Click on the link below to go to the fourth grade learning room. Here you will find activities specific to the skills students will master in fourth grade music classes.
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The following concepts are mastered in fourth grade:
I can perform the basic note values of whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, quarter rests, pairs of eighth notes, and sets of four sixteenth notes.
I can identify the note names on the treble clef staff.
I can categorize individual instruments into the four instrument families.
See the Fourth Grade Rubric For Music Standards being assessed for the report card.
Students in fourth grade will be exposed to the following musical vocabulary during their music classes this year:
band, choir, orchestra, woodwind, brass, percussion, strings, treble clef, staff, lines, spaces, accelerando, ritardando, tie, slur
Fourth Grade Concepts and Skills taught throughout the year. These skills are introduced and not expected to be mastered in the kindergarten year unless noted:
Sing with appropriate expression and technique.
Categorize instruments into the four instrument families. (mastered)
Listen to and perform a variety of AB, ABA, verse-refrain songs and question/answer patterns.
Develop singing voice through varied song repertoire and pitch matching experiences. (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, high do)
Recognize rhythm patterns using basic note values: half notes, half rests, dotted half notes, quarter notes, quarter rests, pairs of eighth notes and groups of four sixteenth notes. (mastered)
Identify the note names on the treble staff (mastered)
Recognize and perform basic melodic notation on the staff.
Perform rhythmic or melodic patterns in an ensemble.
Evaluate a musical performance using appropriate music terminology.
Sing three part rounds and partner songs.
Understand 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 meter.
Recognize the historical and cultural influence of music.