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Number: MU.3.S.3

Title: Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.

Type: Enduring Understanding

Subject: Music

Grade: 3

Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes

This cluster includes the following benchmarks

Code	Description
MU.3.S.3.1:	Sing rounds, canons, or ostinati in an appropriate range, using head voice and maintaining pitch.
MU.3.S.3.2:	Play melodies and layered ostinati, using proper instrumental technique, on pitched and unpitched instruments.
MU.3.S.3.3:	Sing simple la-sol-mi-re-do patterns at sight.
MU.3.S.3.4:	Match simple aural rhythm patterns in duple and triple meter with written patterns.
MU.3.S.3.5:	Notate simple rhythmic and melodic patterns using traditional notation.

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
MU.3.S.3.In.a:	Sing simple songs in a group using head voice and maintaining pitch.
MU.3.S.3.In.b:	Play simple melodies and/or accompaniments on classroom instruments.
MU.3.S.3.In.c:	Sing simple la-sol-mi-do patterns.
MU.3.S.3.In.d:	Imitate simple rhythm patterns in duple and triple meter.
MU.3.S.3.In.e:	Match aurally presented notes to traditional notation.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
MU.3.S.3.Su.a:	Sing or play songs or patterns from memory.

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
MU.3.S.3.Pa.a:	Sing or play songs from a model.
MU.3.S.3.Pa.b:	Sing or play songs or patterns.

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Name	Description
EATALOTTAPIZZA - Creating a Rhythm Pizza:	Students recite the poem "Eat A Lotta Pizza" and add a rhythmic ostinato as a B section using "pizza topping" words.
Ain't Gonna Rain:	Through dance, rhythm, and melody individual students will learn/perform an American Folk Song as part of a larger ensemble.

Standard 3 : Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.