Music

Welcome to Music

Ms. Comrie is the Algonkian music teacher. I am so excited about making music with our Algonkian Bobcats!

Students in grades K-5 will receive a 50-minute class once a week.  I will be teaching all seven intelligences.  As a result, our students will come to fully understand both musical and academic concepts.  In our music room, we will be learning music through the Orff approach.  Each student will participate in music through many facets, including singing, movement, dancing, playing instruments, creating, and improvising.  My goal is for all students to feel confident and safe to share their thoughts and ideas.

The music program follows the Loudoun County Elementary Music Curriculum, which is aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL’s) and the National Standards for Music Education.

If you have any questions about the music curriculum, please do not hesitate to contact me at Email Kim Comrie.

Grading System

Assessments in General Music are standards-based and performance-based. The following key should be used to indicate a student’s acquisition of skills and content taught, effort exhibited, and demonstration of appropriate behavior and safe practices: 

4/E – Exceeds Standard

3/M – Meets Standard

2/P – Progressing Towards Standard 

1/B – Below Standard

Nine Week Plans

Nine Week Plans - 1st Quarter

Kindergarten

  • pulse

  • long/short sounds

  • high vs low pitches

  • up/down repertoire

  • dramatic play

  • unpitched percussion technique

  • body awareness

  • rhythm patterns

First Grade                                                                                                      

  • quarter, paired eighths and quarter rest                                                      

  • melodic rhythm                                                                                   

  • repeat sign                                                                                              

  • compare higher/lower1-H.4 simple bordun                         

  • recognize phrase                                                                                        

  • call and response                                                                                   

  • voice vs. instrument                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Second Grade                                                                                                 

  • Tie, half note/half rest                                                                                  

  • compare higher/lower                                                                        

  • upward/downward/same                                                                     

  • broken bordun                                                                                    

  • same/similar/different                                                                    

  • voice vs. instrument                                                                                              

  • brass instruments                                                                                     

  • aural ID four orch. Families                                                           

  • four unpitched percussion groups                                              

  • Accidentals (Flats, Sharps, and Naturals)

 Third Grade

  • dotted quarter note

  • 3/4 time signature

  • pitches; middle C to line 5F

  • verse/refrain

  • partner songs; multi-part canon

  • arpeggiated borduns

  • create accompaniment

  • four orchestra families

Forth Grade

  • quarter/ eighth notes 

  • 6/8 and 3/4 time signature

  • multi-layer instrument ensemble

  • moving bordun

  • mp, mf dynamics

  • AB, ABA, ABC, verse/refrain forms

Fifth Grade

  • pitches; middle C to line 5F

  • accidentals (flats, sharps, and naturals)

  • create accompaniment

  • introduction/ interlude/ coda

  • theme/ variations

  • pp, ff, crescendo, decrescendo dynamics

  • soprano/ alto/ tenor/ bass voices