LEVEL 456 MUSIC
Fourth through Sixth Grade
Curriculum by Pfeiffer House Music
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Students are becoming more aware as they move toward a middle school age
level and begin learning key signatures, the science behind music, as well as
capitals, presidents, and history.  There is always more to learn as the music
lessons become more advanced.
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Level 456 Music Lesson Contents
Lesson 1: State Capitals
Work with singing technique and breathing, head voice versus chest voice, hand signs for the
major scale, scale steps with Roman numerals, major scale whole and half steps, intervals, and
rhythms. Song, “I Left My Big Yellow Dog in Topeka,” state capital activity, singing in rounds.

Lesson 2: Israel
Major and Minor tonality, musical form, form activity with worksheet,  note names and rhythms,
symbolism in music and art.  Song "Wade in the Water,” story of Moses and the Red Sea,
creating a recipe activity.

Lesson 3:  Presidents
More with minor tonality, note names and symbols,melody shape, strophic form, dancing the
tango.  Song, “President Tango,” puzzle activity, rhythm game activities, listening activity.

Lesson 4: American Civil War
Rhythm flash cards, simple keyboarding, chords, harmony, rondo form.  Song  "Brother Against
Brother", rhythm clapping and Civil War era listening activities.

Lesson 5: Folk Music
Chords and cadences, primary chord progression,  a capella vs. accompanied, solfege with
chords, rhythms.  Song “Amazing Grace,” Popsicle stick activity  classical listening.

Lesson 6: Metric Measurement
Chord progressions/blues progression, triad scales, chord roots and primary chords,
syncopated rhythms.  Song: “Metric Blues,” chord “paddle” activity, blues creating activity,
measuring, field day activity.

Lesson 7: Continents
6/8 time,, solfege triads, theme and variations, creating theme and variations. Continents. song
“In the Land,” rhythm chart activity, counting activity.

Lesson 8: Circle of Fifths
Key signatures, 3/4 time, , fifths feeling “three,” song “There is a Circle,” keyboarding activity,
shaker activity, listening activity.

Lesson 9: Dictionary
Ear training, rhythms with ties, form review, keeping the beat, melody recognition.  Song, “Oh
Dictionary,” word game, dictionary drill, musical terms, biography.

Lesson 10 : What is Music?
Scale steps on solfege and numbers, sixteenth notes, noise versus music, organization of
music. Song, “I Believe,” recording activity.

Lesson 11: Science of Sound
Solfege, singing in tune, dotted rhythms, sound waves, frequency, science of sound
experiments.  Song, “Two things,” museum field trip.

Lesson 12: Making Instruments
Solfege, rhythm review, science of sound as applied to musical instruments, choosing and
creating an instrument.  Song, “ Every Child Has an Angel,” listening activity.

Lesson 13:
Making Notation and a Composition for your Instruments
Solfege and rhythm review, study of music notation.  Activity, creating your own music notation,
creating a composition for your instrument, listening activity. Song, “A Bruised Reed.”

Lesson 14: Band Instruments
Recognizing solfege patterns in songs, challenging rhythms, organization and instruments of
bands and orchestras, composers, music eras. Listening activity. Song, “Just a Closer Walk.”
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  • Booklet includes reproducible worksheets
    and flash cards

  • Includes Audio CD

  • Fourteen Lessons

  • Includes Kodaly Sofege with Hand Signs

  • 30 Day return/refund guarantee
How It Works...

Level 456 is appropriate for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade.  The curriculum
comes with a booklet and an audio CD. The booklet contains fourteen lessons,
removable worksheets, and flash cards.  All you need to do is follow the steps
in the lesson plans.  The lessons indicate what to say, what to do, when to
play the CD audio tracks and when to use the flash cards and worksheets .  
Only one booklet is needed per class.  You are welcome to make additional
copies of the worksheets as needed for your classes.

You do not need to be a musician to teach this curriculum. The curriculum
provides the instruction, and the CD provides the Solfege (do-re-mi), rhythm
exercises and songs. Simply follow the steps and play the tracks on the CD at
the right times in the lessons.   

There are fourteen lessons.  We recommend teaching one to two lessons per
month with review in the weeks in between.  If you actually do all of the
suggested activities in the lesson plans, your students will be kept busy with
minimal prep time for you. Your students will enjoy the songs, and you'll have
fun too.    

Level 456 contains biblical references in the lessons based on the Christian
faith.  A public school version with biblical references removed is in the works.
If you would like to be notified when the secular version is available, just let us
know.

There are fourteen lessons.  We recommend teaching one to two lessons per
month with review in the weeks in between.  If you actually do all of the
suggested activities in the lesson plans, your students will be kept busy with
minimal prep time for you. Your students will enjoy the songs, the learning,
and you'll have fun too.    

We have a no-hassle, 30 day return policy. If you are not satisfied, simply ship
it back to us within 30 days. As long as the merchandise is not damaged, and
we will issue a refund, less any amounts we may have paid for the delivery of
your order.