PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

The student will:

• Make predictions about the existence as well as enduring features of a natural or human-made form or event(s).
• Document how they use personal and established criteria to modify, improve, and/or expand an artistic idea.
• Prove through reasoning and their own work that artists make choices that impact the communication of an idea.
• Select artworks and organize an exhibit/performance based upon specific criteria and/or philosophical view.
• Combine ideas with appropriate materials and techniques to create a work of art.

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 3

GOAL I: Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts: Understanding the Role of the Arts in People's Lives

Student Objective

Content/Suggested Activities

The student will observe environmental, social and personal events and record information using one or more music forms. The student will give evidence that musical expression is a thought process. The student will investigate processes used by various cultures, past, and present to create works of art. The student will use a variety of sources to gain an understanding of a musician and/or a musical form.

Identify different styles of music from different time periods. ABA Identify instrumentation used by a composers. What was happening in the world when a particular composition was written. Listen to several examples of waltz or march.

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 3

GOAL II: Personal Expression and Production/Performance: Communicating Through the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will connect ideas, materials, processes, and techniques while creating music. The student will take an idea through a planning, reflection and revision process. The student will solve a problem in different ways and evaluate choices.	Create a piece of music/sound utilizing previous knowledge attained. (instruments pitch, dynamics, elements, texture, timbre etc.). Plan and revise, keep a journal on the progress, and evaluate the end result. Write a two or four bar rhythm containing quarter notes and eighth notes.

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 3

GOAL III: Arts Criticism: Responding to the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will examine a piece of music and speculate how different choices would change the meaning of the music.   The student will develop and expand musical vocabulary. The student will critique a piece of music and find its meaning.	Listen to and critique a piece of music and speculate why the composer chose: instruments, texture, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, intervals, etc. Introduce musical terms such as piano, forte, and meter. Contrast the "Arabian Dance" and the "Russian Dance" from the "Nutcracker."

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 3

GOAL IV: Nature and Meaning of the Arts: Valuing the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will use primary sources, including interviews, to gain an understanding of how and why music is valued by an individual or group. The student will discuss what determines value. The student will recognize and demonstrate audience/viewer behavior appropriate for the context and style of the arts.	Express why they like or dislike a piece of music using appropriate language. Compare a piece of rock music with a waltz or minuet. Discuss proper concert etiquette.

Student Grade
General Music - Grade 3	Basic/ Novice	Proficient/Competent	Advanced/ Exceptional
I. HISTORY: Understanding the Role of the Arts
observe environmental, social and personal events and record information using one or more music forms
give evidence that musical expression is a thought process
investigate processes used by various cultures, past and present to create works of art
use a variety of sources to gain an understanding of a musician and/or a musical form
II. PRODUCTION: Personal Expression
connect ideas, materials, processes, and techniques while creating music
take an idea through a planning, reflection and revision process
solve a problem in different ways and evaluate choices
III. CRITICISM: Responding to the Arts
examine a piece of music and speculate how different choices would change the meaning of the music
develop and expand musical vocabulary
critique a piece of music and find its meaning
IV. AESTHETICS: Valuing the Arts
use primary sources, including interviews, to gain an understanding of how and why music is valued by an individual or group
discuss what determines value
recognize and demonstrate audience/viewer behavior appropriate for the context and style of the arts