All General/Vocal Music Units

Explore all General and Vocal Music unit plans featuring engaging, standards-aligned lessons that build musical skills, creativity, and performance confidence.

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Grade 4 Music Units

Unit Plan 16 (Grade 4 Music): Selecting Music for Purpose

Grade 4 music unit where students choose music for specific events and audiences, using musical evidence to justify selections based on purpose, context, and skills.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 4 Music): Expressive Singing & Playing

Grade 4 music unit where students use tempo, dynamics, and timbre to shape expressive melodic performances in singing and playing.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 4 Music): Notating Melodic Ideas

Grade 4 music unit where students use iconic and standard notation to write simple melodic ideas, connecting what they hear, sing, and play to what they see on the page.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 4 Music): Melodic Improvisation

Grade 4 music unit where students improvise short melodies to express mood and context, then select and organize ideas into simple structures they can perform and explain.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 4 Music): Simple Harmony & Accompaniment

Grade 4 music unit where students create simple accompaniment patterns, exploring drones, borduns, and harmony to support melodies and change musical meaning.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 4 Music): Major & Minor Tonality

Grade 4 music unit where students create melodies in major and minor, using tempo and dynamics to shape mood and explain expressive meaning.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 4 Music): Melodic Direction & Contour

Grade 4 music unit exploring melodic contour through singing, instruments, and movement, helping students explain how pitch direction shapes musical meaning.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 4 Music): Rhythm Performance Etiquette

Grade 4 music unit teaching performance decorum and audience etiquette through rhythm performances, modeling posture, focus, listening, and appropriate applause.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 4 Music): Rhythm Ensemble Performance

Grade 4 music unit where students rehearse and perform rhythm ensemble pieces with accuracy, steady beat, expressive dynamics, and strong performance etiquette.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 4 Music): Expressive Rhythm

Grade 4 music unit where students change rhythm mood using dynamics and tempo, performing, listening, and explaining expressive choices with music vocabulary.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 4 Music): Notating Rhythm & Harmony

Grade 4 music unit where students document rhythmic and simple harmonic ideas using notation or recordings, adding drones and explaining how ideas can be recreated.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 4 Music): Creating Rhythmic Ideas

Grade 4 music unit where students improvise rhythmic ideas for a purpose, organize patterns, perform with steady beat, and explain rhythm–context connections.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 4 Music): Rhythm in Context

Grade 4 music unit exploring how rhythm supports style, dance, and purpose, and how context shapes performance choices through listening and movement.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 4 Music): Reading Rhythm Patterns

Build Grade 4 rhythm literacy with this unit on reading and performing standard rhythmic notation in duple and triple meter, using counting strategies, body percussion, instruments, and collaborative practice to strengthen steady beat and ensemble accuracy.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 4 Music): Steady Beat & Meter Review

Explore steady beat and duple vs. triple meter through movement, instruments, and listening in this Grade 4 music unit focused on rhythm, structure, and musical response.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 4 Music): Music Routines & Listening

Grade 4 music unit building rehearsal routines, listening focus, and performance etiquette while connecting music to students’ lives and experiences.

Grade 5 Music Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 5 Music): Music Sharing Day

Grade 5 Music Sharing Day unit where students perform familiar repertoire with confident expression, accurate rhythm/tempo, and strong audience etiquette while reflecting on growth and giving supportive feedback.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 5 Music): Preparing to Perform

Grade 5 music unit focused on rehearsal strategies to improve accuracy, expression, and interpretation, helping students prepare confident, performance-ready music.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 5 Music): Independent Music Centers

Grade 5 music unit using independent centers to compose, perform, and listen, helping students connect musical elements to purpose, context, and mood.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 5 Music): Evaluating Performances

Grade 5 music unit where students evaluate performances using rubrics and musical evidence, connect feedback to context, and identify clear next steps for improvement.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 5 Music): Performing Favorite Music

Perform Grade 5 favorite repertoire with accuracy, expression, and style as students rehearse, build confidence, and strengthen stage presence using simple criteria, peer feedback, and reflection aligned to MU:Pr6.1.5a.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 5 Music): Music & Imagination

Grade 5 music unit using listening, movement, and visual art to connect sound with imagination, personal experiences, and creative expression.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 5 Music): Organizing Musical Ideas

Grade 5 music unit where students use notation and recording tools to organize rhythmic and melodic ideas into clear drafts for rehearsal, revision, and sharing.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 5 Music): Rhythm & Melody Games

Grade 5 music unit using rhythm and melody games to build notation reading, accuracy, rehearsal strategies, and measurable improvement over time.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 5 Music): Sound & Scene Creation

Grade 5 music unit where students compose and refine scene-based pieces, using tempo, dynamics, pitch, and texture to communicate mood and meaning.