What we will be learning in Music
Kindergarten
Play a steady beat
Read Quarter Note and Quarter Rest rhythm patterns
Grade 1
Play rhythm patterns that include Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, and two Eighth Notes
Read Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two Eighth Notes rhythm patterns
Grade 2
Play rhythm patterns that include Half Note, Quarter Note, two Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rest
Read Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two Eighth Notes, and Half Note rhythm patterns
Grade 3
Play rhythm patterns that include four Sixteenth Notes, Half Note, Quarter Note, two Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rest
Read Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two Eighth Notes, Half Note, and four Sixteenth Notes rhythm patterns
Grade 4
Play a four pitch melody on the recorder
Read all the note names of the Treble Clef staff
Grade 5
Read and Perform music in the key of C, F, and G major
Respond to music by identifying Timbre, Form, Dynamics, and Tempo
Play a steady beat
Read Quarter Note and Quarter Rest rhythm patterns
Grade 1
Play rhythm patterns that include Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, and two Eighth Notes
Read Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two Eighth Notes rhythm patterns
Grade 2
Play rhythm patterns that include Half Note, Quarter Note, two Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rest
Read Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two Eighth Notes, and Half Note rhythm patterns
Grade 3
Play rhythm patterns that include four Sixteenth Notes, Half Note, Quarter Note, two Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rest
Read Quarter Note, Quarter Rest, two Eighth Notes, Half Note, and four Sixteenth Notes rhythm patterns
Grade 4
Play a four pitch melody on the recorder
Read all the note names of the Treble Clef staff
Grade 5
Read and Perform music in the key of C, F, and G major
Respond to music by identifying Timbre, Form, Dynamics, and Tempo
Click HERE for K-5 Rubrics
National Music Standards
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
5. Reading and notating music
6. LIstening to, analyzing, and describing music
7. Evaluating music and music performances
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
5. Reading and notating music
6. LIstening to, analyzing, and describing music
7. Evaluating music and music performances
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture