Grades

Standard

  • Articulate how artistic choices support the creation and portrayal of characters and their stories.

  • Compare, in several cultures of the world, functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically [...]

  • Analyze and apply materials such as social media, production programs, handbills, and posters from various sources to discover how they [...]

  • 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 basic harmonic accompaniments.

  • Improvise melodic embellishments and basic rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies, and melodies in major keys.

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

  • Compose short pieces to communicate ideas and/or stories, within defined parameters and using standard notation.

  • Arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which pieces were written.

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

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

  • Analyze the uses of musical elements in aural examples from diverse genres and cultures.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions through analysis.

  • Develop a project that reveals similarities and differences between the arts.

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

  • Cite examples of concepts used in dance and another discipline outside the arts, such as balance, shape, and pattern.

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

  • Sing and play, with expression and technical accuracy, a diverse repertoire of vocal and instrumental literature, with and without notation, [...]

  • Describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures.

  • Sing an ostinato.

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

  • Sing and play accurately as a soloist, and in both small and large ensembles, with appropriate technique and breath control.

  • Explore a movement problem and create multiple solutions; choose the most interesting solution and discuss the reasons for that choice.

  • Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior in watching dance performances; discuss their opinions about the dances with their peers in a supportive [...]

  • Compare and contrast two dance compositions in terms of space, as in shape and pathways; time, such as rhythm and [...]

  • Identify possible aesthetic criteria for evaluating dance such as skills of performers, visual and/or emotional impact, variety, and contrast.

  • Observe the same dance both live and recorded on video; compare and contrast the aesthetic impact of the two observations.

  • Competently perform folk and/or classical dances from other cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles.

  • Competently perform folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different cultures, time periods, [...]

  • Successfully demonstrate the structures or forms of AB, ABA, canon, call and response, and narrative.

  • Accurately describe the role of dance in at least two different cultures or time periods.

  • Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively in a small group during the choreographic process.

  • Identify at least three personal goals to improve as dancers and steps they are taking to reach those goals.

  • Demonstrate the following partner skills in a visually interesting way: creating contrasting and complementary shapes, taking and supporting weight.

  • Explain strategies to prevent dance injuries.

  • Demonstrate the following partner skills in a visually interesting way: creating contrasting and complementary shapes, taking and supporting weight.

  • Explain how warm-up prepares the body and mind for expressive purposes.

  • Create a dance that successfully communicates a topic of personal significance.

  • Learn to artistically and aesthetically keep movement of a single dance in frame with video camera.

  • Describe the action and movement elements observed in a dance using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary.

  • Observe and explain how different accompaniment such as sound, music, and spoken text can affect the meaning of a dance.

  • Demonstrate and/or explain how lighting and costuming can contribute to the meaning of a dance.

  • Accurately transfer a spatial pattern from the visual to the kinesthetic.

  • Accurately transfer a rhythmic pattern from the aural to the kinesthetic.

  • Identify and clearly demonstrate a range of dynamics and movement qualities.

  • Use critical thinking strategies to observe, compare, and contrast artworks at an emerging level.

  • Demonstrate increasing kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in performing movement skills.

  • Develop and defend informed aesthetic opinions about works of art using artistic vocabulary at an emerging level.

Grades

Standard

  • Articulate how artistic choices support the creation and portrayal of characters and their stories.

  • Compare, in several cultures of the world, functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically [...]

  • Analyze and apply materials such as social media, production programs, handbills, and posters from various sources to discover how they [...]

  • 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 basic harmonic accompaniments.

  • Improvise melodic embellishments and basic rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies, and melodies in major keys.

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

  • Compose short pieces to communicate ideas and/or stories, within defined parameters and using standard notation.

  • Arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which pieces were written.

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

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

  • Analyze the uses of musical elements in aural examples from diverse genres and cultures.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions through analysis.

  • Develop a project that reveals similarities and differences between the arts.

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

  • Cite examples of concepts used in dance and another discipline outside the arts, such as balance, shape, and pattern.

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

  • Sing and play, with expression and technical accuracy, a diverse repertoire of vocal and instrumental literature, with and without notation, [...]

  • Describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures.

  • Sing an ostinato.

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

  • Sing and play accurately as a soloist, and in both small and large ensembles, with appropriate technique and breath control.

  • Explore a movement problem and create multiple solutions; choose the most interesting solution and discuss the reasons for that choice.

  • Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior in watching dance performances; discuss their opinions about the dances with their peers in a supportive [...]

  • Compare and contrast two dance compositions in terms of space, as in shape and pathways; time, such as rhythm and [...]

  • Identify possible aesthetic criteria for evaluating dance such as skills of performers, visual and/or emotional impact, variety, and contrast.

  • Observe the same dance both live and recorded on video; compare and contrast the aesthetic impact of the two observations.

  • Competently perform folk and/or classical dances from other cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles.

  • Competently perform folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different cultures, time periods, [...]

  • Successfully demonstrate the structures or forms of AB, ABA, canon, call and response, and narrative.

  • Accurately describe the role of dance in at least two different cultures or time periods.

  • Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively in a small group during the choreographic process.

  • Identify at least three personal goals to improve as dancers and steps they are taking to reach those goals.

  • Demonstrate the following partner skills in a visually interesting way: creating contrasting and complementary shapes, taking and supporting weight.

  • Explain strategies to prevent dance injuries.

  • Demonstrate the following partner skills in a visually interesting way: creating contrasting and complementary shapes, taking and supporting weight.

  • Explain how warm-up prepares the body and mind for expressive purposes.

  • Create a dance that successfully communicates a topic of personal significance.

  • Learn to artistically and aesthetically keep movement of a single dance in frame with video camera.

  • Describe the action and movement elements observed in a dance using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary.

  • Observe and explain how different accompaniment such as sound, music, and spoken text can affect the meaning of a dance.

  • Demonstrate and/or explain how lighting and costuming can contribute to the meaning of a dance.

  • Accurately transfer a spatial pattern from the visual to the kinesthetic.

  • Accurately transfer a rhythmic pattern from the aural to the kinesthetic.

  • Identify and clearly demonstrate a range of dynamics and movement qualities.

  • Use critical thinking strategies to observe, compare, and contrast artworks at an emerging level.

  • Demonstrate increasing kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in performing movement skills.

  • Develop and defend informed aesthetic opinions about works of art using artistic vocabulary at an emerging level.