Grade 3 - Music Unit - Ontario Arts Curriculum

Music Unit - Grade 3 – Ontario Arts Curriculum. This 100-page resource was created to cover all the overall and specific expectations in the Ontario Music Curriculum.

There are 27 music assignments that will engage your students from start to finish. Included are:

• Activity sheets with embedded lesson plan instructions
• Planning pages for students to organize their performances
• Criteria to keep students and teachers focused on the elements of music being taught
• Reflection pages for students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses
• Rubrics for assessment

Within these activities, students will learn the overall expectations:

• C1: Creating and Performing – using the creative process to create and perform musical pieces.
• C2: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing – thinking critically about their own performances as well as other’s performances.
• C3: Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts – identifying and performing music important to their lives and from other cultures.

Assignments included:

• Singing Together in Harmony
• Activity: Mix & Match Melodies
• The Speed of Music
• Activity: Feel the Speed of Music
• The Colour of Sound
• Activity: Sound Detectives
• Game: Guess the Family!
• Game: Fact or Fiction
• Mapping the Beat
• Activity: Build Your Beat!
• Singing in Rounds
• Activity: Layered Voices
• Creating Soundscapes
• Activity: Painting a Poem with Sound
• Exploring ABA Form
• Activity: Moving with ABA Form
• Snowman – Music Vocabulary
• Growing Louder in Music
• Activity: Drawing a Crescendo
• Game: Music Match Madness
• The Power of Hand Signs
• Activity: Do-Re-Mi Fun!
• Activity: Where Do You Hear Music?
• Songs Tell Stories
• Activity: Hear the Beat of Canadian History
• Music Shows Feelings
• Activity: Creating Music for a Baseball Star!

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Ontario Music curriculum.

BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!