Experiment with a variety of simple found objects and selected instruments, both pitched and unpitched (e.g., two notes on a xylophone vs. sounds that have no discernible pitch, such as a tambourine or slapping a thigh).

Describe the elemental characteristics of sounds from a variety of settings in the community.

Make distinctions between different voices and voice qualities in speech and song.

Sing and create songs and chants using ideas sourced from the students' communities (e.g., songs about farms, cities, or the environment) and from various cultural communities, controlling breathing, pitch, rhythm, and dynamics.

Describe sources of ideas for music compositions (e.g., sounds of machines, parks, playgrounds, or neighbourhoods).

Make decisions (individually and collaboratively) about ideas, sounds, instruments, and order in creating a music expression.

Select and create sounds for composition with purpose, recognizing that different combinations of instruments, voices, or sound objects create different effects.

Discuss images and expressive qualities evoked by music expressions.

Use reflection and discussion to learn and make decisions about own music expressions.

Describe decisions made in selection and use of sounds, instruments, and order.

Experiment with invented and traditional notation as a way of preserving compositions, recognizing that sounds/music may be represented through a variety of notation devices.