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Elementary Music Outcomes
Kindergarten Outcomes
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First Grade Outcomes
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Second Grade Outcomes
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Third Grade Outcomes
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Fourth Grade Outcomes
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Fifth Grade Outcomes
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Music Outcomes - Primary
The student shall demonstrate an understanding of:
1. the elements of music, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture,
and form; and
2. characteristics of music from a variety of cultures.
The student shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. sing a varied repertoire of songs in a group;
2. improvise and compose on classroom instruments;
3. play simple rhythms and melodies on classroom instruments; and
4. read and write music using a system of notation.
Kindergarten/First Grade
The student will:
1. distinguish between loud and soft, fast and slow.
a. show the relationship between loud and soft, fast and slow
b. identify loud and soft, fast and slow in musical examples
c. create loud and soft, fast and slow using body and voice
d. create loud and soft, fast and slow using instruments
2. use whispering, speaking, singing and calling voices, and classroom instruments.
a. explore the difference between voice types
b. show how to produce the different voice types
c. experience playing different classroom instruments
3. compare long and short sounds (quarter and two eighth notes)
a. explore the difference between long and short sounds
b. identify long and short sounds in musical examples
c. create long and shorts sounds using body and voice
d. perform long and short sounds using instruments
e. identify one and two sounds to a beat (quarter note and two eighths)
4. compare movements of pitches.
a. demonstrate the difference between high and low
b. identify melodic direction as upward, downward, or repeated
c. show melodic direction using body movement
d. perform melodic direction through singing
e. perform melodic direction using instruments
5. practice steady and silent beats
a. explore what a steady beat is through listening
b. identify the steady beat
c. move to the steady beat
d. perform steady beat on various instruments
e. explore silent beats in music
f. demonstrate rhythms using silent beats (rests)
g. identify quarter rest as symbol for no sound on the beat
h. identify quarter note and eighth notes
6. use simple accompaniment patterns
a. identify what an accompaniment is
b. perform one and two note accompaniments on orff instruments and/or one chord
on autoharps
d. perform a steady beat accompaniment on rhythm instruments
7. sing using simple solfege (melodic) patterns.
a. sings so-mi patterns
b. sings so-la-mi patterns
8. use songs and listening samples which include a variety of styles and cultures
a. listen to different music
b. move to different music
c. song to different music
9. use rhythmic patterns to compose simple melodies
a. combine quarter notes, quarter rests and eighth notes
songs
Music Outcomes - Primary
The student shall demonstrate an understanding of:
1. the elements of music, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture,
and form; and
2. characteristics of music from a variety of cultures.
The student shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. sing a varied repertoire of songs in a group;
2. improvise and compose on classroom instruments;
3. play simple rhythms and melodies on classroom instruments; and
4. read and write music using a system of notation.
Second Grade
The student will:
1. distinguish between crescendo and decrescendo.
a. define crescendo and decrescendo
b. identify the symbols: <, >, p, f
c. create crescendo and decrescendo using body voice
d. create crescendo and decrescendo using instruments
2. compare families of instruments and voices.
a. identify the four families of instruments
b. compares the differences between the four families
c. identify by sight various instruments from each family
d. identify voices of men, women, and children
3. respond to different tempos.
a. listen and move to music of various speeds
b. perform music of various speeds (tempo) using body, voice, and instruments
4. recognize basic meters, notes, and rests
a. identify that music is grouped in two's and three's
b. identify half, quarter and two eighth notes
c. identify quarter rests
5. compare melody and harmony.
a. define melody as 1 note played at a time
b. define harmony as more than 1 note played at a time
c. compare the difference between melody and harmony by sound
d. perform 2 note accomplishments on orff instruments and/or 2 chord songs on
autoharps
e. improvise using the pentatonic scale on orff instruments
f. perform 2 part rounds
6. know folk songs, traditional and cultural.
a. examine a variety of folk songs, traditional and cultural
b. perform a variety of folk songs, traditional and cultural
7. increase solfege skills.
a. sing the solfege scale
b. sing simple patterns using the solfege scale
c. demonstrate that music has a melodic motion
8. understand how same and different determine form.
a. identify same and different rhythms
b. identify same and different in a song
c. label same and different (form) using AB
Music Outcomes – Primary
The student shall demonstrate an understanding of:
1. the elements of music, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture,
and form; and
2. characteristics of music from a variety of cultures.
The student shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. sing a varied repertoire of songs in a group;
2. improvise and compose on classroom instruments;
3. play simple rhythms and melodies on classroom instruments; and
4. read and write music using a system of notation.
