Grade 3

Big Ideas for 3rd Grade music students:

• Creating - Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work

• Performing - Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation

• Responding - Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning

• Connecting - Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context

3rd Grade students will learn about instrument families and build ensemble skills through practice on the recorder, while exploring composition through basic music theory.