Music

Alabama State Course of Study Objectives

There are 20 of 41 standards in the 5th grade music curriculum met by studying a musical.

1.
Sing a varied repertoire of age-appropriate music.
2.
Sing songs representing diverse cultures and genres.
3.
Use age appropriate vocal range.
4.
Sing expressively.
5.
Perform steady, strong, and weak beats using simple, repeated and rhythmic patterns.
6.
Echo short rhythmic and melodic patterns.
7.
Perform rhythmic accompaniments to movement.
8.
Perform simple songs by sight.
9.
Identify melodies of familiar songs by name.
10.
Analyze meters.
11.
Recognize and perform simple forms.
12.
Recognize melodic sequences.
13.
Recognize instruments by sight and sound.
14.
Recognize and practice accepted audience behavior.
15.
Recognize and practice accepted performance behavior.
16.

Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own performances and performances of others.

17.

Identify relationships between music and the other arts as well as disciplines outside the arts.

18.
Correlate music in relation to history and cultures.
19.
Explore timbres of electronic, environmental, and invented sound sources.
20.
Use a variety of sound sources when composing.