindergarten: Lesson 6

Hey, Steady Eddie!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Meter

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Kindergarten: Lesson 7

1, 2, 3, Play with Me!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Kindergarten: Lesson 8

Can You Move Like Me?

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Kindergarten: Lesson 9

Triple Duple Fun

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Kindergarten: Lesson 10

I Am a Great Conductor!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Meter

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Kindergarten: Lesson 11

Music Moves Me

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Kindergarten: Lesson 12

I Can Use My Voice

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Kindergarten: Lesson 13

High, Low, Which Way to Go?

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Kindergarten: Lesson 14

Patterns Everywhere

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Kindergarten: Lesson 15

Musical Masterpieces

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Kindergarten: Lesson 16

What Do You Hear?

Timbre

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Kindergarten: Lesson 17

Let's Do This!

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Kindergarten: Lesson 18

Body Percussion or Barred Percussion?

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Kindergarten: Lesson 19

I've Got It!

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Kindergarten: Lesson 20

I Know This!

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Kindergarten: Lesson 21

Same and Different

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Kindergarten: Lesson 22

Rhythmic Patterns

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Kindergarten: Lesson 23

Patterns All Around Us

Form

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Kindergarten: Lesson 24

Repeat After Me

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Kindergarten: Lesson 25

Is It the Same or Is It Different?

Form

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Kindergarten: Lesson 26

Moving Fast and Slow

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Kindergarten: Lesson 27

Abracadabra! Presto!

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Kindergarten: Lesson 28

Smooth or Separated?

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Kindergarten: Lesson 29

Dynamic Dynamics

Expressive Elements

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Kindergarten: Lesson 30

Dynamics Move Me

Expressive Elements

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First Grade: Lesson 1

Music Can Move Fast and Slow

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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First Grade: Lesson 2

Beat and Rhythm

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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First Grade: Lesson 3

Rhythmic Ostinato and Rest

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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First Grade: Lesson 4

Rhythm: The Long and Short of It

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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First Grade: Lesson 5

Silence Is Important

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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First Grade: Lesson 6

Hammering With Johnny

Meter

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First Grade: Lesson 7

Swing, Batter, Batter

Meter

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First Grade: Lesson 8

Tap, Clap, Pat, Clap

Meter

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First Grade: Lesson 9

We Are Conductors!

Meter

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First Grade: Lesson 10

1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3

Meter

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First Grade: Lesson 11

Up, Down and All Around

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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First Grade: Lesson 12

My Voice is Powerful

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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First Grade: Lesson 13

Moving Melodies

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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First Grade: Lesson 14

I Can Use My Voice

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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First Grade: Lesson 15

Do Re Mi, Follow Me

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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First Grade: Lesson 16

Same or Different

Timbre

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First Grade: Lesson 17

Pitched and Unpitched Percussion

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First Grade: Lesson 18

Families of Instruments

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First Grade: Lesson 19

The Music’s All Around Us!

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First Grade: Lesson 20

Explore Instruments Galore

Timbre

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First Grade: Lesson 21

Can You Hear the Difference?

Form

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First Grade: Lesson 22

Musical Signs

Form

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First Grade: Lesson 23

A ‘Round’ the World

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First Grade: Lesson 24

Musical Maps

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First Grade: Lesson 25

Singing in Circles

Form

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First Grade: Lesson 26

Is It Smooth or Separated?

Expressive Elements

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First Grade: Lesson 27

Dynamic Ch-ch-ch-Changes

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First Grade: Lesson 28

Expressing Emotions and Dynamics

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First Grade: Lesson 29

Faster, Slower, Louder, Softer

Expressive Elements

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First Grade: Lesson 30

We're All In with Expression

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Second Grade: Lesson 1

Get Ready, Get Steady

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Second Grade: Lesson 2

Rhythm Boogie!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Second Grade: Lesson 3

Running Rhythms Like Clock Work

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Second Grade: Lesson 4

Awesome Ostinatos

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Second Grade: Lesson 5

Let's Sing That One More Time!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Form

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Second Grade: Lesson 6

Music Conductors ROCK!

Meter

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Second Grade: Lesson 7

Lead the Way to Duple Groupings

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Meter

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Second Grade: Lesson 8

Score a Home Run!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Second Grade: Lesson 9

Fall Food Festival

Meter

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Second Grade: Lesson 10

Group it Together

Meter

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Second Grade: Lesson 11

Let's Sing Low, Middle, and High

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Second Grade: Lesson 12

Up and Down in Solfège

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Second Grade: Lesson 13

At Home in Music Class

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Second Grade: Lesson 14

Twist and Sing!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Second Grade: Lesson 15

Show What You Know

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Second Grade: Lesson 16

My Voice, My Beat, My Rhythm

Timbre

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Second Grade: Lesson 17

The Colors of Sound

Timbre

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Second Grade: Lesson 18

So Many Types of Instruments!

Timbre

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Second Grade: Lesson 19

Look and Listen

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Second Grade: Lesson 20

We Are Music Masters

Timbre

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Second Grade: Lesson 21

Around and Around It Goes

Form

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Second Grade: Lesson 22

Let's Talk Form

Form

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Second Grade: Lesson 23

That's a Rondo!

