Music: Grade 3

Sing partner songs and two-part rounds with expressive voice control and play accompaniments using crossover mallet techniques.

Compose short melodies and rhythmic patterns.

Listen to and identify simple forms, orchestral instrument families, and melodic movement.

Using music vocabulary, describe the characteristics of a musical performance.

Identify note values in a written melodic line.

Demonstrate an understanding of various styles or cultures through interpretive movement.

Understanding that musical characteristics affect moods, responses, and feelings.

Describe ways in which other subject areas are interrelated with music.

Distinguish various musical styles heard in everyday life.

Music, Beginner Keyboard

Strings, Beginner and Intermediate Level

Sing and/or play partner songs and simple rounds using appropriate vocal techniques and dynamics.

Sing with accurate pitch and rhythm.

Recognize and sing music of different styles.

Play pitched instruments using crossover patterns.

Create short melodies by singing or playing on pitched instruments.

Create rhythms and accompaniments on various instruments.

Create and perform an original melodic and/or rhythmic song.

Identify the melodic movement used in a composition.

Identify the sounds of various instrumental families of the orchestra and band in selected works of music

Perform appropriate movements or dramatization to selected works of music.

Identify AB, ABA, AABB, and rondo form.

Explain musical characteristics that relate to performance excellence.

Compare the quality of various vocal or choral performances.

Describe and evaluate individual and/or group performance and compositions.

Recognize increasingly difficult music symbols that demonstrate rhythm notation (i.e., whole note, whole rest, key, and meter signature).

Identify the treble clef and bass cleft line and space note names.

Read and play rhythm notation.

Dramatize/perform music from various cultures and ethnic groups.

Describe the role and function of music and musicians from various cultures.

Perform music and dance using instruments from various cultures.

Compare and contrast feelings expressed by specific examples of music.

Dramatize the idea or story of a music selection.

Interpret music through painting, drawing a picture, movement, or writing.

Identify ideas and stories contained in the language of songs and relate them to the appropriate subject area.

Explain the sequential arrangement (sequencing of thoughts, numbers, etc.) of sections in a work of music.

Identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of music are related to other disciplines.

Describe the presence and use of music in everyday life.

Compare and contrast different music styles.

Compare and contrast various ways that people make music.

Play a variety of music selections alone or in groups.

Create and perform music using simple melodies and rhythms.

Listen to, describe, and respond to short works of music.

Describe qualities of successful keyboard performances.

Recognize and identify music notation and symbols.

Recognize that music reflects the culture, time, and place of its origin.

Experience a variety of moods and feelings expressed by different keyboard selections.

Recognize connections between music, the other arts, and other subject areas.

Recognize ways that music and musicians are encountered in everyday life.

Sing and play a variety of music selections alone or in groups.

Create and perform music using simple melodies and rhythms.

Listen to, describe, or respond to short works of music.

Describe qualities of successful string performances.

Recognize and identify music notation and symbols.

Recognize that music reflects the culture, time, and place of its origin.

Experience a variety of moods and feelings expressed by different string repertoire.

Recognize connections between music, the other arts, and other subject areas.

Recognize ways that music and musicians are encountered in everyday life.

Use proper posture and hand position while sitting at the keyboard.

Demonstrate understanding of high, medium, and low pitch ranges in selected keyboard repertoire.

Create melodic motives on the keyboard to illustrate up and down.

Improvise a composition using staccato and legato melodies.

Describe characteristics of a melody or rhythm used in a keyboard composition.

Describe basic elements of form in music.

Identify expressive qualities of a keyboard performance: soft, loud, fast, slow, etc.

Evaluate accuracy of rhythm, melody, and style in keyboard performances.

Recognize music symbols that demonstrate rhythmic notation and values (i.e., quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note bar lines, and measures).

Know the letter names of line and space notes on treble and bass clefs.

Demonstrate knowledge of music symbols/icons by playing on the keyboard.

Listen to and perform music from various cultures, and ethnic groups.

Understand the role of music and musicians in selected cultures, times, and places.

Compare and contrast emotions or moods expressed when listening to or performing specific examples of music.

Know that keyboard selections can convey various ideas or stories.

Compare ways a composer uses dynamics to tell a musical story with the way an author, a painter, a mime, or a dancer tells a story.

Analyze the sequential arrangement of phrases or sections in a work of music compared to the order of events in a story.

Know various ways that people make music.

Analyze the presence, use, and effect of music in everyday life.

Demonstrate beginning knowledge of a variety of music styles.

Compare and contrast the qualifications for various musical careers.

Use proper posture and hand position while holding stringed instrument.

Demonstrate understanding of high, medium and low pitch ranges in selected stringed repertoire.

Identify and play scales.

Create melodic motives on the instrument to illustrate up and down.

Improvise a composition using staccato and legato melodies.

Describe characteristics of a melody or rhythm used in a string composition.

Describe basic elements of form in music.

Identify expressive qualities of a string performance: soft, loud, fast, slow, etc.

Evaluate accuracy of rhythm, melody, and style in stringed performances.

Recognize music symbols that demonstrate rhythmic notation (i.e., quarter note, quarter rest, eighth note).

Know the letter names of line and space notes on treble and bass clefs.

Identify note/rest values, bar lines and measures.

Demonstrate knowledge of music symbols/icons by playing on respective stringed instrument.

Listen to and perform music from various cultures, and ethnic groups.

Understand the role of music and musicians in selected cultures, times, and places.

Compare and contrast emotions or moods expressed when listening to or performing specific examples of music.

Know that stringed selections can convey various ideas or stories.

Compare ways a composer uses musical elements to tell a musical story like the way an author, a painter, a mime, or a dancer tells a story.

Compare ways music and other subjects are related.

Know various ways that people make music.

Analyze the presence, use, and effect of music in everyday life.

Demonstrate beginning knowledge of a variety of music styles.

Compare and contrast the qualifications for various musical careers.