AE17.MU.K.17

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): KG - Music

AE17.MU.K.17
Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
EQ: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

Skills Examples

Performing

Perform songs of various genres while reflecting appropriate stylistic characteristics.

Creating

Purposefully move to music and articulate why they made the movement choices they made based on the music they heard.

Reading/ Writing

Discuss, using musical language, the characteristics of the music they hear and/or perform.
Discuss, using age/developmentally appropriate musical language, what sort of music they like personally and why.

Responding/ Evaluating

Share ideas about musical selections of various and contrasting styles, composers and musical periods.
Describe how sounds and music are used in our daily lives.
Describe the difference between steady beat and rhythm.
Identify and connect a concept shared between music and another curricular area.
Identify and discuss various uses of music in the United States and the various meanings of the term "musician."
Respond to sound with a drawing of how the sound makes them feel.
Offer opinions about their own musical experiences and responses to music.
Aurally identify flute, trumpet, violin, and piano.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Steady beat
Long/ Short
One and two sounds per beat
Silent beat

Melody

High and low
Pitch set: So, Mi
Musical alphabet

Harmony

Accompaniment/ no accompaniment

Form

Like and unlike phrases
Echo

Expression

Speak, sing, shout, whisper
Solo/ Group
Unpitched percussion
Flute, trumpet, violin, piano
Loud/ Soft
Fast/ Slow

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Aligned Learning Resources

My Many Colored Days

Kindergarten Carnival!

Why Do We Like Some Styles of Music but Not Others?

The American Folk Song Collection