Form

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Second Grade: Lesson 24

Far Out Form

Form

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Second Grade: Lesson 25

Hero Forms

Form

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Second Grade: Lesson 26

Noticing the Differences

Expressive Elements

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Second Grade: Lesson 27

A World Full of Sounds

Expressive Elements

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Second Grade: Lesson 28

It's Dynamically Fun!

Expressive Elements

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Second Grade: Lesson 29

Articulate to Communicate

Expressive Elements

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Second Grade: Lesson 30

Am I Hearing You Right?

Expressive Elements

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Third Grade: Lesson 1

All In with Rhythm!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Third Grade: Lesson 2

Oh My Ostinato!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Third Grade: Lesson 3

Talkin’ with Rhythm!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Third Grade: Lesson 4

Let's Read Rhythm

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Third Grade: Lesson 5

A Who-o-o-ole Lot of Fun!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Third Grade: Lesson 6

Do Si Do and Around You Go!

Meter

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Third Grade: Lesson 7

Conduct With Me!

Meter

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Third Grade: Lesson 8

Broadway Bound!

Meter

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Third Grade: Lesson 9

Two by Two

Meter

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Third Grade: Lesson 10

Let's Work Together

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Third Grade: Lesson 11

Lines, Spaces, and Smiles on Our Faces

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Third Grade: Lesson 12

You and Me in Harmony

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Third Grade: Lesson 13

Sailing High, Middle, and Low

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Third Grade: Lesson 14

Chords, of Course!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Third Grade: Lesson 15

Sing Sol La Mi with Me

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Third Grade: Lesson 16

Music Style Time!

Timbre

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Third Grade: Lesson 17

I Found a Sound!

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Third Grade: Lesson 18

Sopraaaaaano and Aaaalto Voices

Timbre

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Third Grade: Lesson 19

Our 3rd Grade Ensemble

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Third Grade: Lesson 20

Instruments Are Fun!

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Third Grade: Lesson 21

ABA Feels Way OK!

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Third Grade: Lesson 22

Making My Own Variations

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Third Grade: Lesson 23

Let's Build a Bridge

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Third Grade: Lesson 24

Introducing....Introductions!

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Third Grade: Lesson 25

Mastering Call and Response

Form

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Third Grade: Lesson 26

The Loud and Soft of Music

Expressive Elements

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Third Grade: Lesson 27

Destination Articulation

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Third Grade: Lesson 28

Time for Tempo!

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Third Grade: Lesson 29

This Time, with Feeling!

Expressive Elements

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Third Grade: Lesson 30

Let’s Show What We Know!

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 1

Time for Rhythm!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 2

Let's Play the Tri-pl-et

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 3

Exploring More Uneven Sounds!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Meter

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 4

Picking Up Anacrusis

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 5

I Am the Rhythm Master!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 6

Organizing Beats in Music

Meter

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 7

Practicing Different Time Signatures

Meter

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 8

Macro & Micro Beats

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Meter

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 9

Compound & Complex Meters

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 10

Let's Get Organized

Meter

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 11

Fireworks in the Land of Pentatonic

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 12

Awesome Teamwork Singing Sol, La, Do!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 13

Thankful for the Harmony!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 14

Rocking Triads!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 15

Boogie with Intervals and Bass Clef!

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 16

Band Together!

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 17

Voices of Humans and Instruments

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 18

The Voice Parts are Fugue-ing

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 19

Let’s Travel With Instruments

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 20

Instruments and Texture Around the World

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 21

All Signs Point to Form

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 22

Is It a Bridge or an Interlude?

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 23

Suite Form

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 24

Rounds and Suites and Movements, Oh My!

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 25

Variations of Patriotic Music

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 26

Music with Feelings

Expressive Elements

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 27

Rockin' Tempo

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 28

The Drama of Tension and Release

Expressive Elements

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 29

Getting Faster or Getting Slower?

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Fourth Grade: Lesson 30

Shine and Be Expressive!

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 1

We Go Together in Music

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 2

Rhythm Rhythm Rhythm

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

Form

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 3

It's About Time

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 4

Give It A Rest!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 5

Level Up Rhythm!

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 6

Sailing with Time Signatures

Meter

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 7

Better When I’m Dancin’ with More Meters

Beat-Duration-Rhythm

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 8

Big Beautiful Planet

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 9

Makin' Music Outside the Box!

Meter

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 10

Meter Is All About Grouping

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 11

Listen to the Music

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 12

Intervals Lead the Way

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 13

Scales and Triads and Chords, Oh My!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 14

It's Just a Minor Thing

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 15

Accidentals Add Flavor!

Pitch-Melody-Harmony

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 16

Oh, I Like that Musical Style!

Timbre

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 17

Listen to My Head Voice and Chest Voice

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 18

Meet Our Musical Ensembles

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 19

Joyful Singing Continues in Homophony!

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 20

‘Hallelujah,’ Melodies Can Intertwine!

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 22

Just Like Clockwork

Form

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 23

A Slight Variation

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 21

Dance Through the Day

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 25

Movements and Dancin'

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 24

Suite, Dude!

Form

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 26

Awesome Articulation!

Expressive Elements

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 27

Setting the Tempo

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 28

Hold It Right There, Fermata!

Expressive Elements

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 29

Recognizing Tempo Changes

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Fifth Grade: Lesson 30

Express Yourself

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