By the end of first grade students will be able to:

• identify half notes and half rests.
• identify notes on a line or a space.
• clap the steady beat to music.
• sing in a round.
• sing do, la sol and mi using hand symbols.
• show the direction the notes go (up, down, stay the same).
• recognize soft (piano) and loud (forte) in music.

By the end of second grade students will be able to:

• identify whole notes and whole rests.
• identify a barline in music.
• sing music in fast (allegro) and slow (adagio) tempos.
• sing and play simple rhythmic or tonal patterns by reading simple notation identify Spanish music from others.
• Define the following music elements: ABA, repeat signs, verse/chorus.

By the end of third grade students will be able to:

• identify eighth notes and eighth rests.
• name the notes from middle C to A on the treble clef staff.
• demonstrate adagio and largo tempos.
• sing and play simple rhythmic or tonal patterns by reading simple notation.
• demonstrate the ability to play the recorder.
• recognize music in 4/4 time signature.
• recognize music that is major and minor when hearing it.
• recognize woodwind and brass instruments and describe how the sound is made.
• describe similar and different characteristics of music from different areas and time periods of America.

By the end of fourth grade students will be able to:

• create simple melodies.
• patch pitch while singing
• sing one octave (do to do), using solfège  hand signs.
• perform a steady beat at different tempos.
• demonstrate forte, mezzo forte (mf) and mezzo piano (mp) dynamic levels.
• identify music of various styles.
• identify instruments of the string family visually and aurally.
• identify music in rondo form.
• describe similar and different characteristics of African-American Spirituals.
• recognize soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices and describe how the sound is made.

• compose a simple melody phrase using correct musical symbols and terminology.
• perform vocal works with pitch accuracy.
• perform with the recorder independently and in an ensemble.
• understand and identify world instruments.
• understand and identify music from the 1940's.
• identify a march by John Philip Sousa.

• compose simple rhythmic patterns.
• compose a simple melody 
• perform vocal works with pitch and accuracy.
• perform with the recorder independently and in an ensemble.
• understand and explain how instruments are made and produce sound.
• understand and relate to different styles of music.

• compose and perform a parody.
• compose simple melodies in the key of C and Eb major.
• perform simple rhythmic patterns using body percussion.
• identify and play an example of a major and minor scale.
• understand and identify music from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky.
• compare and contrast historically relevant composers.

• compose a simple melody using a blues scale.
• create a score to accompany an animated film.
• create and present a lip sung music video.
• understand and identify elements of jazz style.
• describe the physics of tuning an instrument.
• explain some characteristics of popular artists and music by using correct musical terminology.