District 65 Music Standards for K-4th Grade
Elements of Music #1: Students will notate and analyze music
Elements of Music #2: Students will compose and improvise music
Performance: Students will be able to play and/or sing a varied repertoire of music alone and with others
Evaluation: Students will evaluate and describe music and music performance
Use of Technology: Students will utilize technology in the creation and performance of music
Interdisciplinary: Students will relate music to the other arts and to disciplines outside of the arts.
Culture/History: Students will, in an historical context, relate music to diverse cultures.
Elements of Music #1: Students will notate and analyze music
- Use movements to demonstrate musical idea, e.g., phrase and form
- Identify AB and ABA form
- Identify sources of various musical sounds, e.g., vocal and instrumental
- Identify letter names of the treble clef lines and spaces
- Identify rudimentary music symbols: rests, note values, dynamics, symbols, etc.
Elements of Music #2: Students will compose and improvise music
- Create simple melodies using a pentatonic scale
- Create simple rhythm patterns
- Improvise simple melodies using a pentatonic scale
- Improvise simple rhythm patterns
Performance: Students will be able to play and/or sing a varied repertoire of music alone and with others
- Play and/or sing simple rhythms and melodies
- Demonstrate proper basic mallet techniques on barred instruments
- Perform in an ensemble using proper vocal/instrumental technique
Evaluation: Students will evaluate and describe music and music performance
- Express reactions to a performance using musical terminology while attending a live, in-school musical performance at least twice a year.
Use of Technology: Students will utilize technology in the creation and performance of music
- Utilize grade-appropriate music technology
Interdisciplinary: Students will relate music to the other arts and to disciplines outside of the arts.
- Create appropriate sound effects and/or a simple melody to accompany stories and/or poems.
- Perform simple groups dances, including multicultural folk dances
- Draw a picture that expresses the musical ideas in a musical composition, e.g., form, dynamics, contrast.
Culture/History: Students will, in an historical context, relate music to diverse cultures.
- Sing and/or play music from diverse cultures
- Identify music and instruments from diverse cultures
- Describe the role of folk music in American history