Music Appreciation - Listening to, analyzing and describing music from around the world, in particular music of the African Tradition and the European Tradition and other World, National, and Community music;

Music Connections - Composers and their music;

Music history;

Music Improvisation - Students learn to improvise by singing and playing a variety of traditional and no-traditional instruments.  Melodies, variations and accompaniments.  Beginning improvisational learning activities centered around student's development of aural/oral skills and sense of melodic direction;

Music Notation - Reading and notating music in the Western tradition / Students read, notate and interpret symbols of rhythmic and melodic patterns;

Performances - Using various instruments.  Using familiar melodies and rhythms to support note reading