Grade 7 - Music Unit - Ontario Arts Curriculum

Grade 7 - Music Unit – Ontario Arts Curriculum. This 158-page resource was created to cover all overall and specific expectations in the Ontario Music Curriculum.

There are 40 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:

• How to Read Music – Treble Clef
• How to Read Music – Bass Clef
• Reading Ledger Lines
• Using Ledger Lines
• Activity: Note Box Challenge
• Basic Rhythms – Quarter, Half, Whole Notes
• What Are Rests in Music?
• What Are Eighth Notes?
• Playing Music – Mary Had A Little Lamb
• Playing Music – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Origins of Two-Part Harmony
• Activity: Sing and Play in Harmony
• The Power of Tempo
• Activity: Tempo and Mood
• History of the 12-Bar Blues
• Activity: Blues in Action
• Military Marches
• Activity: Marching with Marcato Accents
• Film Music
• Activity: Creating a Film Soundtrack
• Synesthesia in Music
• Activity: Sight into Sound
• Percussion Across Cultures
• Activity: Global Rhythm Challenge
• Activity: My Performance Progress!
• Challenge: Classroom Karaoke!
• Music as Cultural Expression
• Activity: Music Detectives - Media Edition
• The Streaming Revolution
• Activity: The Great Music Debate
• Technological Innovations
• Activity: Invent and Play
• Activity: Orchestral Sound Detectives!
• Music in Communities
• Activity: Form and Flow
• Challenge: Rhythm Rap Challenge!
• Activity: Rhythm Relay!
• Activity: Story in Sound!
• Activity: Building a Musical Timeline!
• Challenge: Music Trivia Showdown!

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!