1

8th Grade Music Objectives - Rhythm

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Students will accurately

demonstrate knowledge of beat

through performing music in

duple/triple, simple/compound

2. Students will accurately

perform notated rhythms (quarter,

eighth dotted quarter, sixteenth,

syncopation) through singing and

playing

3. Students will demonstrate

rhythmic independence within a

performing group in duets and

trios

4. Students will demonstrate

accurate rhythmic sight reading

skills in 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8

5. Students will accurately use a

counting system while reading

rhythm patterns

6. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness at moderate fast and

slow tempos

1. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness through movement

2. Students accurately follow the

non-verbal commands of the

conductor

3. Analyze and describe a musical score in terms of rhythm

1. Accurately write rhythmic

phrases in 2/4, 4/4, ¾

2. Accurately write rhythmic

phrases using syncopation –

eighth notes, quarter and dotted

rhythms

3. Improvise phrases using known

rhythms at a moderate tempo –

eighth notes, quarter, dotted

rhythms, half notes and whole

notes

1. Accurately write in bar lines to

given phrases in 2/4, ¾ and 4/4

2

8th Grade Music Objectives - Melody

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform melodies

within musical solos, duets, trios

2. Accurately perform tonal scales

- major, natural minor, harmonic

minor and chromatic using solfege

3. Accurately read 2/4, 4/4 and ¾

melodies at sight using standard

notation using solfege in major

and natural minor – up to thirds

and fifths

4. Accurately perform music in all

12 keys – demonstrate knowledge

of key signature through analysis

up to 4b’s and 4#’s

5. Accurately demonstrate

knowledge of intervals using

solfege

1. Students will demonstrate

audition skills following the

nonverbal commands – Curwen

hand signs

2. Analyze and describe a musical

score in terms of melodic range

and tessatura

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise variations of melodies

found in a varied repertoire of

music including folk songs and

canons

2. Demonstrate ability to write

simple melodies within guidelines

outlined by the teacher

1. Build major scales from tetra

chords in the key of C, F, Bb, G

and D

2. Demonstrate ability to

improvise melodies within

guidelines outlined by the teacher

3. Demonstrate ability to write

melodies in the key of C, F, Bb, G

and D

4. Accurately take melodic

dictation – step wise – skips of

3rds

3

8th Grade Music Objectives - Harmony

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform simple

triads

2. Accurately perform I, V chord

progressions using block chords

and arpeggios

3. Accurately demonstrate

suspensions within performance

repertory

3. Accurately perform harmonies

within performance repertory

within a variety of musical styles

4. Accurately perform consonance

and dissonance within

performance repertory

5. Accurately perform music in all

12 keys

1. Aurally identify I, V harmonic

patterns in given examples

1. Accurately harmonize given

melodies using I, IV, V triads

2. Demonstrate the ability to write

and harmonize 4 measure phrases

3. Demonstrate ability to

improvise over 12 bar blues

patterns

1. Identify polyphonic and

homophonic textures in music

3. Describe suspensions within the

context of performance repertory

4

8th Grade Music Objectives - Form

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform ABA,

rondo, theme and variation

compositions canons within

selected performance repertory

1. Accurately identify phrases in

music

1. Demonstrate ability to compose

simple ABA compositions

1. Identify and analyze ABA song

form, rondo, theme and variations

2. Aurally Identify and discuss

musical forms from selected

historical works and performance

repertory

8th Grade Music Objectives - Expression

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately interpret

articulation, dynamic and tempi

markings with performance

repertory

1. Accurately define expressive

markings within repertory

2. Demonstrate knowledge of

music terms and vocabulary

1. Demonstrate knowledge of

connections between music and

other arts

5

8th Grade Music Objectives - Style

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately present performance

repertory with the appropriate

unique stylistic parameters of the

music

1. Use movement to convey

stylistic elements of music

1. Aurally recognize and classify

music representing a variety of

world cultures and historical/style

periods

2. Reflect on the nature of

performance in music and other

related arts through discussion

and writing

6

7th Grade Music Objectives - Rhythm

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Students will accurately

demonstrate knowledge of beat

through performing music in

duple/triple, simple/compound

2. Students will accurately

perform notated rhythms (quarter,

eighth dotted quarter, sixteenth,

syncopation) through singing and

playing

3. Students will demonstrate

rhythmic independence within a

performing group in duets and

trios

4. Students will demonstrate

accurate rhythmic sight reading

skills in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4

5. Students will accurately use a

counting system while reading

rhythm patterns

6. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness at moderate fast

moderate and slow tempos

1. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness through movement

2. Students accurately follow the

non verbal commands of the

conductor

3. Students accurately conduct

patterns in 4/4

1. Accurately write rhythmic

phrases in 2/4, 4/4

2. Accurately write in bar lines to

given phrases in 4/4

3. Accurately write rhythmic

phrases using syncopation –

eighth notes, quarter and dotted

rhythms

4. Improvise percussion

accompaniments known rhythms

at a moderate tempo – eighth

notes, quarter, dotted rhythms,

half notes and whole notes

7

7th Grade Music Objectives - Melody

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform melodies

within musical solos, duets, trios

2. Accurately perform tonal scales

- major, natural minor, chromatic

using solfege

3. Accurately read 2/4, 4/4 and ¾

melodies at sight using standard

notation using solfege in major

and natural minor with step wise

motion and skips up to thirds

4. Accurately perform music in all

12 keys – demonstrate knowledge

of key signature through analysis

up to 3b’s and 3#’s

5. Accurately demonstrate

knowledge of intervals using

solfege

1. Students will demonstrate

audition skills following

nonverbal commands – Curwen

hand signs

2. Analyze and describe a musical

score in terms of melodic range

and tessatura

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise simple melodies and

musical phrases using major and

minor scales.

