Music: Grade K

Singing - Students will sing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

Composing - Students will compose and arrange music within specific guidelines.

Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Evaluating - Students will evaluate music and music performances.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Historical and Cultural Connections - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

Develop skill in singing simple songs.

Explore high and low pitches.

Explore upward and downward direction vocally.

Develop skill in reproducing steady beat.

Explore playing long/short and fast/slow sounds.

Play high and low sounds.

Create instrumental sounds to accompany songs, poems, and stories.

Create vocal sounds to accompany songs, poems, and stories.

Improvise creative movement to accompany songs, poems, stories, and listening examples.

Create short compositions using a variety of sounds.

Interpret iconic representations of steady beat.

Interpret iconic representation of melodic direction.

Recognize same and different sections in familiar pieces of music.

Recognize the difference between voices and instruments.

Recognize musical characteristics in selected pieces of music.

Evaluate musical performances based on an age-appropriate criteria.

Develop and evaluate appropriate audience behaviors during a performance.

Experience relationships between music and dance, visual art, and/or theatre.

Experience relationships between music and language arts.

Experience music from various historical periods and cultures.