Kindergarten

Creating

Students will conceive & develop new musical ideas and work.

Generate:

• K:I can, with guidance, explore and experience music concepts

Organize and Develop:

• K:I can, with guidance, demonstrate and choose favorite musical ideas.

Refine and Complete:

• K:I can, with guidance, apply feedback and demonstrate a final version of personal musical ideas

Presenting

Students will realize musical ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.

Select, Analyze, Interpret:

• K:I can, with guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness of music contrasts (such as high/low, loud/soft, same/different) in a variety of music selected for performance.

Develop and Refine:

• K:I can, with guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.

Convey Meaning:

• K:I can, with guidance, perform music with expression for an audience

Responding

Students will understand and evaluate how music conveys meaning.

Analyze:

• K:I can, with guidance, demonstrate how a specific musical concept is used in music

Interpret:

• K:I can, with guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities that reflect the performers’ expressive intent

Evaluate:

• K:I can apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

Connecting

Students will relate musical ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Synthesize:

• K:I can, with guidance, make connections between music and my own life

Relate:

• K:I can, with guidance, identify a connection between music and another discipline.