KINDERGARTEN
1. Singing
A. Sing simple songs, matching pitch within a narrow range.
B. Sing simple songs, accurately using high and low pitches.
2. Playing Instruments
A. Perform a steady beat alone.
B. Choose and play long or short sounds as appropriate to accompany
musical selections.
C. Choose and play high and low sounds appropriate for a musical setting.
D. Echo short rhythmic patterns independently.
3. Improvising
A. Improvise vocally, with appropriate tonality and rhythm, an answer to
simple musical questions.
4. Reading and notating.
A. Speak or perform with body percussion icons that represent one or two
sounds per beat or silence.
B. Respond to icons representing simple melodic patterns.
5. Listening and analyzing.
A. Recognize same and different patterns within a song or poem.
B. Recognize the difference in voices and instruments heard on recordings.
C. Describe, accurately, the long and short sounds in new musical
examples.
D. Describe, accurately, high and low sounds in new musical examples.
E. Describe, accurately, fast and slow tempos in new musical examples.
F. Describe, accurately, loud and soft dynamics in new musical examples.
6. Interdisciplinary Connections
A. Participate in singing games and folk dances that allow creative
movement and interactions with others.
7. Historical and Cultural Relationships
A. Experience folksong and folkgames from various cultures.
B. Recognize and create movement identifying the difference between
familiar lullabies and marches.
GRADE 1
1. Singing
A. Sing songs with increased accuracy in pitch matching and blending.
B. Sing, correctly, short melodic passages, accurately reproducing the
melodic direction.
2. Playing Instruments
A. Perform a steady beat in a group setting using classroom instruments.
B. Play classroom instruments, responding to word cues in familiar songs
and poems.
C. Perform on pitched instruments short melodic passages with a limited
set of pitches.
3. Improvising
A. Create musical sounds using voices, body percussion or classroom
instruments to accompany stories.
4. Composing
A. Create melodies with limited pitches for short poems or nursery rhymes.
5. Reading and Notating
A. Read and perform symbols which represent a rest, and one or two sounds
per steady beat.
6. Listening and Analyzing
A. Identify familiar repeated patterns in new songs or orchestral pieces.
B. Identify same, different, same (form) in listening examples and songs.
C. Differentiate between two contrasting selections of music by
describing the mood they create.
D. Recognize one or many voices or instruments when they are heard in
recorded selections.
7. Evaluating
A. Determine a characteristic in a musical selection that leads to a
particular emotional response.
8. Interdisciplinary Connections
A. Explore the relationship between story and song sequencing
(beginning, middle, and ending).
9. Historical and Cultural Relationships
A. Identify non-English texts in simple folk songs.
GRADE 2
1. Singing
A. Demonstrate accuracy in singing major, minor, and pentatonic songs in
an extended range with good vocal technique (correct posture,
breathing, pitch matching, blending).
B. Use correct articulation appropriately when singing familiar songs.
C. Alternate singing between ostinato and melody.
2. Playing Instruments
A. Play on all beats in duple and triple meter, accenting each strong
beat.
B. Play smooth or detached articulation on selected instruments.
C. Perform patterns from rhythmic notation that include quarter notes,
eighth notes, half notes, and rests.
D. Perform, on melody instruments, short patterns incorporating steps,
skips and repeated tones.
E. Play ostinati incorporating quarter notes and eighth notes to
accompany a song being sung by the class.
3. Improvising
A. Play word rhythms of familiar short songs or poems, using the
pentatonic scale.
4. Composing and Arranging
A. Create and notate short (sixteen beat) melodies using notes from the
pentatonic scale.
5. Reading and Notating Music.
A. Construct rhythmic patterns from dictation with the use of
manipulatives.
B. Sing or play notated patterns in the pentatonic scale.
6. Listening To, analyzing, and Describing Music.
A. Identify same and different sections in unfamiliar music.
B. Recognize orchestral instruments by sight and sound.
C. Describe music using vocabulary such as allegro, andante, largo, forte
or piano.
D. Describe, accurately, music using vocabulary such as staccato or
legato.
7. Evaluating
A. Evaluate classroom and recorded performances basaed on tempo, dynamic
choices, correct technique, and ensemble skills.
8. Interdisciplinary Connections
A. Explore the connection between folk tales in chidlren's literature and
folk songs.
