In 5th grade we work on the following skills:

Perceiving:

1.  Explore and identify musical instruments from different historical periods and world cultures.

2.  Listen to, identify, and respond to music of different composers, historical periods, and world cultures.

3.  Identify terms related to form (for example:  D.C. and D. S. al Fine; D.C. and D.S. al Coda; repeat signs, first and second endings)

4.  Recognize and identify longer music forms (for example:  sonata, 12-bar blues, theme and variations)

5.  Identify elements of music including tonality, dynamics, tempo, and meter, using music vocabulary.

6.  Differentiate between melody and harmony.

7.  Identify patterns of whole and half steps in a major scale.

Producing/Performing:

1.  Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch.

2.  Perform, on instruments, a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities, good posture and breath control.

3.  Improvise, compose and arrange music.

4.  Use technology and the media arts to create and perform music.

5.  Read, write and perform using sixteenth through whole note values including syncopated rhythms and dotted half notes in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter.

6.  Read, write, and perform diatonic melodies and the major scale on the treble staff.

7.  Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette at live performances.

Responding/Reflecting:

1.  Justify personal preferences for certain musical pieces, performances, composers, and musical genres both orally and in writing.

2.  Discuss contributions of musical elements to aesthetic qualities in performances of self and others.

3.  Describe how the process of learning in music connects to learning in other arts and other subject areas.

4.  Defend interpretations of music through dance, drama and art using appropriate vocabulary.

5.  Consider and articulate the influence of technology on music careers.

6.  Develop and apply criteria for critiquing more complex music performances.