Generative Topic: Communicating with Sound in our World

Concept* Standard Assessment Facts ("The student will understand") (How will you have evidence that they know it?) ("The students will know")

Skills

Subject: Reading

Problems to pose

Name: Sarah Buller

Activities:

("The students will be able to")

("Guiding questions" or "unit questions")

Sounds are all around us and can often be interpreted as music. All great creative works start as a small idea that someone is brave enough to believe in.

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 3

Record a physical sound experiment using everyday sounds Teacher observations of students demonstrating understanding through class discussions and questions posed. Perform student composed poetry with the intended beat to a group of peers. Open ended response on reading text explaining the influences on musicians and audience when hearing particular music

How sound travels and is manipulated

Distinguish sounds and their purpose in their everyday world Identify how a musician follows their passion and practice rigorously

When can a sound be considered music also?

Conduct hearing/sound experiments and discuss their findings Read and research the importance of our countrys national anthem and other historic songs

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 1

The creation of Americas national songs

How do we make our big dreams a reality despite challenges?

How does human physical hearing of sound influence their emotional interpretation of it? How does society communicate with sound and music?

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Lit 4

How human hearing functions universally

Compose poetry with a musical rhythm

How is the listener influenced by the authors creative choices in beat, style, and word choice? How can sound influence peoples actions?

Explore the beat and rhythm found in some poetry styles.

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 3

Why national songs are essential for group identity amongst a diverse population

Use evidence to identify cultural influences on music

Read and research facts related to sound, musical genre and history, and how society communicates with sound and music

Generative Topic: Communicating with Sound in our World

Concept* Standard Assessment Facts ("The student will understand") (How will you have evidence that they know it?) ("The students will know")

Skills

Subject: Writing

Problems to pose

Name: Sarah Buller

Activities:

("The students will be able to")

("Guiding questions" or "unit questions")

Sound is manipulated in many ways, such as volume, to affect the mood of the listener(s).

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Lit 4 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 5

Write a rhythmic poem on the topic of inspired emotion when listening to music.

How sound travels and is manipulated to influence the listener

Compose poetry with a musical rhythm

How is the listener influenced by the authors creative choices in beat, style, and word choice?

Write poems about the emotion expressed in music through the style of a list poem In writing, share their favorite musical genre and how they feel when listening to music

What defines something as music? Can everyday sounds be considered musical?

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Lit 4 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 2

Journal entry defending their choice if their previously recorded everyday sound is also music

How sound travels and is manipulated to influence the listener

Distinguish sounds and their purpose in their everyday world

When can a sound be considered music also?

Decide if a sound they hear is also music and support their argument with evidence in writing

Generative Topic: Communicating with Sound in our World

Concept* Standard Assessment Facts ("The student will understand") (How will you have evidence that they know it?) ("The students will know")

Skills

Subject: Social Studies

Problems to pose

Name: Sarah Buller

Activities:

("The students will be able to")

("Guiding questions" or "unit questions")

Music is not created in isolation, but rather influenced by the context of the broader world.

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 3 Nat. Cur. Standards for Social Studies 2

Quiz on the timeline of musicians and important cultural events regarding music and sound

The creation of Americas national songs

Use evidence to identify cultural influences on music

How can sound influence peoples actions?

Listen to the musical performances of famous musicians such as Marian Anderson and Duke Ellington Hear and observe the evolution in sound recording technology and explain the advantages of each new invention Draft and publish an All About Sound Class nonfiction text compiling new learning on sound and musics influence on ourselves and larger communities Draft and publish an All About

Music is historically and currently used as a powerful communication tool.

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 3 Nat. Cur. Standards for Social Studies 2

Journal entries reflecting on the influences of music and the progressive development of music/sound breakthroughs Compile, edit, and publish an all about sound nonfiction piece showcasing the knowledge acquired from this unit as a whole class activity

The progression of sound recording technology and todays technology advantages

Use evidence to identify cultural influences on music

How can sound influence peoples actions?

Why are national songs important to promoting citizenship?

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 1 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 7 Nat. Cur. Standards for Social Studies 2

Why national songs are essential for group identity amongst a diverse population

Organize their research on music and sound into a nonfiction text

How can sound influence peoples actions?

How does the experience of

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard

Compile, edit, and publish an all

How human hearing functions

Organize their research on music

How can sound influence peoples

sound enhance individual human existence, community, and global cultures?

Info Text 5 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 2 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 7

about sound nonfiction piece showcasing the knowledge acquired from this unit as a whole class activity

universally yet influences the individual in varying ways

and sound into a nonfiction text

actions?

Sound Class nonfiction text compiling new learning on sound and musics influence on ourselves and larger communities Draft and publish an All About Sound Class nonfiction text compiling new learning on sound and musics influence on ourselves and larger communities

What are the cultural and historical events influencing music and musicians?

CCSS ELA Grade 2 Reading Standard Info Text 3 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 2 CCSS ELA Grade 2 Writing 7 Nat. Cur. Standards for Social Studies 2

Compile, edit, and publish an all about sound nonfiction piece showcasing the knowledge acquired from this unit as a whole class activity.

Use evidence to identify cultural influences on music

Organize their research on music and sound into a nonfiction text

How do we make our big dreams a reality despite challenges?