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Assessment : | Acceptable Performance Level |
Participation in classroom activities, such as singing, movement, playing of classroom instruments, creation of music using voice or instruments(aka working out textbooks) | 2-Developing, 3-Proficient, 4-Distinguished |
Completion of homework that is used to reinforce concepts presented in class. | 2-Developing, 3-Proficient, 4-Distinguished |
Understanding and responding to musical selections presented as a listening activity, used either to demonstrate musical concepts, or to demonstrate cultural background of the music | 2-Developing, 3-Proficient, 4-Distinguished |
Understanding musical symbols and using them in a functional manner in class to sing, play musical instruments, etc, in a proper musical and interpretive manner. | 2-Developing, 3-Proficient, 4-Distinguished |
Using correct behavior and attitude to successfully participate in solo and group musical activities | 2-Developing, 3-Proficient, 4-Distinguished |
Content Sequence
(Students shall be able to…) |
Performance
Indicators |
Performance
Level |
Sing rhythms using quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted eighth notes plus sixteenth notes, dotted half notes, dotted quarter notes, and syncopations | 1B, 1C, 3C | 3-Proficent |
Sing a single line of music with confidence and knowledge of its line in a group and as a soloist | 1B, 1C, 3B, 3C, 4A | 3-Proficent |
Be able to sing more complex harmonies such as homophonic or polyphonic harmony in two or more parts, as well as more complex and longer rounds and partner songs, as well as songs unaccompanied by instruments. | 1B, 1C, 3B, 4A | 3-Proficent |
Keep a steady Beat | 1B, 3B | 3-Proficent |
Use an 8-note number scale to identify places on the staff of notes using the key of C or key giving by teacher, as well as using quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes in the given exercise, as well as melodies that do not move in a scale-wise motion. | 1B, 1C, 3B, | 3-Proficent |
Read Music from the Treble Clef and Bass, including letter names. | 1B, 1C, 3B | 3-Proficent |
Be able to identify all major keys and all minor keys upon sight | 1B, 1C, 3B | 3-Proficent |
Be able to identify simple time signatures, compound time signatures, and odd time signatures and what they mean. | 1B, 1C, | 3-Proficent |
Identify more complex forms, such as ABA’, D.C al Fine, and Coda Songs, Theme and Variations, Rondo, as well as sections of musical performances such as a Sonata, a Choral, and a Fugue | 1C, 3B | 3-Proficent |
Identify basic musical terminology including:
Pick-up note; Key/key signature; sharp and flat; Time Signature; Phrase; Form; Measure/Measure Line; Harmony; Tie and Slur; D.C. al Fine, D.S. al Fine, and First and Second Endings; Dynamics (Crescendo and Decrescendo, Pianissimo (very soft), Piano (soft), Mezzopiano (medium-soft), Mezzoforte (medium-loud), Forte (loud), and Fortissimo (very loud)); Tempo (Three basic: Allegro (fast), Moderato (moderate) and Largo (slow), as well as other more complex tempos); chord; and triad. |
1B, 3B | 3-Proficent |
Identify simple harmonies such as 1, 4, and 5 chords and triads, and be able to identify these in a song with corresponding musical letters | 1B, 1C, 3B, 4A | 3-Proficent |
Demonstrate, on simple instruments (recorder, Orff instruments, and rhythmic instruments), rhythms using quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, dotted eighth notes plus sixteenth notes, dotted half notes, and dotted quarter notes. Student shall also play harmony to songs using the above instruments | 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A | 3-Proficent |
Be able to perform more complex improvisations using rhythmic instruments, Orff Instruments and recorder. | 1A, 1B, 2A | 3-Proficent |
Be able to identify simple and compound time signatures upon hearing (2/4, ¾, 4/4, 6/8 as well as other irregular time signatures) | 3B, 3C | 3-Proficent |
Identify instrument families of the orchestra, and the instruments contained therein, and voice parts in a chorus | 2E, 3B, 3C, 3E, | 3-Proficent |
Be able to identify major keys and minor keys upon hearing | 2E, 3B, 3C, | 3-Proficent |
Be able to identify a line of music as moving “up”, “down” or staying on the same note, as well as music that moves scalar (note-to-note) and non-scalar (“jumping around”) | 2E, 3B, 3C | 3-Proficent |
Be able to perform simple steps/claps on the beat of music (see singing music) | 1B, 3A, | 3-Proficent |
Be able to listen to, identify, and sing songs presented in class that cover a variety of time periods, genres, and styles. (Classical, Rock, Jazz, etc) | 2E, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D | 3-Proficent |
Identify the major composers of the three major classical eras (Baroque, Classical, Romantic) and characteristics of their music, as well as the culture in which they lived. | 2E, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D | 3-Proficent |
Use various technologies, such as computers and computer music programs to script and listen to music. | 2C | 1-Awareness |