Third Grade Music Curriculum Guide
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Third Grade Music Curriculum Guide
Third Grade Music Curriculum Guide
Schedule: 1 day/week for 36 weeks
Instructions: This curriculum guide provides a full year of instruction using the materials on
SchoolhouseTeachers.com. If you choose to use this method, you do not need to use the lesson plans that are
included with each separate course. This guide incorporates all the content and assignments needed to meet all
the objectives on the Scope and Sequence. Lists of additional materials and resources are provided below. Please
note that this is only one way to address the objectives for the year. We encourage you to find a combination of
materials, both on and off of our site, that best fits your family.
Resources needed:
For all weeks:
Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Journal for notetaking and research
In addition, we have other resources that can be used as supplemental material from our site.
Ditch the Desk
: one-week study about Meaningful Music
Our World Book Kids Library includes some fun projects under Make Some Noise
Additionally, SchoolhouseTeachers.com offers Music/Voice, Recorder, Guitar, Drum, and Violin lessons that can be
started at any grade.
Fun with Music: offers games for music terminology review for grades 312
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Third Grade Music Curriculum Guide
Week 1: Ludwig van Beethoven
Week 2: Ludwig van Beethoven
Week 3: Ludwig van Beethoven
Week 4: Frederic François Chopin
Week 5: Frederic François Chopin
Week 6: Frederic François Chopin
Week 7: Edvard Grieg
Week 8: Edvard Grieg
Week 9: Edvard Grieg
Week 10: Franz Joseph Haydn
Week 11: Franz Joseph Haydn
Week 12: Franz Joseph Haydn
Week 13: Franz Liszt
Week 14: Franz Liszt
Week 15: Franz Liszt
Week 16: Franz Schubert
Week 17: Franz Schubert
Week 18: Franz Schubert
Week 19: George Frederick Handel
Week 20: George Frederick Handel
Week 21: George Frederick Handel
Week 22: Johann Sebastian Bach
Week 23: Johann Sebastian Bach
Week 24: Johann Sebastian Bach
Week 25: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Week 26: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Week 27: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Week 28: Robert Schumann
Week 29: Robert Schumann
Week 30: Robert Schumann
Week 31: Giuseppe Verdi
Week 32: Giuseppe Verdi
Week 33: Giuseppe Verdi
Week 34: Richard Wagner
Week 35: Richard Wagner
Week 36: Richard Wagner
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Week 1: Ludwig van Beethoven
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 1: Ludwig van Beethoven and read pp. 38.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Download Composers’ Music and listen to the first link: Moonlight Sonata.
Week 2: Ludwig van Beethoven
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 9 about Beethoven and use them to write his story in
your own words.
Listen to the second link from Composers’ Music: Fur Elise.
Week 3: Ludwig van Beethoven
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 10.
Listen to the third link from ComposersMusic: The Fifth Symphony.
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Week 4: Frederic François Chopin
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 2: Frederic François Chopin and read pp. 3–10.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Chopin in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the first link.
Week 5: Frederic François Chopin
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on pp. 1112 about Chopin and use them to write his story in
your own words.
Locate Chopin in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the second link.
Week 6: Frederic François Chopin
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 13.
Locate Chopin in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the third link.
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Week 7: Edvard Grieg
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 3: Edvard Grieg and read pp. 38.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Grieg in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 8: Edvard Grieg
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 9 about Grieg and use them to write his story in your
own words.
Locate Grieg in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 9: Edvard Grieg
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 10.
Locate Grieg in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the third link.
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Week 10: Franz Joseph Haydn
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 4: Franz Joseph Haydn and read pp. 38.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Haydn in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the first link.
Week 11: Franz Joseph Haydn
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 9 about Haydn and use them to write his story in your
own words.
Locate Haydn in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 12: Franz Joseph Haydn
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 10.
Locate Haydn in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 13: Franz Liszt
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 5: Franz Liszt and read pp. 37.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Liszt in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 14: Franz Liszt
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 8 about Liszt and use them to write his story in your own
words.
Locate Liszt in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 15: Franz Liszt
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 9.
Locate Liszt in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 16: Franz Schubert
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 6: Franz Schubert and read pp. 38.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Schubert in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 17: Franz Schubert
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on pp. 910 about Schubert and use them to write his story in
your own words.
Locate Schubert in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 18: Franz Schubert
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 11.
Locate Schubert in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 19: George Frederick Handel
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 7: George Frederick Handel and read pp. 37.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Handel in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 20: George Frederick Handel
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on pp. 89 about Handel and use them to write his story in your
own words.
Locate Handel in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 21: George Frederick Handel
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 10.
Locate Handel in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 22: Johann Sebastian Bach
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 8: Johann Sebastian Bach and read pp. 37.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Bach in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 23: Johann Sebastian Bach
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 8 about Bach and use them to write his story in
your own
words.
Locate Bach in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 24: Johann Sebastian Bach
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 9.
Locate Bach in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 25: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 9: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and read pp. 37.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Mozart in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 26: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 8 about Mozart and use them to write his story in your
own words.
Locate Mozart in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 27: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 9.
Locate Mozart in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 28: Robert Schumann
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 10: Robert Schumann and read pp. 36.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Schumann in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the first link.
Week 29: Robert Schumann
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 7 about Schumann and use them to write his story in
your own words.
Locate Schumann in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the second link.
Week 30: Robert Schumann
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 8.
Locate Schumann in the ComposersMusic file and listen to the third link.
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Week 31: Giuseppe Verdi
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 11: Giuseppe Verdi and read pp. 37.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Verdi in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 32: Giuseppe Verdi
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on pp. 89 about Verdi and use them to write his story in your
own words.
Locate Verdi in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 33: Giuseppe Verdi
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 10.
Locate Verdi in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link.
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Week 34: Richard Wagner
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Download Lesson 12: Richard Wagner and read pp. 37.
Fill in the dates on page 2.
Locate Wagner in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the first link.
Week 35: Richard Wagner
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read the facts on page 8 about Wagner and use them to write his story in your
own words.
Locate Wagner in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the second link.
Week 36: Richard Wagner
NOTES:
Read material and complete activities from the course Great Musicians.
Day 1 | Date:
Read and answer the questions on page 9.
Locate Wagner in the Composers’ Music file and listen to the third link. There is
an optional fourth link as well if you wish to listen.