National Standards for Music Education
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
Kindergarten Concepts-at-a-Glance
Students will create music through exploration using instruments and voice.
- Students will demonstrate introductory rhythmic proficiency of beat and tempo.
- Students will demonstrate melodic proficiency of high and low sounds and same and different patterns.
- Students will demonstrate introductory proficiency of voice choice, dynamics, and timbre.
- Students will evaluate a performance and describe the roles within the performance.
First Grade Concepts-at-a-Glance
Students will produce tuneful singing and compose using iconic notation.
- Students will create, read, and perform simple rhythmic patterns.
- Students will demonstrate beginning proficiency of melodic contour and tuneful singing.
- Students will distinguish between beginning dynamics, texture, and timbre.
- Students will distinguish between same and different patterns.
- Students will describe specific roles in a performance and begin to formulate a musical opinion.
- Students will describe the role of music in storytelling.
Second Grade Concepts-at-a-Glance
Students will compose using standard notation and perform simple melodies with accuracy.
- Students will create, read, and perform two measure rhythmic patterns.
- Students will demonstrate basic proficiency of melodic contour and tuneful singing using the pentatonic scale.
- Students will demonstrate basic texture and timbre.
- Students will collaborate to compose an AB instrumental piece.
- Students will demonstrate basic dynamics, tempo, and articulation.
- Students will demonstrate appropriate etiquette and analyze a performance in order to identify strengths and opportunities for growth.
- Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of Baroque composers, multi-movement form(including theme and variations), and instrument families.
Third Grade Concepts-at-a-Glance
Students will demonstrate rhythm and pentatonic scale through improvising and composing.
- Students will create, read, and perform four measure rhythm patterns in 4/4
- Students will compose, improvise, and perform simple melodies using the pentatonic scale.
- Students will identify varied textural elements and distinguish between symphonic instruments in varied music examples.
- Students will arrange and perform a four section composition using A, B, and repeat signs.
- Students will demonstrate proficiency in intermediate dynamics, tempo, articulation, and tonality.
- Students will evaluate a performance to construct a reflective statement.
- Students will describe how composers use instrument timbre to influence characterization and storytelling.
