Examples Of Appropriate Music Goals For Each Grade Level

  • Music Goals for Kindergarten:

    • I can identify Quarter notes and Quarter note rests.
    • I can recognize fast and slow music.
    • I can identify high sounds and low sounds.
    • I can sing in unison with my classmates.
    • I can perform call and response.
    • I can identify percussion instruments and describe how the sound is made.
    • I can use classroom instruments to create a sound carpet.
    • I can sing music loud and soft.
    • I can sing sol-mi using curwen hand signals.
    • I can move, clap, and find the beat.
    • I can use good concert manners in assemblies.

     

    Music Goals for 1st Grade:

    • I can identify half notes and half rests.
    • I can clap the steady beat of music.
    • I can identify notes on a line or space.
    • I can show the direction the notes go in a song. (High/low)
    • I can sing music in a round.
    • I can identify classroom instruments and use them with care.
    • I can sing do, la, so and mi using curwen hand signs.

     

    Music Goals for 2nd grade:

    • I can identify whole notes and whole rests.
    • I can identify a barline in music.
    • I can sing music in allegro and adagio.
    • I can name notes on the treble clef from middle C to G.
    • I can recognize brass insturments and explain how the sound is made.
    • I can identify music from a wide variety of cultures.
    • I can sing and play simple rhythmic or tonal patterns by reading simple music notation
    • I can sing with others a variety of genres of music.

     

    Music Goals for 3rd Grade:

    • I can recognize music in 4/4 time signature
    • I can recognize 8th notes and 8th note rests
    • I can demonstrate adagio and largo
    • I can name the notes from middle c to A
    • I can recognize music that is major and minor by listening.
    • I can define ABA form, repeat signs, and recognize themes in music.
    • I can sing and play alone simple rhythmic or tonal patterns by reading notation.
    • I can sing alone and with others.
    • I can describe similar and different characteristics of music genres.
    • I can blend and balance with my classmates.
    • I can play 2-3 chords on the Ukulele.
    • I can play G, E, and A on recorder using a good tone.

     

    Music Goals for 4th Grade:

    • I can recognize music in 4/4, ¾, and 2/4 time signature
    • I can recognize 16th notes and 16th note rests.
    • I can demonstrate a variety of tempos.
    • I can name the notes from middle C to high C
    • I can recognize major key, minor key, and dorian mode.
    • I can define ABA form, Rondo Form, Repeat signs, D.C al capo.
    • I can sight-read basic rhythms.
    • I can sing unison, in a round, and I can begin to harmonize with a seperate part.
    • I can do simple improvisation on a variety of classroom instruments.
    • I can play 4-5 chords on ukulele.
    • I can play the notes B,A,G,E,D,C, High C and High D on recorder.



    Music Goals for 5th Grade:

    • I can recognize music in 4/4, ¾, 6/8, and 2/4 time signatures.
    • I can recognize complex rhythm patterns like triplets and dotted 16ths.
    • I can demonstrate a variety of tempo ranges from Largo to Presto.
    • I can name the notes from middle C to high C on Treble Clef.
    • I can name the notes from A-G on the Bass Clef.
    • I can recognize major, minor, and dorian mode.
    • I can identify
    • I can sight-read recorder pieces and ukulele pieces on a beginner/intermediate level.
    • I can sing rounds, descant parts, and two part harmony.
    • I can do 16 beats of improvisation singing or with classroom instruments.
    • I can play 4-5 chords on ukulele.
    • I can create an ostinato
    • I can name and identify orchestral instruments by hearing their timbre.
    • I can play the notes B,A,G,E,D,C, High C and High D on recorder.