Use technology in a variety of ways in musical performance.

Sight read basic melodies in treble and bass clefs, using combinations of whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes [...]

Improvise tonic and dominant accompaniments.

Improvise basic rhythmic and melodic variations.

Improvise short melodies over given rhythmic accompaniments, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality.

Compose short pieces to communicate ideas and/or stories, within defined parameters.

Arrange simple pieces for student’s classroom instrument or voice.

Use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources when composing, arranging, and improvising

Identify and describe specific musical elements and events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology.

Analyze elements of music used in music of increasingly diverse genres and styles.

Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of tonality, major chords, and I-IV-V harmonic progressions in major keys.

Develop criteria based on musical knowledge and personal reflections to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music performances. Apply these [...]

Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of one’s own and others’ musical performances and creations by applying specific and appropriate criteria, [...]

Describe distinguishing characteristics of a repertoire of music from diverse cultures.

Classify by genre and style (and, if applicable, by historical period, composer, and title) a varied body of exemplary musical [...]

Compare, in several cultures of the world, functions music serves and the roles of musicians.

Explore and utilize the choreographic process in small group setting.

Identify and demonstrate understanding of contrasting and complimentary shapes, and taking and supporting weight with a partner.

Identify and demonstrate understanding of pantomiming and abstracting a gesture.

Demonstrate understanding of creating contrasting and complimentary shapes, and taking and supporting weight with a partner.

Demonstrate the ability to create movement sequences that communicates a topic of personal significance.

Demonstrate ability and utilize a video camera to record dance movement.

Identify and demonstrate understanding of dance movements utilizing the appropriate dance/movement vocabulary.

Explore the use of different accompaniment to affect the meaning of a dance.

Manipulate costuming and lighting to contribute to the meaning of a dance.

Introduce manipulation of movement to solve a specific movement problem and be able to discuss their outcome.

Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior while watching live dance, including how to appropriately express their opinions to performers in a supportive [...]

Compare and contrast elements of dance when looking at a dance composition.

Demonstrate understanding of aesthetic criteria when evaluating a dance.

Identify and demonstrate understanding of contrast of aesthetic impact between a live and recorded performance.

Identify and demonstrate understanding by performing folk and/or classical dances from other cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and [...]

Identify and demonstrate understanding of folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different [...]

Identify and demonstrate understanding of the role of dance in a culture or time period.

Demonstrate understanding of setting personal goals to improve as a dancer.

Demonstrate understanding of dance injury prevention.

Utilize and demonstrate understanding a warm-up

Identify and manipulate the concepts of alignment, balance, initiation of movement, articulation of isolated body parts, weight shifts, elevation and [...]

Identify and demonstrate basic dance steps, positions, and patterns for dance from tow different styles or traditions.

Understand and translate patterns from visual to kinesthetic.

Understand and translate rhythmic patterns from aural to kinesthetic.

Understand and demonstrate a range of dynamic movement qualities.

Demonstrate understanding and identify the concepts of kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in performing movement skills.

Demonstrate understanding of memorizing and reproducing a movement sequence.

Demonstrate movement patterns that contain contrast and transitions.

Demonstrate understanding and identify the processes of reordering and chance.

Identify and demonstrate an understanding of various choreographic forms.

Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.

Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] [...]