AE17.MU.4.14

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Music

AE17.MU.4.14
Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.
EQ: When is a performance judged ready to present? How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented influence audience response?

Skills Examples

Performing

Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers.
Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm, pitch and expressive qualities individually and with others.

Creating

With limited guidance, Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and sound sources.

Reading/ Writing

Read, write and perform using rhythm patterns that include syncopated rhythms, in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter.

Responding/ Evaluating

Use the head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture.
Use student developed criteria to critique their own performances and the performances of others.