2. Create rhythmic and melodic

accompaniments to support other

elements of musical performance

1. Build major scales from tetra

chords in the key of C, F, Bb, G

and D

2. Demonstrate ability to

improvise melodies within

guidelines outlined by the teacher

3. Demonstrate ability to write

melodies in the key of C and G

4. Accurately take melodic

dictation – step wise

8

7th Grade Music Objectives - Harmony

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform simple

triads

2. Accurately perform I, V chord

progressions using block chords

and arpeggios

3. Accurately demonstrate

suspensions within performance

repertory

3. Accurately perform harmonies

within performance repertory

within a variety of musical styles

4. Accurately perform consonance

and dissonance within

performance repertory

1. Aurally identify I, V harmonic

patterns in given examples

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise over 12 bar blues

patterns

1. Aurally identify chords and

chord progressions

4. Identify consonance and

dissonance from aural examples

9

7th Grade Music Objectives - Form

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform ABA,

rondo, theme and variation

compositions canons within

selected performance repertory

1. Accurately identify phrases in

music

1. Demonstrate ability to compose

simple phrases

1. Identify and analyze Canon,

ABA song form, rondo, theme

and variations

2. Aurally Identify and discuss

musical forms from selected

historical works and performance

repertory

7th Grade Music Objectives - Expression

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately interpret

articulation, dynamic and tempi

markings with performance

repertory

1. Accurately define expressive

markings within repertory

2. Demonstrate knowledge of

music terms and vocabulary

1. Listen to and analyze music

recordings in terms of expression

and dynamics

10

7th Grade Music Objectives - Style

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately present performance

repertory with the appropriate

unique stylistic characteristics of

the music

1. Use movement to convey

stylistic elements of music

1. Demonstrate stylistic

characteristics of a varied

repertory including world music

11

6th Grade Music Objectives - Rhythm

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Students will accurately

demonstrate knowledge of beat

through performing music in

duple/triple, simple/compound

2. Students will accurately

perform notated rhythms (quarter,

eighth dotted quarter, sixteenth,

syncopation) through singing and

playing

3. Students will demonstrate

rhythmic independence within a

performing group in duets and

trios

4. Students will demonstrate

accurate rhythmic sight reading

skills in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4

5. Students will accurately use a

counting system while reading

rhythm patterns

6. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness at moderate fast

moderate and slow tempos

1. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness through movement

2. Students accurately follow the

non verbal commands of the

conductor

3. Students accurately conduct

patterns in 4/4

4. Accurately perform consonance

and dissonance within

performance repertory

Analyze and describe a musical score in terms of rhythm

1. Accurately write rhythmic

phrases in 4/4

2. Accurately write in bar lines to

given phrases in 2/4

3. Accurately write rhythmic

phrases using syncopation –

eighth notes, quarter and dotted

rhythms

4. Improvise percussion

accompaniments known rhythms

at a moderate tempo – eighth

notes, quarter, dotted rhythms,

half notes and whole notes

12

6th Grade Music Objectives - Melody

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform melodies

within musical solos, duets, trios

2. Accurately perform tonal scales

- major, natural minor, chromatic

using solfege

3. Accurately read 2/4, 4/4 and ¾

melodies at sight using standard

notation using solfege in major

and natural minor with step wise

motion and skips up to thirds

4. Accurately perform music in all

12 keys – demonstrate knowledge

of key signature through analysis

up to 2b’s and 2#’s

5. Accurately demonstrate

knowledge of intervals using

solfege

1. Students will demonstrate

audition skills following

nonverbal commands – Curwen

hand signs and in melodic patterns

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise melodies within

guidelines outlined by the teacher

2. Demonstrate ability to write

simple four measure melodies

