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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.