The above activities will meet various goals as set out by the State in 1998.
K-12 Performance Standard
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- sing in groups, blending vocal timbres;
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- perform in groups, blending instrumental timbres, matching dynamic levels;
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- improvise short songs and instrumental pieces, using a variety of sound sources;
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- create and arrange music to accompany readings or dramatizations;
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- create and arrange short songs and instrumental pieces within specified guidelines;
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- use a variety of sound sources when composing;
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- demonstrate perceptual skills…by answering questions about, and describing aural examples of music of various styles;
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- explain, using appropriate terminology, their personal preferences for specific musical works and styles;
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- identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common terms used in the various arts; and
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- identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of music and other disciplines taught in school are interrelated.
Source: The Arts Curriculum Framework
Connecticut State Department of Education
Division of teaching and Learning
March 1998
Content Standards for Music
May, 1999
The above activities will satisfy the following grade three content standards:
Content Standard 1.0 Singing.
Students will:
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- Sing with feeling and expression in solo, unison, rounds, and part singing
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- Respond to cues of a conductor relating to dynamics, blending, phrasing, and interpretation
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- Echo more complex melodic and rhythmic patterns, using words of songs and syllables
Content Standard 2.0 Playing Instruments
Students will:
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- Play instruments while other students sing or play contrasting parts.
Content Standard 3.0 Improvise melodies, variations and accompaniments
Students will:
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- Select appropriate instruments to compliment music of various cultures
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- Improvise within various styles
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- Use texts as basis for exploration on pitched and unpitched instruments, traditional and non-traditional sounds
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- Improvise a variety of rhythmic accompaniments
Content Standard 4.0 Composing and arranging music
Students will:
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- Record their musical ideas in non-standard or standard notations
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- Compose music using known rhythmic and/or melodic patterns
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- Create introductions, interludes, and codas for songs and instrumental pieces
Content Standard 5.0 Reading and notating music
Students will:
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- Take simple rhythmic and melodic dictation using known elements
Content Standard 6.0 Listening to, analyzing and describing music
Students will:
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- Perform, create, and listen to rondo form
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- Distinguish between simple and complex rhythm patterns
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- Listen to and identify simple forms
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- Be aware of differences in tone color
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- Distinguish between families of instruments
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- Be aware of mood and tempo in when listening to music
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- Be aware of instruments from various cultures
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- Recognize changes in dynamics
Content Standard 7.0 Evaluating music and music performance
Students will:
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- Be able to evaluate their performance according to an evaluation list
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- Identify, in their own performance accuracy or inaccuracy using musical terms
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- Improve ability to evaluate music using musical terminology
Content Standard 8.0 Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Students will:
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- Respond to programmatic music through writing activities
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- Begin to understand the creative process in music by relating it to other disciplines
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- Learn appropriate performance behaviors
Content Standard 9.0 Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Students will:
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- Associate various musical styles with corresponding social functions, historical period, and cultural context