within guidelines outlined by the

teacher

3. Improvise simple melodic

patterns and musical phrases using

pentatonic scales

1. Accurately take melodic

dictation – step wise

2. Analyze and describe a musical

score in terms of melodic range

and tessatura

13

6th Grade Music Objectives - Harmony

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform simple

triads

3. Accurately demonstrate

suspensions within performance

repertory

3. Accurately perform harmonies

within performance repertory

within a variety of musical styles

4. Accurately perform consonance

and dissonance within

performance repertory

1. Aurally identify I, V harmonic

patterns in given examples

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise over 12 bar blues

patterns

1. Identify consonance and

dissonance from aural examples

14

6th Grade Music Objectives - Form

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform ABA,

rondo, theme and variation

compositions canons within

selected performance repertory

1. Accurately identify phrases in

music

1. Demonstrate ability to compose

simple phrases

1. Identify and analyze Canon,

ABA song form, rondo, theme

and variations

2. Aurally Identify and discuss

musical forms from selected

historical works and performance

repertory

6th Grade Music Objectives - Expression

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately interpret

articulation, dynamic and tempi

markings with performance

repertory

1. Accurately define expressive

markings within repertory

2. Identify and describe music

terms, vocabulary and symbols

representing tempo, meter,

dynamics, and other expressive

elements.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of

connections between music and

other arts

15

6th Grade Music Objectives - Style

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately present performance

repertory with the appropriate

unique stylistic characteristics of

the music

1. Use movement to convey

stylistic elements of music

1. Aurally recognize and classify

folk music, classical music and

music from world cultures

16

5th Grade Music Objectives - Rhythm

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Students will accurately

demonstrate knowledge of beat

through performing music in

duple/triple

2. Demonstrate knowledge of a

rhythmic language to read

rhythms

3. Students will demonstrate

accurate rhythmic sight reading

skills in 2/4 and 4/4 from

flashcards

4. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness at moderate and fast

1. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness through movement

2. Students accurately follow the

non verbal commands of the

conductor

1. Demonstrate the ability to

Improvise simple rhythmic patterns

1. Students will accurately identify duple and triple meter

17

5th Grade Music Objectives - Melody

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform melodies

alone and with the class

2. Accurately perform scales -

major, natural minor, using

solfege

3. Accurately read 4/4 melodies at

sight using standard notation,

solfege with step wise motion

1. Students will demonstrate

audition skills following

nonverbal commands – Curwen

hand signs

2. Analyze and describe a musical

score in terms of melodic contour

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise melodies within

guidelines outlined by the teacher

3. Improvise simple melodic

patterns and musical phrases using

pentatonic scales

18

5th Grade Music Objectives - Harmony

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform simple

canons

2. Accurately perform harmonies

within performance repertory

including partner songs and

descants

1. Aurally identify harmony in

canons

2. Aurally identify and define

tonal centers in music

5th Grade Music Objectives - Form

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform ABA,

rondo, and canons

1. Accurately identify phrases in

music

Create simple ABA compositions

using aleatoric techniques

1. Aurally Identify and discuss

musical forms from selected

historical works and performance

repertory

19

5th Grade Music Objectives - Expression

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately interpret

articulation, dynamic and tempi

markings with performance

repertory

1. Accurately define expressive

markings within repertory

2. Identify and describe music

terms and vocabulary

1. Define and discuss how music

relates to personal development

and enjoyment of life

2. Define relationships between

music, world events, history and

culture.

