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K–12 Standards

Music: Grade 2

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Listen to, apply criteria, and interpret the artist’s intended meaning.A1

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    With guidance, discuss music characteristicsB.2.A1.a

Interpret and express music through movement.A2

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    Represent expressive qualities of music through movement.B.2.A2.a

Connect with a variety of musical experiences through relationships between music and personal understandings.B1

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    With guidance, discuss emotions and personal connections that relate to a selected piece of music.B.2.B1.a

Connect with a variety of musical experiences through the relations between music, the other arts, and other disciplines.B2

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    With guidance, identify relationships between music and another art or discipline outside the arts.B.2.B2.a

Connect with a variety of musical experiences through the relationships between music, history, and culture.B3

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    With guidance, discuss characteristics of music from a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts.B.2.B3.a

Perform a rich and diverse repertoire of music.C1

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    Sing in head voice with proper posture.B.2.C1.a

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    Perform on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate hand placement.B.2.C1.b

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    Explore and perform basic forms in music (i.e., binary, ternary, rondo, etc.)B.2.C1.c

Apply criteria and feedback to rehearse and re-create musical experiences.C2

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    Share sort songs as a group with others, in formal and/or informal settings. As a group, reflect on performances and apply feedback.B.2.C2.a

Audiate and communicate musical ideas.D1

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    With guidance, independently audiate and perform the motions of a poem and/or song.B.2.D1.a

Read and communicate musical ideas using terms and symbols.D2

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    With guidance, recognize familiar tonal patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or on a neutral syllable.B.2.D2.a

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    With guidance, recognize rhythms of familiar songs and poems, performed instrumentally and/or on a neutral syllable.B.2.D2.b

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    With guidance, discuss expressive qualities of music using applicable descriptors.B.2.D2.c

Generate and conceptualize musical ideas.E1

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    With guidance, vocally and instrumentally improvise/create short melodies and rhythms.B.2.E1.a

Organize and develop musical ideas to achieve a creative goal.E2

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    With guidance, plan and arrange visual and kinesthetic representations of sound.B.2.E2.a

Refine and complete music work.E3

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    With guidance, apply individually selected alterations to a familiar song or poem.B.2.E3.a

Identify positive inter- and intra-personal skills that impact the quality of a musician’s art and participation in the arts.F1

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    With guidance, demonstrate active participation and communication skills in group music making (e.g., basic problem solving, compromise, inclusion, personal responsibility, etc.)B.2.F1.a

Make technical and expressive adjustments to meet the goals of the performing group.F2

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    With guidance, apply simple visual cues from a conductor to a performance.B.2.F2.a

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