Standard set
Music: Kindergarten
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Creative Process
Critical Thinking and Communication
History, Culture, and Citizenship
Innovation in the Arts
Technique and Application
Apply creative thinking to composing and improvising music. Apply creative thinking by employing originality, flexibility, experimentation, individual voice, and imagination to improvise and compose music.
Understand and apply a creative process to develop ideas for creating and performing music. Understand and apply a creative process to guide the development of ideas and original work.
Analyze, interpret, and evaluate music. Develop critical thinking skills in the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the work of self and others.
Formulate and justify personal responses and connections to music. Recognize, justify, and articulate personal responses, beliefs, and opinions regarding music and recognize the value in learning about diverse opinions and responses to music.
Develop collaboration and communication skills for music rehearsal and performance. Identify and apply collaboration and communication skills for rehearsal and performance of music.
Understand cultural and historical influences of music. Demonstrate understanding of cultural and historical influences of music.
Understand music as a form of community engagement. Identify and interact with music and develop a lifelong engagement as a performer, supporter, advocate, and audience member.
Ethical and legal considerations for music and intellectual property Identify and understand ethical and legal considerations for engaging with music, resources, and source material as a responsible citizen.
College, career, and the 21st Century Workplace. Connect music content and skills to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace.
Understand and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies. Participate in a rapidly changing world of music and explore the impact of current and emerging technologies, media, and processes.
Cultivate connections to other fine arts and fields of knowledge. Identify and cultivate connections between music and other fields of knowledge to develop problem-solving skills.
Music Literacy Acquire the technical skills and artistic knowledge necessary for creative, expressive, and artistic performance. Demonstrate understanding of elements of music and ways they are used for artistic performance and creative expression
Vocal Performance
Instrumental Performance
Rhythm
Meter
Music and Movement
K.1
The student will improvise and compose music.
K.2
The student will apply a creative process for music.
K.3
The student will analyze music.
K.4
The student will express personal feelings evoked by a musical experience.
K.5
The student will identify how people work as a team while participating in music experiences.
K.6
The student will explore historical and cultural aspects of music.
K.7
The student will identify how music is part of personal and community events.
K.8
The student will identify the value of creating personal music.
K.9
The student will identify people who create music (e.g., singers, instrumentalists, composers, conductors).
K.10
The student will identify technology tools for creating music.
K.11
The student will recognize relationships between music and other fields of knowledge.
K.12
The student will explore music literacy, including high and low pitches and rhythms represented by a variety of notational systems.
K.13
The student will develop skills for individual and ensemble singing performance.
K.14
The student will develop skills for individual and ensemble instrumental performance.
K.15
The student will identify and perform rhythmic patterns.
K.16
The student will demonstrate a steady beat using movement, body percussion, instruments, and voice.
K.17
The student will respond to music with movement.
K.1.a
Improvise simple movement.
K.1.b
Improvise melodic or rhythmic patterns.
K.1.c
Improvise using instruments, voice, and music to enhance stories and poems.
K.2.a
Ask questions about music.
K.2.b
Identify ways to create music.
K.2.c
Share ideas with a group.
K.3.a
Identify selected instruments visually and aurally.
K.3.b
Classify sound sources as vocal, instrumental, or environmental.
Recognize basic contrasts in music, including fast/slow, high/low, loud/soft, and same/different.
K.6.a
Listen to and recognize patriotic songs.
K.6.b
Respond to music from a variety of time periods and places.
K.13.a
Sing songs using echo and ensemble singing.
K.13.b
Sing at the appropriate time following a musical introduction.
K.13.c
Match pitches within an appropriate range.
K.13.d
Demonstrate expressive qualities of music, including loud/soft and fast/slow.
K.14.a
Demonstrate high and low.
K.14.b
Demonstrate loud/soft and fast/slow.
K.14.c
Accompany songs and chants using body percussion as well as instruments.
K.15.a
Include patterns that suggest duple and triple meter.
K.15.b
Use instruments, body percussion, and voice.
K.15.c
Include sounds and silence.
K.17.a
Use locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
K.17.b
Demonstrate expressive qualities of music, including loud/soft and fast/slow.
K.17.c
Illustrate moods and contrast in music and children’s literature.
K.17.d
Perform dances and other music activities.
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