5th Grade Music Objectives - Style

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately present performance

repertory with the appropriate

unique stylistic characteristics of

the music

1. Use movement to convey

stylistic elements of music

1. Aurally recognize and classify

folk music, classical music and

music from world cultures

20

4th Grade Music Objectives - Rhythm

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Students will accurately

demonstrate knowledge of beat

through performing music in

duple/triple meter

2. Demonstrate knowledge of a

rhythmic language or system to

read rhythms

3. Students will demonstrate

accurate rhythmic sight reading

skills in 2/4 and 4/4 from

flashcards including quarter note,

quarter rest, eighth note, half note,

dotted half note and whole note

1. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness through movement

2. Students accurately follow the

non verbal commands of the

conductor

1. Demonstrate the ability to

perform simple rhythmic patterns on classroom instruments

1. Students will aurally identify triple and duple patterns 2. Notate rhythmic patterns using

standard notation - quarter note,

quarter rest, eighth note, half note,

dotted half note and whole note

21

4th Grade Music Objectives - Melody

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform melodies

alone and with the class

2. Accurately perform scales –

pentatonic, major, natural minor,

using solfege

3. Accurately read SLM, MRD,

DRM, DLSL, SD melodic patterns

1. Students will demonstrate

audition skills following

nonverbal commands – Curwen

hand signs

1. Demonstrate ability to

improvise melodies within

guidelines outlined by the teacher

1. Improvise simple melodic

patterns and musical phrases using

pentatonic scales

1. Analyze and describe melodic

contour, contrasts, and events in

music with movement

22

4th Grade Music Objectives - Harmony

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform simple

canons

2. Accurately perform harmonies

within performance repertory

including partner songs and

descants

1. Aurally identify harmony in

canons

2. Aurally identify and define

tonal centers in music

4th Grade Music Objectives - Form

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform ABA,

rondo, and canons

1. Accurately identify phrases in

music

Create simple ABA compositions

using aleatoric techniques

1. Aurally Identify and discuss

musical forms from selected

historical works and performance

repertory

2. Aurally Identify and discuss

repeating and contrasting sections,

phrases, and simple formal

structures – AB, ABA, rondo, and

Introduction

23

4th Grade Music Objectives - Expression

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately interpret

articulation, dynamic and tempi

markings with performance

repertory

1. Accurately define expressive

markings within repertory

2. Identify and describe music

terms and vocabulary

1. Define and discuss how music

relates to personal development

and enjoyment of life

2. Define relationships between

music, world events, history and

culture.

4th Grade Music Objectives - Style

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately present performance

repertory with the appropriate

unique stylistic characteristics of

the music

1. Use movement to convey

stylistic elements of music

1. Aurally recognize and classify

folk music, classical music and

music from world cultures

24

3rd Grade Music Objectives - Rhythm

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Students will accurately

demonstrate knowledge of beat

through performing music in

duple/triple meter

2. Demonstrate knowledge of a

rhythmic language or system to

read rhythms

3. Students will demonstrate

accurate rhythmic sight reading

skills in 2/4 and 4/4 from

flashcards including quarter note,

quarter rest, eighth note

1. Students will demonstrate beat

awareness through movement

2. Students accurately follow the

non verbal commands of the

conductor

1. Demonstrate the ability to

perform simple rhythmic patterns on classroom instruments

1. Students will aurally identify triple and duple patterns 2. Notate rhythmic patterns using

icons

3. Notate rhythmic patterns using

standard notation - quarter note,

quarter rest, eighth note

25

3rd Grade Music Objectives - Melody

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and developing

new artistic ideas and work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately sing melodies alone

and with the class in the range of

an octave

2. Accurately sing unaccompanied

melodies in the range of an octave

using appropriate head voice

3. Accurately perform scales –

pentatonic and major using

solfege

4. Accurately read SLM, MRD,

melodic patterns

5. Accurately perform multiple

songs from memory

1. Students will demonstrate

audition skills following

nonverbal commands – Curwen

hand signs

4. Accurately read SLM, MRD,

DRM, melodic patterns –

following Curwen hand signs

1. Improvise simple melodic

patterns and musical phrases using

pentatonic scales

1. Notate melody using icons

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3rd Grade Music Objectives - Harmony

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform simple

canons

1. Aurally identify harmony in

canons

3rd Grade Music Objectives - Form

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately perform ABA,

rondo, and canons

1. Accurately identify phrases in

music

Create simple ABA and rondo

compositions using aleatoric

techniques

2. Aurally Identify and discuss

repeating and contrasting sections,

phrases, and simple formal

structures – AB, ABA, rondo, and

Introduction

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3rd Grade Music Objectives - Expression

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately interpret

articulation, dynamic and tempi

markings with performance

repertory

1. Accurately define expressive

markings within repertory

2. Identify and describe music

terms and vocabulary

1. Create dances/movement that

accurately outlines events in

music

1. Define and discuss how music

relates to personal development

and enjoyment of life

3rd Grade Music Objectives - Style

Performing - Realizing artistic ideas

and work through interpretation and

presentation.1

Responding - Understanding and

evaluating how the arts convey

meaning.1

Creating - Conceiving and

developing new artistic ideas and

work.1

Connecting - Relating artistic ideas

and work with personal meaning and

external context.1

1. Accurately present performance

repertory with the appropriate

unique stylistic characteristics of

the music

1. Use movement to convey

stylistic elements of music

1. Aurally recognize and classify

folk music, classical music and

music from world cultures

2. Describe the role that musicians play in culture