Preschool listening skills feeling responses to music recognizing music s place in personal life Awareness of appropriate behaviors Individual demonstration of performance skills simple expression movement to music Self awareness simple description and response recognizing a variety of sounds Personal experience to define sounds Individual response to what is heard sound improvisation movement improvisation
Kindergarten behaviors and performances response to music personal connection to music Respect for music and preferences Independent demonstration of performance skills performing with expression expressing through movement personal vocabulary Personal response musical opposites basic elements of musical form Identify musical components Creation of Movement Independent response to what is heard improvising sound improvising movement simple rhythmic patterns tone colors
First Grade response in a musical setting reactions to music and performances personal connection to music Understanding and respecting other s preferences Group performance skills simple techniques basic rhythmic and melodic patterns changes in musical elements form identification aurally and visually Grouping individual sounds Awareness of self and others Parts to whole improvising sounds, short phrases, and movements creating and notating rhythmic patterns basic rhythmic and melodic patterns
Second Grade personal awareness of contributions in a musical setting personal connections to music life connections through music Value and respect of musical preferences Individual and ensemble performance simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns simple song elements Roles and responsibilities opposites in musical elements beginning aural form identification beginning notation of musical elements vocal and instrumental groupings by tone color Individual elements within a composition Individual and collective responses to musical patterns question and answer responses treble clef patterns beginning melodic and rhythmic patterns
Third Grade articulating musical meaning making informed musical judgments identifying musical sugnificance Awareness that music evokes feelings Connecting musical concepts and skills in performance extended patterns musical techniques basic music vocabulary tone color analyze elements and form Aurally and visually decoding musical elements Making connections Individual and collective responses to musical patterns treble clef notation short phrases and patterns aural and visual recognition of musical patterns
Fourth Grade non musical factors musical preferences Context in value and preference Intentionality and accuracy in performance accurate production techniques diatonic patterns in melody and accompaniment using extended musical vocabulary recognizing symbols and terminology of music recognizing specific music elements Conventions of musical language Communicating with others through music Phrasing and patterns creating with diatonic patterns improvise phrase completion using extended melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns
Fifth Grade explaining and defending articulating meaning Preferences between self/group and part/whole Refining performance techniques musical techniques rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns melodies in traditional notation Collaborating with others analyzing, comprehending, and applying elements of music recognizing cultural music elements Critically using conventions of musical language Conventions in creative composition notating simple compositions improvising through variety of music elements
Sixth Grade the role of music in society criteria based strengths and weaknesses Connections between music and humanity Practice and performance promotes musical fluency sight reading musical structure Musical accountability identification, notatation, and analysis of musical language Meaning in music Inventing with contextual parameters improvisation focusing on context composition focusing on structures
Seventh Grade comparing music performances and compositions describing personal experience with music Defending personal choices Skills to improve self and contribute to an ensemble ensemble performance individual technique knowledge of major and minor scales rhythms in various time signatures Roles in a musical setting written note and chord progression literacy musical elements and forms of a composition Musical literacy Beginning composition and melodic improvisation four to eight measure composition improvising melodies instrumentally and vocally
Eighth Grade music performance evaluation musical elements connected to American culture Defending judgments about performance and experiences Contrasting skills for performance ensemble components technical proficiency contrasting styles rhythms using a variety of tempos and dynamics Accountable to self and others composing melodic and harmonic sequences written note and chord progressions Applied musical literacy Individual contribution in a variety of music mediums arranging a composition musical elements and forms of a composition improvising a solo
High School Generalist responding appropriately at cultural events demonstrating knowledge of postsecondary musical opportunities Informed decision making Performance opportunities present music expressively musical opportunities in society evaluating musical performances evaluating through personal involvement Lifelong learning and involvement identifying and describing musical elements classifying music in a variety of ways Effective communication about music Varied contributions improvising instrumental and vocal solo composing and/or arranging music
High School Performance expressive musical presentation responding appropriately at cultural events applying criteria based evaluation Informed decision making Performance opportunities composition performance, self evaluation, and interpretation skilled sight reading participation in society applying knowledge of postsecondary musical opportunities partipation within an ensemble awareness of postsecondary skill sets Lifelong learning and involvement identifying and describing musical elements improvising an instrumental and vocal solo classifying and describing music music is classified and described in a variety of ways Effective communication about music Varied contributions performing a solo over a given harmonic progression composing and/or arranging music analyzing and evaluating demonstrating style variety demonstrating instrumentation variety