SAMPLE Music Assessment Exit Skills Checklist Grades 4-5

Student _______________________________ Grade _______________ Class __________________

1a. Sing with appropriate posture, breath support, tone quality and diction. 1b. Sing expressively with appropriate tempo, dynamics, phrasing and interpretation. 1c Sing patterns found in major scale patterns with rhythmic and melodic accuracy. 1d. Sing rounds and partner songs.

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2a. Accompany two-chord songs. 2b. Play simple melodies on instruments with appropriate technique. 2c. Play ostinati accompaniment patterns. 2d. Perform in ensemble, blending timbres, matching dynamic levels and responding to conductor cues.

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3a. Using familiar tonal or rhythm patterns, improvise questions and answers alone or in groups. 4a. Create and perform an original melody with accompaniment using specific guidelines. 4b. Arrange and perform musical phrases into a variety of forms (rondo, ABA, AAB).

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5a. Rhythm: 5b. Melody: ti, fa, high do 5c. Symbols: dynamic and tempo markings 5d. Use a system (syllables, numbers, letters) to read simple pitch notation in treble clef in major keys.. 6a. Identify theme and variations form.. 6b. Identify sounds of a variety of instruments. 7a. Evaluate a musical performance. 7b. Express personal preferences. 8a. Identify and explore relationships between the arts and other disciplines. 9a. Identify music inherent to culture and history.

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