K-5 Elementary Music

• Creates vocal sounds in a variety of ways
• Performs a steady beat
• Creates songs using a variety of sound sources
• Recognizes basic symbols in music
• Responds to music through active listening and movement
• Identifies a variety of elements that make music sound different
• Articulates the connections made with music and other subjects
• Recognizes that music comes from different places in the world

• Sings songs and simple melodic patterns on pitch with expressive elements
• Performs beat and rhythm
• Creates music in the form of rhythmic or melodic patterns
• Reads and writes rhythms using basic music symbols
• Responds to music through active listening and movement
• Recognizes how different elements create excitement and variety in musical compositions
• Articulates the connections made between music and other subjects
• Recognizes that music comes from different places in the worlds and serves different purposes

• Accompanies a variety of songs with classroom instruments
• Composes and improvises using voice or instruments
• Reads and writes rhythms and melodies on a staff using basic music symbols
• Listens to and describes the music and instruments they hear
• Interprets how different elements create excitement and variety in musical compositions
• Interprets the relationship between music in relations to history and culture
• Describes how music comes from different places in the world and serves a variety of purposes

• Sings a variety of rounds and unison songs while interpreting a conductor’s cues
• Plays a variety of melodies on an instrument with appropriate technique
• Creates a structured phrase in music
• Uses basic symbols in reading and writing rhythms and melodies on the treble staff
• Actively listens to and describes music and instruments
• Describes how a music group achieves precision and expressiveness
• Interprets the relationships between music and other subjects
• Analyzes how music comes from different places in the world and serves a variety of purposes

• Demonstrates how a partner song creates harmony
• Plays an instrument in an ensemble setting following conductor’s cues
• Creates a musical piece with structure
• Uses basic symbols in reading and writing rhythms and melodies on the treble staff
• Aurally and visually identifies instrument families and folk instruments
• Understands how musical elements interact in a piece
• Interprets the relationship between music and other subjects
• Understands music in a historical context

Grade 5

• Demonstrates how songs can be sung in multi-part harmony
• Demonstrates how instruments can be played in multi-part harmony
• Creates a music piece following a structured form
• Uses basic music symbols in reading and writing music on the grand staff
• Listens to and analyzes multiple part music
• Identifies specific elements which contribute to the equality and effectiveness of music
• Interprets the relationship between music and other subjects
• Understands music in a historical context

• Sings passages from fourth/fifth grade band repertoire
• Performs a varied repertoire of music on pitched and non-pitched instruments with some expressive elements
• Produces sound with proper technique
• Creates melodies and rhythmic patterns
• Reads and writes simple melodies in the appropriate clef
• Analyzes musical events using appropriate music vocabulary
• Identifies what elements contribute to the effectiveness and quality of a musical performance or composition
• Articulates the connection between music and other subjects