Kindergarten Music Curriculum
Written by Joanne Harriman Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:20
Bold-faced standards are the MDIRSS essential standards and the standards in regular font are supporting standards. Click on the green MDIRSS standards to see the unpacked version, list of resources, and corresponding performance rubric for that standard.
from National Association for Music Education
K.MU.A Sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
K.MU.A.1 Understand that a melody is a sequence of sounds moving up, down, or repeating.
K.MU.A.2 Demonstrate knowledge of a large repertoire of songs for musical, educational and emotional growth, including traditional, nursery, seasonal, holiday, historical, game, and “just for fun” songs from a variety of cultures.
K.MU.A.3 Explore singing songs both accompanied and a cappella.
K.MU.A.4 Explore matching pitch using echo songs and tonal games.
K.MU.B Perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
K.MU.B.1 Identify the underlying beat.
K.MU.B.2 Identify fast of slow beat.
K.MU.B.3 Demonstrate steady beat through clapping, singing, dancing, musical games and playing instruments.
K.MU.C Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
K.MU.C.1 Extrapolate on a given rhythmic pattern.
K.MU.D Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
K.MU.D.1 Create original music to accompany a story.
K.MU.E Read and notate music.
K.MU.E.1 Employ singing and playing long and short sounds when seeing long and short lines.
K.MU.F Listen to, analyze, and describe music.
K.MU.F.1 Classify high and low sounds.
K.MU.F.2 Recognize that two or more sounds may sound simultaneously.
K.MU.F.3 Identify environment, vocal and some instrumental sounds.
K.MU.F.4 Identify familiar songs.
K.MU.G Evaluate music and music performances.
K.MU.G.1 Describe musical features and/or personal preferences of musical works.
K.MU.H Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
K.MU.H.1 Identify relationships between music and other disciplines.
K.MU.I Understand music in relation to history and culture.
K.MU.I.1 Identify various uses of music in daily experiences.
K.MU.I.2 Demonstrate audience behavior appropriate for the context and style of music.
K.MU.J Express through music.
K.MU.J.1 Explore the concept that instruments make different sounds by playing them differently.
K.MU.J.2 Experiment with the human voice to produce different tone qualities.
K.MU.J.3 Discriminate that different types of music create and/or affect different moods.
K.MU.J.4 Describe how music can express a persons feelings.
K.MU.J.5 Explore how the fundamentals of music contribute to musical expressiveness.