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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).