Music: Grade K

Sing and play a variety of short songs in limited melodic range with a steady beat.

Create sound effects and rhythmic accompaniment for songs, rhythms, and stories.

Listen to and respond to short works of music.

Explore the variety of sounds produced in a performance.

Recognize basic music icons.

Respond to an introduction to music and musicians in various cultures, times, and places.

Relate how music affects individual emotions.

Identify ways in which music and other disciplines taught in school are similar

Know that music is part of everyday life.

Music, Beginner Keyboard

Strings, Beginner and Intermediate Level

Sing from memory, alone or with others a variety of rote songs including folk, ethnic, patriotic, nonsense, and seasonal songs.

Sing a five-tone pentatonic melody on pitch while moving to a steady beat.

Play a steady beat on classroom instruments.

Improvise short melodies by singing or playing the pitches sol-mi-la" (5-3-6).

Improvise rhythms and accompaniments by singing and playing instruments.

Distinguish between qualities of music such as low and high, soft and loud, fast and slow, and same and different.

Respond to the beat and tempo of various music examples with appropriate movements and/or dramatization.

Recognize the sound of brass, string, woodwind, percussion, and keyboard instrument families.

Respond voluntarily to a selected musical piece.

Explain which sounds are most pleasing following a successful performance.

Differentiate between types of performances such as choir and solo.

Recognize differences in the quality of a solo or choral performance.

Recognize that the written form of music is different from the written form of language.

Recognize the difference between moments of silence (rests) and moments of sound (notes).

Identify simple music terms when presented aurally.

Listen to and describe music from various cultures and ethnic groups.

Explore instruments and timbres of instrumental families from various cultures.

Perform simple songs in the languages of various cultures.

Explain feelings that may be evoked by specific examples of music.

Express the idea or story of a music selection through movement, dance, and dramatization (role-play).

Respond to music by painting, drawing a picture, or dictating a story.

Recognize ideas and stories contained in the language of songs and relate them to the appropriate subject area (i.e. counting-math; colors-art).

Identify word patterns and rhymes within a song text.

Recognize the sequential arrangement of sections in a work of music.

Identify various ways people make music.

Identify various uses of music in daily experience.

Know there are different styles of music.

Identify musical careers encountered in everyday life.

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.