Music Standards by Grade Level 2020

Kindergarten:

TALK SING

BEAT RHYTHM

HIGH LOW

FAST SLOW

QUIET LOUD

SOL LA MI

MOVE TO MUSIC

I can play instruments carefully.

I can help a group make a circle.

I can help a group make a line.

I can be a quiet audience.

I can perform for an audience.

First Grade:

I can keep a beat.

I can match pitch on do, re, mi, so and la.

I count and perform rhythms with quarter notes, quarter rests and paired eighth notes.

I can play a melody that moves up, moves down or stays the same.

I can name, describe and perform piano and forte.

I can name, describe and perform andante and allegro.

I can detect patterns in music.

I can sing echo songs.

Second Grade:

I can sing the C Major Scale on pitch with solfeg hand signs.

I count and perform half notes and half rests using a steady beat.

I hear, see and perform steps, leaps and repeated notes in a melody.

I can use movement to show AB and ABA form.

I can identify and perform piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte and forte.

I can identify and perform the tempos grave, moderato and presto.

I can write rhythms using quarter notes and rests, paired eighth notes, half notes and rests.

Third Grade:

I can sing on pitch.

I can count and perform whole notes and rests using a steady beat.

I can create, notate and play my own rhythm using quarter notes, eighth notes, half notes, whole notes and rests..

I can perform the syncopa pattern (8^th quarter 8^th)

I can detect the downbeat and conduct in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time.

I can identify brass, string, woodwind and percussion instruments by sight and sound.

I can identify and perform repeat signs.

I can classify music as unison, harmony and accompaniment.

I can sing in canon.

I can identify the notes C D E F and G on the treble clef staff.

Fourth Grade:

I can count and perform dotted half notes and sixteenth note sets.

I can identify and perform notes on the spaces and lines of the treble clef staff.

I can interpret dynamic symbols and apply them to make music more expressive (p, mp, mf,f,ff, crescendo and decrescendo)

I can identify and perform rondo form. (ABACA)

I use legato, staccato, dolce and accents to make music more expressive.

I can identify and perform 1^st and 2^nd ending and D.C. al fine.

I analyze how use of the elements of music improves my performance.

I evaluate my performance for expressiveness, accuracy and effectiveness.

Fifth Grade:

I can refine and evaluate my composition ideas and improve my musical craftsmanship over time.

I keep a steady beat while performing in an ensemble.

I can count and perform complex rhythms using standard counting.

I fluently read and perform notes on the lines and spaces of the treble clef staff with musical expression.

I can detect form in melodies and can label musical phrases with letters.

I can count and perform triplets and eighth/sixteenth combination sets.

I can identify vocal register: bass, tenor, alto and soprano.

I can sing with proper posture, breathing, articulation and expression.

I can generate rhythmic and melodic ideas for a composition. I can notate and perform it accurately using a staff, dynamics, tempo and time signature.

I perform music fluently and expressively that my audience feels that the power of music has touched their soul.