NATIONAL STANDARDS AND BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES:

National Standards
Content Standard:  Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Achievement Standard:
a.  perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control
b.  perform with expression and technical accuracy on at least one string, wind, percussion or classroom instrument a repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of 2, on a scale of 1 to 6

Content Standard:  reading and notating music

Achievement Standard:
a.  read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4 meter signature
b.  read at sight simple melodies in both the treble and bass clefs
c.  identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression

Concepts to be learned:
rhythmic:
    - sixteenth notes -- notes that recieve 1/4 of a beat
    - dotted eighth notes -- notes that recieve 1 1/2 beats
    - syncopation -- accents that occur on weak beats
    - ana crusis -- a "pick-up" or prepatory beat

melodic:
    - hand signs and syllables -- signs and syllables that correlate with specific pitches
    - transference of sing melody to bells
    - hear and identify melodies

harmony:
    - ostinato -- a repeated accompaniment pattern

Behavioral Objectives:
    - students will be able to:
        -- listen to a recording of this piece while following a call chart
        -- read, clap, and play the rhythms for all three motives
        -- perform speech pattern for Themes A, B, and C alone and with the recording
        -- perform body percussion for Themes A, B, and C alone and with the recording
        -- walk the steady beat while performing the body percussion patterns
        -- put the rhythm of the melody in their feet and keep the steady beat with their hands
        -- "turn the phrase" as they walk the steady beat and perform the body percussion
        -- follow and perform hand signs for the melody for Themes B and C