FCPS Competency Assurance

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PRIMARY MUSIC: KINDERGARTEN

PRIMARY MUSIC: KINDERGARTEN // ELEMENTS

PROGRAM OF STUDIES:

Performance Standard

Students respond with minimal attention given to the element of music. (rhythm, melody, form, harmony, timbre, dynamics, tempo)

Performance Standard

Students begin to demonstrate an awareness of the elements of music

ACADEMIC EXPECTATION(S):

1.14 – Students construct meaning and/or communicate ideas and emotions through music

2.22 – Students create products and make presentations that convey concepts and feelings

in the human experience through their productions, performance, or interpretations

Core Content for Assessment:

AH-E-1.1.31 Rhythm: steady beat

AH-E-1.1.32 Tempo: slow, fast

AH-E-1.1.33 Melody: shape, direction (up, down, same, step, skip), high vs. low notes (pitches)

AH-E-1.1.36 Timbre: Sounds of voices

AH-E-1.1.37 Dynamics: soft (piano), loud (forte)

Demonstrators:

Explore and respond to music through singing, instrument playing, moving, listening and creating.

Experience and perform music from diverse cultures.

Explore the elements and principles of musical forms

Create or perform original or existing music

Specific Activities:

AH-E-1.1.12 – Create and notate short, simple melodies that demonstrate melodic shape/contour and meter

AH-E-1.1.23 – Sing rote melodies accurately

Suggested Activities:

Singing age-appropriate songs

Clapping, patting, moving to the steady beat

Performing rhythmic accompaniments on sticks, rhythm instruments, body percussion

Echoing and pitch modeling activities

Directed listening with focus on elements

Recognizing and using appropriate "voices" (Whispering, speaking, singing, shouting)

Critical Vocabulary:

Steady beat, slow, fast, melody (up, down, same, high, low), loud, soft, long and short

PRIMARY MUSIC: KINDERGARTEN // HISTORICAL/CULTURAL CONTEXT

PROGRAM OF STUDIES:

Performance Standard

Students listen to music of diverse cultures, periods, and styles

Performance Standard

Students experience music of diverse cultures, periods and styles

ACADEMIC EXPECTATION(S):

1.14 – Students construct meaning and/or communicate ideas and emotions through music

2.24 – Students appreciate creativity and the values of the arts and the humanities

2.26 – Students recognize differences and commonalities in the human experience through their productions, performances or interpretations

Core Content for Assessment:

AH-E-1.2.31 – Identify American folk music

AH-E-1.2.32 – Discuss game songs, lullabies

Demonstrators:

Explore a variety of art forms in music

Experience and perform a variety of art forms in music from diverse cultures

Express openness to differences and commonalities among diverse cultures

Specific Activities:

AH-E-1.1.23 – Sing rote melodies accurately

AH-E-1.1.25 – Recognize and demonstrate the relationship between elements of music and expressive qualities of movement

Suggested Activities:

Students listen to songs and music of other cultures (SSC – Matches Social Studies Curriculum)

Students sing songs of other cultures (SSC)

Students listen to and sing age-appropriate traditional American folk songs (SSC)

Students listen to or sings holiday music, both traditional American and from other cultures (SSC)

Students listen to or sing music that relates to seasons (SSC)

Students move to music from many cultures

Critical Vocabulary:

Culture, game songs, songs, lullabies

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Last Updated September 11, 2008 Contact Maggie Whittington.