Music: General Music: Grade 2

Creating – Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

Performing – Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.

Responding – Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Imagine: Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.

Plan and Make: Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts.

Evaluate and Refine: Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work(s) that meet appropriate criteria.

Present: Share creative musical work that coveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality.

Select: Select varied musical works to present based on interest, knowledge, technical skill, and context.

Analyze: Analyze the structure and context of varied musical works and their implications for performance.

Interpret: Develop personal interpretations that consider creators' intent.

Rehearse, Evaluate, and Refine: Evaluate and refine personal and ensemble performances, individually or in collaboration with others.

Present: Perform expressively, with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy, and in a manner appropriate to the audience and context.

Select: Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or context.

Analyze: Analyze how the structure and context of varied musical works inform the response.

Interpret: Support interpretations of musical works that reflect creators'/performers' expressive intent.

Evaluate: Support evaluations of musical works and performances based on analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality (such as major and minor) and meter (such as duple and triple).

Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent.

Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.

Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music.

Convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.

Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as tonality and meter) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation.

Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.

Apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.

Rehearse, identify and apply strategies to address interpretive, performance, and technical challenges of music.

Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy.

Perform appropriately for the audience and purpose.

Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

Describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music.

Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts and how they support creators'/performers' expressive intent.

Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.