Second Grade

Creating

Students will conceive & develop new musical ideas and work.

Generate:

• 2:I can with limited guidance, improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas

Organize and Develop:

• 2:I can demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent.

Refine and Complete:

• 2:I can convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers

Presenting

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

Select, Analyze, Interpret:

• 2:I can demonstrate knowledge of musical concepts in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance, and when analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using notation.

Develop and Refine:

• 2:I can apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances, and rehearse to improve the technical challenges of music

Convey Meaning:

• 2:I can perform music for with expression and technical accuracy, and demonstrate performance and audience etiquette

Responding

Students will understand and evaluate how music conveys meaning.

Analyze:

• 2:I can describe how specific musical concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music

Interpret:

• 2:I can demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities that reflect the performers’ expressive intent

Evaluate:

• 2: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:

• 2:I can make connections between music and my own life

Relate:

• 2:I can identify connections between music and other disciplines