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Kindergarten Music Units

Unit Plan 30 (Grade K Music): Choosing Instruments

Choose and notate classroom instruments to show loud/soft and fast/slow ideas, organizing sound plans with icons, then perform and explain expressive choices.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade K Music): Rhythm Games

Kindergarten rhythm games unit to build steady beat, echo patterns, turn-taking, and listening through fun clapping, passing, and instrument activities.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade K Music): Sound Pictures

Kindergarten music unit where students create sound pictures using beat, pitch, and dynamics to match images and tell simple musical stories.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade K Music): Group Music Performance

Kindergarten music unit on class performances, expression, ensemble skills, and respectful audience behavior through songs, chants, and movement.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade K Music): Musical Storytelling

Kindergarten musical storytelling unit where students create character and action sound effects using voices, body percussion, and instruments, then refine their sound choices with feedback and explain their creative decisions.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade K Music): Call & Response Songs

Kindergarten call-and-response music unit for echo singing, listening, turn-taking, and organizing patterns with icons and feedback-based performance.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade K Music): Moving to Cultural Music

Kindergarten music unit using movement to explore global music, connecting songs to celebrations, stories, and daily life through safe, expressive movement.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade K Music): Music Around the World

Kindergarten music unit exploring world cultures through listening, movement, stories, and celebrations, connecting global music to daily life and respect.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade K Music): Music in Daily Life

Kindergarten music unit connecting songs to routines, play, and celebrations at home, school, and community through listening, movement, and sharing.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade K Music): Music & Movement Stories

Kindergarten music unit where students respond to music through movement and simple storytelling, noticing tempo and dynamics changes and creating beginning–middle–end “music stories” that show ideas and feelings.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade K Music): Music Choices

Kindergarten music unit on sharing song preferences, matching music to classroom activities, and explaining choices using simple music words.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade K Music): Listening for Music Details

Kindergarten music unit on listening for instruments, voices, details, and sharing favorites, music choices for class activities.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade K Music): Performing with Confidence

Kindergarten music unit on mini-concerts, performer focus, expressive singing, and respectful audience behavior through simple classroom performances.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade K Music): Musical Turn-Taking

Kindergarten music turn-taking: practice start/stop cues, ready position, waiting quietly, and using feedback to improve timing and rehearsal habits.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade K Music): Fast & Slow

Explore tempo in kindergarten music: students move, clap, and play instruments to show fast vs. slow, match steady beat, and use tempo vocabulary.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade K Music): Music & Feelings

Kindergarten music unit on identifying emotions in music, connecting beat and tempo to feelings through listening, movement, and classroom routines.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade K Music): Singing with Expression

Kindergarten music unit on expressive singing using dynamics and tempo to match moods, with feedback, echo songs, and mini performances.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade K Music): Creating Rhythms

Kindergarten music unit where students create short clap/tap rhythms, explore rests and steady beat, and organize patterns using simple icons or recordings.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade K Music): Rhythm Echoes

Kindergarten music unit where students echo rhythm patterns with voice and instruments, keep steady beat, and organize rhythms with simple icons.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade K Music): Instrument Sounds

Kindergarten music unit where students describe instrument sounds, compare timbre, and share personal preferences through guided listening activities.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade K Music): Classroom Instruments

Kindergarten music unit exploring percussion instruments, steady beat, loud/soft contrasts, and safe handling through echo patterns and guided play-alongs.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade K Music): Sharing Music

Kindergarten music performance unit building confidence through peer sharing, expressive singing and movement, and respectful audience routines (listening, start/stop cues, and clapping) aligned to MU:Pr6.1.Ka–Kb.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade K Music): Sound Exploration

Kindergarten music unit where students explore instruments and found sounds, create simple sound patterns, and organize musical ideas with icons and pictures.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade K Music): Music & Movement

Kindergarten music unit where students move fast and slow to tempo changes, clap a steady beat, and use movement to show how music speed affects how we move.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade K Music): Beat in Songs

Kindergarten music unit where students sing familiar songs while keeping a steady beat, use feedback to improve timing, and share favorite songs for beat practice.