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K–12 Standards

Music: Grade 4

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

  • a

    Compare, contrast, and describe music ideas using appropriate terminology for music elements.B.4.A1.a

  • b

    Explore music elements that convey the song’s purpose.B.4.A1.b

Interpret and express music through movement.A2

  • a

    Demonstrate an understanding of the expressive qualities of music through movement.B.4.A2.a

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

  • a

    Explore how personal interests and skills relate to choices when creating, performing, and responding to music.B.4.B1.a

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

  • a

    Identify relationships between music and another art or discipline outside the arts.B.4.B2.a

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

  • a

    Explore characteristics of music from a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding to music.B.4.B3.a

Perform a rich and diverse repertoire of music.C1

  • a

    Sing in head voice with increasing pitch accuracy using proper posture and breath support.B.4.C1.a

  • b

    Perform songs on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate technique in various tonalities and meters, and with appropriate dynamics.B.4.C1.b

  • c

    Explore and perform music in basic forms with increasing accuracy, proper technique, and at a consistent tempo.B.4.C1.c

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

  • a

    Recreate music experiences alone or with others, in formal and/or informal settings. With guidance, reflect on performances and apply feedback.B.4.C2.a

Audiate and communicate musical ideas.D1

  • a

    Demonstrate the ability to audiate by accurately recreating familiar musical ideas alone.B.4.D1.a

Read and communicate musical ideas using terms and symbols.D2

  • a

    Echo and decode, with accuracy, a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or vocally. With guidance, read a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns patterns.B.4.D2.a

  • b

    Identify (visually and aurally) and describe common expressive musical symbols and elements.B.4.D2.b

Generate and conceptualize musical ideas.E1

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    Improvise/create, both vocally and instrumentally, melodic and rhythmic phrases to express a musical idea with increasing complexity.B.4.E1.a

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

  • a

    Plan, create, and notate rhythmic and melodic patterns through multiple pathways.B.4.E2.a

Refine and complete music work.E3

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    With guidance, use feedback to refine musical ideas.B.4.E3.a

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

  • a

    Identify skills and habits that support group music-making goals.B.4.F1.a

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

  • a

    With guidance, use visual and auditory cues from others to adjust a performance.B.4.F2.a

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