Elementary General Music

Kindergarten

Creating

• I can improvise vocal, instrumental and body percussion patterns.  

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Vocal

• I can sing alone and with others a variety of music. 

• I can name, identify, and perform the four vocal functions of singing, calling, whispering, and speaking. 

Instruments

• I can name and demonstrate the proper way to play classroom instruments.

Responding

• I can move in shared space to a variety of music to show understanding of musical elements (ie. steady beat, fast/slow, short/long, loud/quiet). 

Connecting

• I can listen and connect to musical examples through movement, singing and playing instruments.

1st Grade

Creating

• I can improvise and compose vocal, rhythmic and body percussion patterns.  

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Vocal

• I can sing alone and with others a variety of music. 

• I can sing melodic patterns

• I can sing a melody with a simple accompaniment

Instruments

• I can name and explain the difference between pitched and unpitched percussion instruments

• I can categorize classroom percussion instruments into their designated family based on knowledge of common characteristics.

Responding

• I can move in shared space to a variety of music to show understanding of musical elements (ie. steady beat, high/low, fast/slow, short/long, loud/quiet, and musical form) 

Connecting

• I can listen and connect  to musical examples through movement, singing and playing instruments.

• I can make connections between aural musical examples and their iconic symbols. 

2nd Grade

Creating

• I can improvise on pitched and unpitched instruments over ostinati.

• I can improvise and compose vocal, rhythmic, melodic and body percussion patterns. 

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Vocal

• I can sing simple pitch and rhythmic patterns on the staff.

• I can sing solfege and their hand signs.

Instruments

• I can play simple pitch and rhythmic patterns on the staff.

Responding

• I can listen to music and identify musical elements (such as tempo, dynamics, pitch, and rhythm)

• I can follow written musical notation while listening to a recording or performance.

Connecting

• I can connect music symbols with their meaning

• I can listen and connect  to musical examples through movement, singing and playing instruments.

• I can make connections between aural musical examples and their iconic symbols. 

• I can connect music literacy to language learning skills.

3rd Grade

Creating

• I can compose simple melodies.

• I can apply knowledge of notation to composition.

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Vocal

• I can use my knowledge of melodic direction to follow a line of notation with accompanying lyrics.

• I can sing solfege melodies using my knowledge of hand signs while singing the lyrics to a song.

Instruments

• I can perform appropriately on pitched and unpitched classroom instruments.

• I can perform and read B,A,G on the treble staff.

Responding

• I can listen to music and identify musical elements (such as tempo, dynamics, pitch, rhythm, form, and mood)

Connecting

• I can demonstrate an understanding of relationships between music and other arts and cultures.

4th Grade

Creating

• I can compose simple melodies.

• I can apply knowledge of notation to composition.

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Vocal

• I can respond to phrasing as it relates to text.

• I can follow multi-verse lyrics and notation while singing.

Instruments

• I can perform appropriately on pitched and unpitched classroom instruments. 

Responding

• I can listen critically and reflect on a performance, using music terminology.

• I can identify families of instruments from sound and sight.

Connecting

• I can demonstrate an understanding of relationships between music and other arts and cultures.

5th Grade

Creating

• I can improvise melodies within a given structure.

• I can create melodic and rhythmic composition.

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Vocal

• I can sing 2-part songs. 

• I can demonstrate awareness of basic singing techniques (posture, breath, support, musical line, diction).

• I can demonstrate knowledge of changing voice concepts.

Instruments

• I can demonstrate proper instrument performance technique, and care.

Responding

• I can listen critically and reflect on a performance, using music terminology.

Connecting

• I can demonstrate an understanding of relationships between music and other arts and cultures.

• I can use available resources to explore music careers.

6th Grade

Creating

• I can improvise melodies within a given structure.

• I can create melodic and rhythmic composition. 

Performing/Presenting/Producing

Instruments

• I can demonstrate proper instrument performance technique, and care. 

Responding

• I can listen critically and reflect on a performance, using music terminology.

Connecting

• I can demonstrate an understanding of relationships between music and other arts and cultures.

• I can use available resources to explore music careers.

• I can use available resources, including technology, to locate musical information (fingerings, history, composer, definitions, symbols, etc).