Name |
Description |
MU.68.C.1.1: | Develop strategies for listening to unfamiliar musical works.Clarifications: e.g., listening maps, active listening, checklists | |
MU.68.C.1.2: | Compare, using correct music vocabulary, the aesthetic impact of a performance to one’s own hypothesis of the composer’s intent.Clarifications: e.g., quality recordings, peer group and individual performances, composer notes, instrumentation, expressive elements, title | |
MU.68.C.2.1: | Critique personal performance, experiment with a variety of solutions, and make appropriate adjustments with guidance from teachers and peers.Clarifications: e.g., intonation, balance, blend, phrasing, rhythm | |
MU.68.C.2.2: | Critique, using correct music vocabulary, changes in one’s own or others’ musical performance resulting from practice or rehearsal.Clarifications: e.g., blend, balance, ensemble playing, sonority, technique, tone quality | |
MU.68.F.3.1: | Describe how studying music can enhance citizenship, leadership, and global thinking. Clarifications: e.g., dedication to mastering a task, problem-solving, self-discipline, dependability, ability to organize, cultural awareness, mutual respect | |
MU.68.H.1.1: | Describe the functions of music from various cultures and time periods. |
MU.68.H.1.2: | Identify the works of representative composers within a specific style or time period. |
MU.68.H.1.4: | Classify authentic stylistic features in music originating from various cultures.Clarifications: e.g., rhythm, layered texture, key patterns, tonality, melodic line, quarter- or semi-tones, national folk melodies, improvisation, instrumentation, aural/oral traditions, drumming patterns | |
MU.68.H.2.2: | Analyze how technology has changed the way music is created, performed, acquired, and experienced.Clarifications: e.g., from harpsichord to piano; from phonograph to CD | |
MU.68.H.2.3: | Classify the literature being studied by genre, style, and/or time period. |
MU.68.O.1.1: | Compare performances of a musical work to identify artistic choices made by performers.Clarifications: e.g., rhythm, melody, timbre, form, tonality, harmony, expressive elements; choral, orchestral, band, ensemble | |
MU.68.O.2.2: | Demonstrate knowledge of major and minor tonalities through performance and composition.Clarifications: e.g., scales; key signatures; relative major/minor; parallel major/minor | |
MU.68.O.3.1: | Describe how the combination of instrumentation and expressive elements in a musical work can convey a specific thought, idea, mood, and/or image.Clarifications: e.g., tempo markings, expression markings, articulation markings, phrasing, scales, modes, harmonic structure, timbre, rhythm, orchestration | |
MU.68.O.3.2: | Perform the expressive elements of a musical work indicated by the musical score and/or conductor, and transfer new knowledge and experiences to other musical works. |
MU.68.S.1.1: | Improvise rhythmic and melodic phrases to accompany familiar songs and/or standard harmonic progressions.Clarifications: e.g., blues, rock | |
MU.68.S.1.4: | Sing or play melodies by ear with support from the teacher and/or peers.Clarifications: e.g., melodies using traditional classroom instruments and/or voice | |
MU.68.S.2.1: | Perform music from memory to demonstrate knowledge of the musical structure.Clarifications: e.g., basic themes, patterns, tonality, melody, harmony | |
MU.68.S.2.2: | Transfer performance techniques from familiar to unfamiliar pieces. |
MU.68.S.3.1: | Sing and/or play age-appropriate repertoire expressively.Clarifications: e.g., technique, phrasing, dynamics, tone quality, blend, balance, intonation, kinesthetic support/response | |
MU.68.S.3.2: | Demonstrate proper vocal or instrumental technique.Clarifications: e.g., posture, breathing, fingering, embouchure, bow technique, tuning, strumming | |
MU.68.S.3.3: | Sight-read standard exercises and simple repertoire.Clarifications: e.g., note and rest values, key signatures, time signatures, expressive markings, special harmonic and/or notation symbols | |
MU.68.S.3.4: | Compare written notation to aural examples and analyze for accuracy of rhythm and pitch.Clarifications: e.g., error detection, interval reinforcement | |
MU.68.S.3.5: | Notate rhythmic phrases and/or melodies, in varying simple meters, performed by someone else. |
MU.68.S.3.6: | Develop and demonstrate efficient rehearsal strategies to apply skills and techniques.Clarifications: e.g., independently, collaboratively | |
LAFS.68.RST.2.4 (Archived Standard): | Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics. |
LAFS.68.WHST.2.4 (Archived Standard): | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. |
LAFS.8.SL.1.2 (Archived Standard): | Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation. |
LAFS.8.SL.1.3 (Archived Standard): | Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced. |
LAFS.8.SL.2.4 (Archived Standard): | Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. |
ELD.K12.ELL.SI.1: | English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting. |