Expressions Music Curriculum - CLASSROOM MUSIC | GRADES K-5 | THIRD GRADE

PERFORM
Sing
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Sing alone and with others Sing accompanied and unaccompanied Develop and expressively perform a varied personal repertoire of songs Explore and experience age- and skill-level-appropriate melodic and rhythmic patterns Sing in a variety of tonalities Sing in a variety of rhythmic structures	Demonstrate healthy singing techniques, including singing posture, breath support, and head tone Echo and perform melodic patterns (s,l,m,r,d,d¹,s₁,l₁,t₁) Sing or use vocal sounds to perform eight-measure melodic canon in two parts
Play
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Play alone and with others Play accompanied and unaccompanied Develop and expressively perform a varied personal repertoire of songs Explore and experience age- and skill-level-appropriate melodic and rhythmic patterns Play in a variety of tonalities Play in various meters Play a variety of instruments	Demonstrate ability to perform melodic rhythm and pulse at the same time Echo and perform simple rhythm (,,) & () Perform two complimentary accompaniment ostinati using speech, movement, body percussion, and unpitched percussion
Move
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Move alone and with others Develop an awareness of body parts leading to the body as a unit-in-motion Experience non-locomotor and locomotor movement Progress from personal tempo to external tempo Explore and experience age- and skill-level-appropriate movements Respond to musical, visual, and oral stimuli with movement Perform microbeat and macrobeat subdivisions Progress from movement to dance	Create movements (individually and with partners) to match musical style, form, meter, dynamics, and tempo Perform singing/passing games Create body percussion patterns individually and with partners Perform coordinated movements (large and small muscles) with music
RESPOND & REFLECT
Listen
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Respond to music stimuli through a variety of means Discern similarities and differences among musical styles, genres, historical periods, and interpretations Recognize and discriminate among sound sources Use music terminology to describe musical sound sources, events, and mood	Respond to music forms, metered and un-metered patterns, melodic contour, and beat/no-beat Identify styles and characteristics of aural examples including form, melodic and rhythmic phrases, and vocal and instrumental tone quality Identify by genre or style aural examples of music from a variety of historical periods and cultures Identify and move to more than one melodic rhythmic line performed simultaneously
Evaluate
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Apply critical and creative thinking in making musical decisions and evaluations Make collaborative musical decisions Practice self-assessment	Create personal criteria to evaluate music they perform and hear
CREATE
Compose & Arrange
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Organize sound in ways that are meaningful to him/her Organize sound in ways that are meaningful to others Demonstrate an understanding of structure, coherence, and organization Experience the �stages� of composing: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing	Create and arrange rhythmic and melodic ostinati employing a variety of sound sources to accompany songs, poems, and stories Create personal songs and accompaniments using pentatonic patterns in duple and triple meter
Improvise
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Organize sounds spontaneously Respond musically in context	Improvise one to two bar responses in the style of the musical prompt
Read & Notate
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Use iconic and traditional notation within the grand staff Hear and perform before notating Read and write musical symbols and terms	Stage 1: Read and notate simple melodic patterns (s,l,m,r,d) Stage 2: Read and notate simple melodic patterns that include Stage 1 and (s₁,l₁,d¹) Read and notate simple melodic and rhythmic accompaniment patterns Stage 1: Read and notate rhythm patterns that include (,) Stage 2: Read and notate rhythm patterns that include Stage 1 and ()
CONNECT
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Recognize that music reflects time, place, and culture Understand that music is useful, enriching, and transforming Identify how music is essential to the human experience Make legitimate cross-curricular connections through content and process	Demonstrate a basic understanding of how concepts in the various arts are similar and different Identify characteristics and instruments of Asian music Identify characteristics of orchestral and world string instruments
APPLY
	Fundamental	Developmental
	Understand the function of music in society Recognize the inherent value of music Employ critical thinking and evaluate skills in the music they perform, listen to, and create Develop audience etiquette appropriate to the performance environment Develop a personal awareness of the impact of music in their lives	Describe various uses of music in daily experiences and those of people throughout the world Describe the qualities of music appropriate for special occasions and daily life