Third Grade
The student will:
1. use elements of dynamics.
a. identify symbols for loud, medium loud, soft, medium soft crescendo and
b. create the various levels of sound using voice and instruments
decrescendo
2. identify specific instruments and qualities for good singing.
a. identify the four families of instruments
b. identify by sight and sound various instruments from each family
c. recognize that good posture and breath support are necessary for proper singing
3. use elements of tempo.
a. define temp
b. listen to examples and identify tempos such as largo, andante, moderato, allegro,
4. apply knowledge of notes and rests to rhythm and meter.
a. identify 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
b. identify notes (whole, half, quarter, two eighths)
c. identify rests (whole, half and quarter)
d. perform various rhythm patterns using any of above notes and rests
e. write various rhythm patterns using any of the above notes and rests
f. compose a simple rhythm patterns using any of the above notes and rests
5. sing/play steps, skips, and repeated patterns in simple melodies
a. show melodic motion through body movement
b. show melodic motion using notes on staff
c. identify staff; treble clef, lines and spaces
d. introduce line adn space note names in treble clef
e. identify line and space notes in step, skips and repeated patterns
f. perform various patterns using voice and instruments
g. improvise using the pentatonic scale on orff instruments
6. practice different types of harmony.
a. define harmony
b. listen to examples
c. sing 2 and 3 part rounds
presto
d. perform 3 part harmony on orff instruments and/or 3 chord songs on autoharps
7. practice knowledge of basic forms.
a. identify form in music
b. explore AB, ABA, verse/refrain forms
c. perform music using the above forms
8. know that different styles of music exist.
a. examine styles of music including jazz, classical, rock, ballet, opera, folk
b. examine music of different cultures
9. learn to play the recorder.
a. identify parts of soprano recorder
b. demonstrate proper blowing technique and hand position
c. demonstrate proper fingerings for G, A, B
d. sight read the above notes
e. perform 3 note songs
Music Outcomes - Intermediate
A student shall demonstrate an understanding of:
1. components of music:
a. elements, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture, and
and
b. vocabulary;
2. cultural and historical forms or traditions of music.
form;
A student shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. sing alone;
2. sing in rounds and part songs in a group;
3. improvise and compose rhythms and melodies using classroom instruments;
4. perform rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns on classroom instruments; and
5. read and write music using a system of musical notation.
Fourth Grade
The student will:
1. use dynamic for expressive purposes.
a. identify symbols for loud, medium loud, very loud, very soft, soft, medium soft,
crescendo, decrescendo
b. apply dynamics expressively in music using voice and instruments
2. categorize voices and instruments and identify quality playing and singing techniques
a. identify by sight and sound various band and orchestral instruments
b. further develop good posture, breath support, singing and playing techniques
3. understand and apply changes in tempo.
a. identify largo, andante, allegro, presto, moderato
b. apply these tempos through singing and playing
4. use traditional meter signatures, dotted rhythm and syncopation.
a. identify 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
b. identify notes (whole, dotted quarter, quarter, two eighths, eighth, sixteenths)
c. identify rests (whole, half, quarter, eighth)
d. perform and write various rhythm patterns using the above notes and rests
e. improvise a rhythm pattern
5. analyze melodic movement.
a. show melodic motion using notes on staff
b. identify melodic motion in written music including steps, skips and repeated patterns
c. identify line and space note names in treble clef
d. perform various patterns using voice and instruments
e. improvise melody
6. use knowledge of various methods to create harmony.
a. define harmony
b. listen to examples
c. further develop round singing
d. perform 3 part harmony on orff instruments
7. analyze form.
a. identify form in music
b. identify AB, ABA, verse/refrain forms
c. perform music using above forms
8. play the recorder.
a. review parts of soprano recorder
b. demonstrate proper blowing technique and hand position
c. demonstrate proper fingerings for G, A, B, C, D, E, F
d. sight read the above notes
e. perform 5 note songs
9. respect and appreciate diversity in music.
a. identify styles of music including jazz, symphonic, rock, ballet, opera, and folk
b. further examine music of different cultures
c. develop an appreciation of diversity in musical styles and cultures
d. develop an appreciation of music from composers past and present
Music Outcomes - Intermediate
A student shall demonstrate an understanding of:
1. components of music:
a. elements, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture, and
and
b. vocabulary;
2. cultural and historical forms or traditions of music.
form;
A student shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. sing alone;
2. sing in rounds and part songs in a group;
3. improvise and compose rhythms and melodies using classroom instruments;
4. perform rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns on classroom instruments; and
5. read and write music using a system of musical notation.
Fifth Grade
The student will:
1. follow vocal score, words and notes together.
a. identify proper singing posture
b. identify soprano and alto parts in a vocal score
c. perform soprano and alto parts together by reading the vocal score
2. identify good posture and breathing.
a. identify proper singing posture
b. demonstrate proper singing posture
c. identify quality breathing technique in singing
d. demonstrate, through singing, quality breathing technique
3. using a recorder or orff instruments
a. individual play a 5 or more note melody on a recorder or Orff instrument
b. compose a song on a recorder or Orff instrument
4. increase music vocabulary and symbol recognition.
a. define vocabulary, such as phrases, octave, unison, improvise, major, minor, texture
b. identify first and second endings, coda, DC al fine, Da Capo, fermata, accents
5. understand the difference between melody and harmony.
a. define melody and harmony
b. differentiate between melody and harmony in listening examples
c. produce examples of melody and harmony using voices and instruments
6. identify instruments by sight and sound.
a. identify instruments of band and orchestra visually
b. identify instruments of banc and orchestra by sound
7. perform a harmonic pattern on guitar or ukulele.
8. sing and play sensitivity through dynamics and tempo.
a. identify symbols for loud, medium loud, very loud, very soft, soft, medium soft, crescendo,
decrescendo
b. identify largo, andante, adagio, allegro, presto, moderato, ritardando, accelerando
c. apply dynamics and tempo sensitively in music using voice and instruments