Fourth Grade Music Content Standards
Effective music instruction incorporates:
-
Artistic Perception:
- Students listen to and analyze music critically, using the vocabulary and language of music. Students read and notate music.
-
Creative Expression Component:
- Students sing or perform on instruments a varied repertoire of music. Students improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
-
Historical and Cultural Context:
- Students develop knowledge and skills necessary to understand and perform music from all parts of the world by identifying a variety of instruments and songs from various cultures. They develop knowledge and understanding of the relationship of music to history and culture.
-
Aesthetic Valuing Component:
- Students apply knowledge, skills, and understandings to make critical judgments about, and determine the quality of music experiences and performances.
The student-centered program provides opportunities to explore a variety of music experiences.
-
The music program:
- Is developmentally appropriate, from kindergarten through eighth grade
- Provides practical and theoretical experiences for reflection and analysis of music
- Provides skill development and mastery throughout the creative process
- Develops lifelong learners with a commitment to the arts
Fourth grade students are expected to:
- Identify changes in tempi, melodic patterns, specific musical forms, complex and layered rhythms
- Perform, read and write simple pitch patterns, musical forms and simple rhythms
- Sing and or play at any tempo
- Play diatonic melodies, specific musical forms, complex rhythmic patterns
- Create diatonic melodic patterns, musical compositions, multimedia projects
- Compose original music using non-traditional sources
- Identify, sing and or play various ethnic music and musical instruments and examples
- Employ self assessment of individual and ensemble experiences
- Display an ability to discuss and debate differing opinions about music examples
Visual and performing arts programs are made possible by parent, business and community contributions to KIDDO!