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Model Curriculum Framework: General Music Strand – Grade Span K,1,2

PA Big Ideas and National Standards Artistic Processes
  1. The skills, techniques, elements, and principles of the arts can be learned, studied, refined, and practiced
  2. Artists use tools and resources as well as their own experiences and skills to create art
  3. The arts provide a medium to understand and exchange ideas
  4. Humans have expressed experiences and ideas through the arts throughout time and across cultures
  5. There are formal and informal processes used to assess the quality of works in the arts
  6. People use both aesthetic and critical processes to assess the quality of works in the arts
  1. Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting
  2. Creating, Connecting
  3. Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting
  4. Creating, Performing, Connecting
  5. Performing, Responding, Connecting
  6. Performing, Responding, Connecting
National Standards/Artistic Processes/Enduring Understandings
CreatingPerformingRespondingConnecting
The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sourcesPerformers' interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoireIndividuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understanding, and purposesMusicians' connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding
Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their own experiences and skills to create artAnalyzing creators' context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performancesResponse to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of musicUnderstanding connections to varied contexts and daily life enhances musicians' creating, performing, and responding
Musicians' evaluate and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteriaPerformers' make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intentThrough their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent 
Musicians' presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communicationTo express their musical ideas, musicians' analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence and the application of appropriate criteriaThe personal evaluation of musical works and performances are informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria 
 Musicians' judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures  
PA Competencies PA Essential Questions PA Standards Lesson Plan Assessment
K-1 Distinguish between sound and silence in simple melodies and rhythms What is music? 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.C
K-2 Perform simple melodies and rhythms using voices and classroom instruments What do people use to perform music? 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.H 9.1.3.J
K-3 Read iconic notation representing sound and silence How can pictures show sound and silence? 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.E
K-4 Identify, perform and move to music that celebrates events How is music used to celebrate events in people's lives? 9.1.3.I 9.2.3.A 9.2.3.K
K-5 Recognize that people make judgments about the quality of musical works How do people decide if a musical work is good? 9.3.3.A 9.4.3.B
K-6 Make statements about their preferences for different types of music How do people think about music? 9.4.3.B
1-1 Distinguish between sound and silence in more complex melodies and rhythms How is music arranged? 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.C
1-2 Improvise simple melodies and rhythms using voices and classroom instruments What do people us to improvise music? 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.H 9.1.3.J
1-3 Read musical notation representing short/long and high/low sounds How can musical notation show sounds that are short, long, high or low? 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.K
1-4 Idenfity, perform and move to music that is used to pass on traditions How is music used to pass on traditions? 9.1.3.I 9.2.3.A 9.2.3.K
1-5 Identify the criteria that describe the quality of musical works and/or performances How do people decide if a musical work is good? 9.3.3.B 9.3.3.C 9.3.3.F
1-6 Articulate their preferences for different types of music and distinguish between their preferences for musical works and the preferences of others Why do different people have different opinions about music? 9.4.3.B
2-1 Move to and perform melodies in various forms How are patterns arranged to make music? 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
2-2 Perform and improvise melodies and rhythms using voices, instruments and found objects How can people use found objects to make music? 9.1.3.D 9.1.3.H 9.1.3.J
2-3 Notate simple rhythms and melodies How can music notation be used to share rhythms and melodies 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.K
2-4 Identify musical traditions in American culture How are musical traditions a part of American culture? 9.1.3.I 9.2.3.D 9.2.3.G 9.2.3.K
2-5 Use a basic vocabulary of artistic criticism to discuss the quality of musical works How do people talk about the quality of musical works? 9.3.3.A 9.3.3.B 9.3.3.D 9.3.3.F
2-6 Articulate personal opinions of musical works using appropriate vocabulary How do people talk about music? 9.3.3.G 9.4.3.B
Artistic Process National Core Arts Anchor Standards Music Process Components 2014 National Core Music Standards PA Standards 1994 National Standards
Kindergarten1st Grade2nd Grade
Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work #1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work Imagine MU:Cr.1.Ka MU:Cr.1.Kb MU:Cr1.1.a MU:Cr1.1.b MU:Cr1.1.2.a MU:Cr1.1.2.b MU:Cr3.1.2.a MU:Cr3.2.2.a 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H 1 2 3 4 5
#2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work Plan and Make MU:Cr2.1.Ka MU:Cr.2.1.Kb MU:Cr2.1.1.a MU:Cr2.1.1.b MU:Cr2.1.2.a MU:Cr2.1.2.b 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
#3 Refine and complete artistic work Evaluate and Refine MU:Cr3.1.Ka MU:Cr3.1.1.a MU:Cr2.1.2.a 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
Present MU:Cr3.2.Ka MU:Cr3.2.1.a MU:Cr 3.1.2.a 9.1.3.A 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
Performing: Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation #4 Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation Select/Analyze MU:Pr.4.1.Ka MU:Pr.4.2.Kb MU:Pr4.1.1.a MU:Pr4.2.1.a MU:Pr4.2.1.b MU:Pr4.1.2.a MU:Pr4.2.2.a MU:Pr4.2.2.b 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H 1 2 3 5 6
Interpret MU:Pr4.3.Ka MU:Pr4.3.1.a MU:Pr4.3.2.a 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
#5 Develop and refine artistic work for presentation Rehearse, Evaluate, and Refine MU:Pr5.1.Ka MU:Pr5.1.Kb MU:Pr5.1.1.a MU:Pr5.1.1.b MU:Pr5.1.2.b 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
#6 Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work Present MU:Pr6.1.Ka MU:Pr6.1.1.a MU:Pr6.1.1.b MU:Pr6.1.2.a MU:Pr6.1.2.b 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.C 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.F 9.1.3.H
Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning #7 Perceive and analyze artistic work Select MU:Re7.1.Ka MU:Re7.1.1.a MU:Re7.1.1.2a 9.3.3.A 9.3.3.B 9.3.3.C 9.3.3.D 9.3.3.F 9.3.3.G 9.4.3.B 6 7
Analyze MU:Re7.2.Ka MU:Re7.2.1.a MU:Re7.2.2a 9.3.3.A 9.3.3.B 9.3.3.C 9.3.3.D 9.3.3.F 9.3.3.G 9.4.3.B
#8 Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work Interpret MU:Re8.1.Ka MU:Re8.1.1.a MU:Re8.1.2a 9.3.3.A 9.3.3.B 9.3.3.C 9.3.3.D 9.3.3.F 9.3.3.G 9.4.3.B
#9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work Evaluate MU:Re9.1.Ka MU:Re9.1.1.a MU:Re9.1.2a 9.3.3.A 9.3.3.B 9.3.3.C 9.3.3.D 9.3.3.F 9.3.3.G 9.4.3.B
Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context #10 Synthesize and relate knowledge and experiences to make arts . MU:Cn10.0.Ka MU:Cn10.0.1a MU:Cn10.0.2a 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.D 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.H 9.1.3.J 3 4 5
#11 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding . MU:Cn11.0.Ka MU:Cn11.0.1.a MU:Cn11.0.2a 9.1.3.B 9.1.3.D 9.1.3.E 9.1.3.H 9.1.3.J