B. Classsify instruments by method of sound production.
9. Music in History and Culture
A. Identify music of contrasting time periods and cultures.
GRADE 3
1. Singing
A. Accurately sing alone songs in major and minor tonalities
demonstrating proper vocal technique.
B. Sing two part rounds.
2. Playing Instruments
A. Play rhythmic patterns with an ensemble.
B. Play melodic instruments to provide two-chord accompaniment.
3. Improvising
A. Create a 16-beat melody using a pentatonic scale.
B. Improvise two or more variations of a familiar song.
4. Composing
A. Compose a four-measure introduction to a selected song.
B. Compose a four-measure coda to a selected song.
5. Reading and Notating
A. Read traditional notation for simple melodies.
B. Write traditional notation for a simple melody.
6. Listening and Analyzing
A. Recognize, aurally, same and different sections in a larger musical
form.
B. Identify solo instruments.
C. Analyze and compare various types of introductions in vocal and
instrumental music.
7. Evaluating
A. Apply specified criteria to evaluate selected compositions.
B. Apply specified criteria to evaluate selected music performances.
8. Interdisciplinary Connections
A. Compare the characteristics of different art forms.
B. Explore ways that music is connected to three other disciplines.
9. Historical and Cultural Relationships
A. Describe the characteristics of music in relation to various historic
events.
B. Discuss the characteristics nad use of music in two or more cultures.
GRADE 4
1. Singing
A. sing solo melodies from a selected repertoire.
B. Sing expressively, attending to breathing techniques.
C. Sing, accurately, two and three part rounds.
2. Playing Instruments
A. Perform rhythmic accompaniments on pitched and non-pitched instruments.
B. Play a familiar song on pitched instruments.
3. Improvising
A. Improvise a simple melody and create variations of that melody.
B. Improvise a chordal accompaniment.
4. Composing
A. Compose a four phrase ternary song.
B. Compose an introduction, interlude, and coda to a familiar song.
5. Reading and Notating
A. Read simple melodic notation.
B. Notate a simple melody using traditional notation.
6. Listening and Analyzing
A. Identify two, three, and four part form using appropriate terminology.
B. Identify interludes in vocal and instrumental music using appropriate
terminology.
C. Identify and describe various voices and instruments using appropriate
terminology.
7. Evaluating
A. Discuss evaluation of selected music and music performances based on
given criteria and compare with personal preferences for the same
music and/or music performance.
8. Interdisciplinary Connections
A. Examine the relationship between music and the other three art
disciplines.
B. Explore ways that music is connected to three other disciplines.
9. Historical and Cultural Relationships
A. Identify and describe selected examples of music from cultures around
the world.
B. Compare and contrast music from various historical periods.
GRADE 5
1. Singing
A. Sing ,accurately, solo melodies from a varied repertoire.
B. Sing with appropriate use of register (chest or head voice).
C. Sing, accurately, counter melodies and descants.
2. Playing Instruments
A. Play combinations of syncopated and non-syncopated patterns.
B. Play question and answer pieces in an ensemble.
C. Play an accompaniment part on pitched instruments.
3. Improvising
A. Improvise upon a simple melody using pitched instruments.
B. Improvise a variation using pitched and/or non-pitched instruments.
C. Improvise a simple accompaniment within specified guidelines.
4. Composing
A. Compose a harmonic accompaniment to a given melody using specified
guidelines.
B. Create a vocal and instrumental attangement of a familiar tune.
5. Reading and Notating Music.
A. Play, accurately, a simple notated harmony part.
B. Notate simple melodic phrases in both treble and bass clefs.
6. Listening and Analyzing
A. Compare and contrast variations of a given theme.
B. Recognize and apply appropriate terminology to the tonality of the
music.
C. Describe the characteristics of specific genre.
7. Evaluating
A. Listen to and evaluate the quality of selected music
B. Critique the quality and effectiveness of their own and the
performances of others.
8. Interdisciplinary Connections
A. Compare and contrast characteristics of various art forms.
B. Explain how the principles and/or subject matter of music correlate
with those of three other disciplines.
9. Historical and Cultural Relationships
A. Describe the characteristics of music from two or more selected
historical periods.
B. Discuss the characteristics of music from two or more selected genres
and cultures.