ICCSD Student Goals/Standards

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STANDARDS and BENCHMARKS

MUSIC- GENERAL

Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments

Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

Reading and notating music

Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

Moving to music

Evaluating music and music performances

Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

Understanding music in relation to history and culture

Exploring career options in music

Using technology as a tool for learning and self-expression

Perform and identify steady beat	Distinguish between short/long sounds
Imitate rhythm patterns	Experience meter through movement
Demonstrate singing and speaking voice	Establish tuneful singing from d to a
Distinguish between high/low and up/down/repeated notes	Experience major, minor and modal tonalities Experience the concept of phrase
Experience and distinguish between like and unlike phrases	Develop an understanding of musical questions and answers
Experience AB and ABA forms	Experience unaccompanied songs/poems
Experience accompanied songs/poems	Distinguish between loud/soft sounds
Distinguish between fast/slow tempi	Distinguish between vocal sounds
Distinguish between instrumental sounds	Experience the sounds of multicultural instruments in context

Differentiate between rhythm and beat Experience half and whole notes and rests aurally, kinesthetically and iconically	Experience 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 notes and 1/4 rests aurally, kinesthetically and iconically Expand tuneful singing from d to d1
Experience then differentiate between duple and triple meter aurally, kinesthetically and iconically	Experience and label the vocabulary of form Demonstrate the directional movement of sounds through time
Recognize and perform steps, leaps and repeated tones	Recognize and perform patterns using the tones do, re, mi, so and la
Experience harmony through imitation	Experience and identify rondo form
Recognize and demonstrate understanding of basic dynamic symbols Experience music with two harmonically compatible songs	Experience music with an accompanying repeated pattern Identify families of instruments
Experience the sounds of multicultural instruments in context	Recognize and demonstrate understanding of the fermata

Demonstrate the relationship between icons and symbols	Name the symbols for previously experienced rhythmic values
Experience aurally, kinesthetically, iconically then symbolically dotted half note, 1/8 note alone and anacrusis and triplets	Experience and read songs or pieces in 2, 3, 4, 2 Expand tuneful singing from A to e1 Indicate melodic direction from notation
Identify pitches on the treble staff by letter name	Recognize and perform patterns with addition of low so, low la, hi do
Articulate the vocabulary of form	Experience theme and variations
Experience suites Demonstrate understanding of chord structure	Experience harmony through descants and countermelodies
Recognize and demonstrate adagio, andante, and allegro	Recognize and demonstrate an understanding of additional dynamic symbols
Recognize and demonstrate legato, staccato and accent	Recognize individual Orff, band and orchestral instruments
Experience the sounds of multicultural instruments in context

 

Demonstrate the relationship between 2 quarter notes = 2/4 & dotted quarter = 6/8	Experience meters such as 5 7 5 4 8 8
Expand tuneful singing from G to g1	Recognize and perform patterns with fa and ti
Recognize motives and sequences	Experience and recognize 12 bar blues
Experience and recognize fugue	Experience and recognize sonata-allegro
Demonstrate understanding of the structure of chromatic, major, minor & pentatonic scales	Demonstrate the use of key signatures in major, minor and pentatonic scales
Experience harmony through part singing	Identify and perform I, IV, and V chords
Recognize and demonstrate understanding of the symbol: sfz	Recognize and demonstrate an understanding of the tempo markings largo and presto
Recognize and demonstrate an understanding of the tempo markings accelerando and ritardando	Experience the sounds of multicultural instruments in context

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