Create

Concept 1: Singing, alone and with others, music from various genres and diverse cultures.

PO1 - singing songs with descants on pitch with an appropriate tone quality, diction and posture.

PO3 - singing short songs from written notation.

PO4 - responding expressively to conducting cues(e.g., legato,dynamics).

Concept 2: Playing instruments, alone and with others, music from various genres and diverse cultures.

PO2 - playing simple independent instrumental parts while other students sing or play contrasting parts.

PO3 - playing short songs from written notation.

PO4 - responding expressively to conducting cues (e.g., legato, dynamics).

Concept 3: Improvising rhythms, melodies, variations, and accompaniments

(Teachers and students may choose from a variety of sound sources e.g., body percussion, found objects, non-pitched instruments, pitched instruments,

computer generated sound sources.)

PO1 - improvising a melody based on a given tonality.

Concept 4: Composing and arranging music.

PO1 - composing short pieces using standard musical notation in the treble clef within specified

        guidelines.

Concept 5: Reading and notating music.

PO2 - reading/decoding sixteenth notes and sixteenth note patterns and simple syncopation in 2/4, 3/4

         4/4 time signatures.

PO3 - identifying the letter names for the lines and spaces of the treble clef.

PO4 - reading and notating music using standard musical notation.

PO5 - defining terms and symbols used in music notation as identified in previous grade levels.

Relate

Concept 1: Understanding the relationships among music, the arts, and other disciplines outside the arts.

PO1 - identifying the use/function of music from various cultures correlating to grade level social studies

curriculum.

PO2 - Explaining the nature of sound as vibration.

PO3 - explaining and applying the relationship between note values and mathematics

PO4 - exploring and analyzing the relationship of music to language arts, visual arts, literature

Concept 2: Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

PO1 - describing the historical context and or influence of music on daily life, culture, politics, etc.

PO2 - describing the cultural context and or influence of music on daily life, culture, politics, etc.

PO3 - describing the origins and development of instruments

PO4 - classifying different musical careers.

Concept 3: Understanding music in relation to self and universal themes.

PO1 - reflecting on and discussing the roles and impact music plays in their lives and the lives of others.

PO2 - distinguishing music preferences (I like it because…) from music judgments (It is good because)

         from cultural judgments (It is important because…).

Evaluate

Concept 1: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

PO1 - classifying scales as major, minor.

PO2 - categorizing instruments as Western and non-Western.

PO4 - identifying music examples by genre.

PO3 - identifying AB, ABA, canon, and round forms when presented in performed and/or recorded

         music.

Concept 2: Evaluating music and music performances.

PO1 - using established criteria (e.g., dynamics, pronunciation) to evaluate performances and

         compositions.

PO2 - listening attentively while others perform and showing appropriate audience behavior for the

        context and style of the music performed.