K-4

Students in grades K-4 will be starting, and continuing, to learn musical notation as well as prepare songs for the winter concert. 3rd grade will be starting recorders after the holidays.

Standards

 

1. Content Standard: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

 

Achievement Standard:

 

Students will:

 

a. sing independently, on pitch and in rhythm, with appropriate timbre, diction, and posture, and

 maintain a steady tempo

 b. sing *expressively, with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation

 c. sing from memory a varied repertoire of songs representing *genres and *styles from diverse

 cultures

 d. sing ostinatos, partner songs, and rounds

 e. sing in groups, blending vocal timbres, matching dynamic levels, and responding to the cues of a

 conductor

 

 2. Content Standard: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of

 music

 

Achievement Standards:

 

Students will:

 a. perform on pitch, in rhythm, with appropriate dynamics and timbre, and maintain a steady

 tempo

 b. perform easy rhythmic, melodic, and chordal patterns accurately and independently on

 rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic *classroom instruments

 c. perform expressively a varied repertoire of music representing diverse genres and styles

 d. echo short rhythms and melodic patterns

 e. perform in groups, blending instrumental timbres, matching dynamic levels, and responding to

 the cues of a conductor

 f. perform independent instrumental parts 1 while other students sing or play contrasting parts

4. Content Standard: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

Achievement Standards:

Students will:

a. create and arrange music to accompany readings or dramatizations

b. create and arrange short songs and instrumental pieces within specified guidelines 3

c. use a variety of sound sources when composing

5. Content Standard: Reading and notating music

Achievement Standard:

Students will:

a. read whole, half, dotted half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests in 24 , 34 , and 44 meter

signatures

b. use a system (that is, syllables, numbers, or letters) to read simple pitch notation in the treble clef

in major keys

c. identify symbols and traditional terms referring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation and

interpret them correctly when performing

d. use standard symbols to notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics in simple patterns presented

by the teacher

5-8

Students in grades 5-8 will be  selecting and preparing songs for the winter concert. In the first quarter, students in grades 6-8 will be starting a guitar unit.

Standards

 

1. Content Standard: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

 

Achievement Standard:

 

Students will:

 a. sing accurately and with good breath control throughout their singing ranges, alone and in small

 and large ensembles

 b. sing with *expression and *technical accuracy a repertoire of vocal literature with a *level of

 difficulty of 2, on a scale of 1 to 6, including some songs performed from memory

 c. sing music representing diverse *genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the work

 being performed

 d. sing music written in two and three parts Students who participate in a choral ensemble

 e. sing with expression and technical accuracy a varied repertoire of vocal literature with a level of

 difficulty of 3, on a scale of 1 to 6, including some songs performed from memory

2. Content Standard: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of

music

Achievement Standard:

Students will:

a. perform on at least one instrument 1 accurately and independently, alone and in small and large

ensembles, with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control

b. perform with expression and technical accuracy on at least one string, wind, percussion, or

*classroom instrument a repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of 2, on a scale

of 1 to 6

c. perform music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the work

being performed

d. play by ear simple melodies on a melodic instrument and simple accompaniments on a

harmonic instrument

4. Content Standard: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

Achievement Standard:

Students will:

a. compose short pieces within specified guidelines, 2 demonstrating how the elements of music

are used to achieve unity and variety, tension and release, and balance

b. arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which the pieces were

written

c. use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources and electronic media when

composing and arranging

5. Content Standard: Reading and notating music

Achievement Standard:

Students will:

a. read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4 , 3/4, 4/4 , 6/8 , 3/8, and alla breve meter signatures

b. read at sight simple melodies in both the treble and bass clefs

c. identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation,

and expression

d. use standard notation to record their musical ideas and the musical ideas of others