Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
Learning Coach Guide Contents The Elements of Music Unit12 Rhythms and Melody with Glockenspiel Unit13 The Recorder Unit14 Instrument Families Unit15 Welcome Letter Dear Learning Coach, Thank you for partnering with CCA and investing in your learner’s education. This Learning Coach Guide is intended to help you support your learner in their Music 3 course. Within this guide, you will find the goals, components, and features of the online course. Please take time to read and review this information so you understand how to help your learner interact with all the course’s elements. The Learning Coach Guide also includes information about each of the units in this course. On each page of unit information, you will discover the following. The Unit Overview will tell you what the focus, content, and skills of the unit will be. The Unit Assessment section is a place for you and your learner to preview the graded work in the course. At the start of each unit, work with your learner to look at the unit in edio and find out which types of graded work are in this unit. Write them in the box and use it as a checklist. You can check off each one as your learner completes it. The Unit Materials section tells you the materials your learner will need to complete the activities in this unit. You will also find the materials list repeated within each lesson so that your learner has exactly what they need at the right time. The Unit Discussion Questions are optional questions that you may want to ask your learner during the unit to increase home and school connections about what your learner is studying. In the Unit Notables section, you may find optional activities, technology tips, or ideas to help your learner if they get stuck. CCA wishes you and your learner a terrific school year! Supporting Your Learner Your role as a Learning Coach is very important. Here are a few ways you can help your learner do their very best in the course. Help your learner know what time guided or live class instruction is scheduled for, and prompt them to attend sessions or watch recordings. Look for Learning Coach Notes in the course. These are special messages to provide you with information about an activity or topic. Remember, it is okay for your learner to get stuck. Learning new material takes time. Encourage them to take breaks, keep trying, and even ask the teacher for help. Help your learner navigate technology. That may mean helping them type information or upload work into edio. Always encourage your learner to do their very best. Review the course syllabus for your learner’s course. Maintain communication with your learner’s teacher. Part B:Course Information Course Goals In Music 3, your learner will use some of the foundations of music they learned in Music 2. By the end of the year, your learner will be able to: use musical vocabulary to describe and apply the seven elements of music; read and perform rhythms and melodies using rhythm sticks and the glockenspiel (a percussion instrument); learn how to perform music on the recorder (a woodwind instrument); and explore the instrument families of the orchestra. Course Format Lesson Components: Each lesson, your learner will spend 45–60 minutes completing a music lesson. Some days may take less time, while other days may take a little more time. The lesson does not need to be completed in one sitting. Encourage your learner to take short breaks as they need. This section will help you to understand how your learner’s course is structured in edio. Lesson Bundling: Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every lesson. See example below. 1. Getting Started Lesson: There is one Getting Started lesson in this course. It can be found on Day 1 of Unit 1. This lesson includes important information about the course and contact information for your teacher. 2. Unit Overview: Each unit will include a unit overview. This describes what your learner will learn in the unit and how many assessments the unit will have. 3. Prep for Success: At the beginning of each unit, your learner will find a Prep for Success. This component offers your learner tips to be successful in the course, such as study tips, important software information, safety reminders, and more. 4. Knowledge Check: There will be one Knowledge Check in each unit. The Knowledge Check is designed to check prior learning and understanding about key skills and concepts that will be taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment. Each lesson has its own components to help guide your learner through the lesson. 1. Lesson Overview: At the beginning of every lesson, your learner will see the lesson overview. This section contains lesson objectives, lesson vocabulary, materials your learner will need for the lesson, and the suggested lesson length. 2. Engage: The first section of the lesson is Engage. In this section, learners will be introduced to the lesson by making a connection to past and present knowledge and will get ready for the lesson’s instruction. 3. Discover: New content and instruction is presented in the Discover section. Your learner will interact with the lesson content through defined vocabulary terms, videos, audio, and Pause and Think activities. Your learner will be able to practice and answer questions as they work through the lesson. 4. Show: Learners will demonstrate what they have learned in the lesson through a series of practice questions. 5. Wrap Up: This section recaps the day’s objectives and prepares learners for a future lesson or assessment. The course includes assignments and quizzes. These graded assignments and quizzes allow your learner to show what they have learned and apply their new skills. All CCA assignments and quizzes include these components. 1. Assessment Overview: At the beginning of each assessment, your learner will see the assessment overview. This section contains the goals of the assessment, materials your learner will need, length of the assessment and directions for completion. 