MUSIC CONTENT STANDARDS

Standard 1: Students, alone or with others, sing and/or play instruments, using a varied repertoire of music.

Standard 2: Students read and notate music.

Standard 3: Students create music.

Standard 4: Students listen to, respond to, analyze, evaluate, and describe music.

Standard 5: Students understand music in relation to history and a variety of cultures.

Standard 1: Students, alone or with others,

sing and/or play instruments,

using a varied repertoire of music.

Benchmarks – Grades K-2

As students demonstrate beginning music skills in singing and playing instruments, they will

A. move, sing, and play with a steady beat;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: March to music while playing the beat on rhythm instruments.

B. sing and play in rhythm and demonstrate beginning pitch recognition;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Play singing games like "A Tisket A Tasket "

C. sing and play using correct posture and breathing techniques;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Stand straight with feet slightly apart chest high, relaxed shoulders, and head up and straight for a good singing position

D. move, sing, and play expressively with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Create a sound setting for a picture book.

E. perform easy rhythmic, melodic, and chordal patterns accurately on rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic classroom instruments;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Play one chord accompaniment on autoharp while singing "Are You Sleeping?"

F. sing and play ostinati, partner songs, and rounds;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Play an ostinato on a xylophone while singing " Scotland's Burning."

G. respond to conducting cues;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Play classroom instruments to show dynamic changes while following the gestures of a conductor.

H. sing and play music representing various cultures and styles;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Learn to count to ten in Spanish by singing "The Counting Song."

I. demonstrate beginning ensemble skills;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Perform rhythmic patterns on rhythm instruments while working in small groups.

J. participate in a variety of musical ensembles.

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Participate in a variety of small group and large group activities, such as, but not limited to, recorder ensemble, vocal solo, large chorus, small rhythmic ensemble, dance ensemble, Orff ensemble, keyboard solo.

Standard 2: Students read and notate music.

Benchmarks — Grades K-2

As students demonstrate beginning music skills in reading and notating music, they will

A. identify and read rhythmic patterns using whole, half, dotted half, quarter, eighth, triplet eighth notes, and rests;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Recite nursery rhymes to experience triplet eighth notes.

B. read and notate simple melodic and rhythmic patterns using traditional and, when appropriate, nontraditional music notation;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Read sol-mi patterns on a two-line staff

C. identify symbols and traditional terms that refer to dynamics, tempo, and meter;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Sing a song and open arms to show crescendo and close arms to show decrescendo.

D. explore current music technology.

Example for meaning:

K-4: Use a CD-ROM, such as, but not limited to, "Music Ace,"

Standard 3: Students create music.

Benchmarks – Grades K-2

As students demonstrate musical creativity, they will

B. create simple rhythmic and melodic patterns;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Use visual manipulatives to create rhythm patterns (for example, Cuisenaire Rods, seasonal shapes, flash cards, and icons).

C. create short compositions within a given framework such as, but not limited to, ABA form, rondo form, rhythmic and melodic ideas, tempo and/or dynamic changes; and

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Create an eight-beat pattern on classroom instruments using one half note and one quarter rest

D. create short compositions using a variety of sound sources (for example, electronic or acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sounds, or other sound producing objects

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Improvise a B section to create ABA form when given an A section.

Standard 4: Students listen to, respond to,

analyze, evaluate, and describe music.

Benchmarks— Grades K-2

As students demonstrate basic skills in listening, responding to, analyzing, evaluating, and describing, they will

A. listen to a variety of musical styles and genres;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Listen to Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals and "Che Che Koolay. "

C. identify musical elements and expressive qualities using appropriate musical vocabulary;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Use the words loud and soft to describe an aural example.

D. respond to music in a variety of ways;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Show happy or sad through movement when listening to an appropriate musical example.

E. identify contrasts of timbre;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Group classroom instruments by sound.

G. demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Sit quietly and listen.

Standard 5: Students understand music

in relation to history and a variety of cultures.

Benchmarks – Grades K-2

As students demonstrate beginning understanding of music in history and a variety of cultures, they will

A. participate in cultural activities in an appropriate manner;

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Join in ethnic games and dances.

B. identify how elements of music are used in examples from various cultures; and

Examples for meaning:

K-2: Perform game movements on the beat in "Acka Backa" and "Bate Bate."