2. Plan: In the Plan section, learners will be introduced to the assignment. Your learner may be provided with a review of content from the previous lessons. 3. Do: Learners put their plan into action and work to complete the assignment successfully. This section also assesses the learner by providing questions to them. These questions will be answered by the learner throughout the lesson as the teacher will use these answers to grade the work. 4. Reflect: In Reflect, learners will think back to the work they completed. They will reflect upon the experience and analyze how well they completed the task. These moments of reflection are important and allow your learner to think about their learning and their work habits. Course Features This course includes and uses unique features such as: The Elements of Music: The elements of music (often referred to as the building blocks of music) are rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, tempo, dynamics, and form. These seven items are highlighted and heavily referenced throughout your learner’s music course to teach them essential musical concepts and skills. Listening Exercises: A listening exercise is meant to engage your learner by exposing them to music that aligns with the lesson concept being taught. A listening exercise will be indicated by an audio icon to signal your learner to prepare to use their ears. Listening exercises may ask your learner to think about something specific in the music, perform along with the example, or use the example to answer a question. Performance Practice: Performance practice can occur on a small scale with one to two pages of a lesson as a featured activity or on a large scale as the theme of an entire lesson. During performance practice, your learner may be asked to use their voice, their body, or an instrument to perform a short selection of music. This helps the learner to connect their learning with hands-on practice. Musical Instruments: Your learner will be provided with a glockenspiel and a recorder to enhance their knowledge and skillset throughout the course. Your learner will learn how to care for and use their musical instruments. These instruments will accompany concepts within the course that the instrument reinforces and will also help to form hand–eye coordination between reading music and performing. Part C:Unit Information Part C: Unit Information The Elements of Music Unit Unit Overview Your learner will review the factors that create sound and the difference between noise and music.Your learner will always review how humans can create sound with their bodies along with elements of music and how they affect musical sounds. Unit Discussion Questions What was your favorite part about this unit?What’s your favorite element of music? Why? Unit Notables Your learner will use a scanner to scan a Venn Diagram Assignment from their Music 3 Activity Book to upload for their teacher. You can provide support through this process by ensuring the device operates properly. You can also assist by saving the file to their computer and uploading the document for the teacher to review. Kit Materials glockenspiel, mallets, Music 3 Activity Book, rhythm sticks Household Materials pencil Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Rhythms and Melody with Glockenspiel Unit Unit Overview Your learner will explore the elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony using rhythm sticks and the glockenspiel.Your learner will review and learn new rhythm values and also connect rhythm values to mathematics. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Name one thing you learned in this unit.What was your favorite part about this unit? Unit Notables Your learner will create a video recording of “London Bridge” on the glockenspiel. You can provide support through this process by ensuring their camera, audio, and speakers work properly. You can assist them in positioning the camera on their instrument before recording. Kit Materials glockenspiel, mallets, Music 3 Activity Book appendix, rhythm sticks Household Materials pencil Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ The Recorder Unit Unit Overview Your learner will continue to develop their music reading skills by learning how to play the recorder. Your learner will learn how the musical alphabet stays the same when reading pitches for the glockenspiel and recorder. Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Which instrument do you prefer, the glockenspiel or the recorder? What was your favorite part of this unit? Why? Unit Notables Your learner will create a video recording for the song “Hot Cross Buns” on the recorder. You can provide support through this process by ensuring their camera, audio, and speakers work properly. You can assist them in positioning the camera on their instrument before recording. Kit Materials Music 3 Activity Book, recorder Household Materials pencil Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________ Instrument Families Unit Unit Overview Your learner will learn about the orchestra and focus on each instrument family of the orchestra.Your learner will learn how instruments are classified into families.Your learner will learn about the materials the instruments are made of and how they create sound. Unit Discussion Questions Name one thing you learned about in this unit. Which musical instrument would you like to learn to play? What part of this course did you enjoy the most? Unit Notables Your learner will use a scanner to scan a Instrument Advertisement Worksheet from their Music 3 Activity Book to upload for their teacher. You can provide support through this process by ensuring the device operates properly. You can also assist by saving the file to their computer and uploading the document for the teacher to review. Kit Materials Music 3 Activity Book Household Materials pencil Unit Assessments Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Quiz ___________________________ Test ___________________________ Assignment __________________ Project _______________________ Exam _________________________
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
