Elementary Music I Can Statements.pdf

Elementary Music “I Can” StatementsKindergarten1. I can keep a steady beat.2. I can use long and short sounds.3. I can find patterns in music.4. I can sing in a group.5. I can use singing, speaking, shouting and whispering voices.6. I can hear high and low sounds.7. I can hear loud and soft sounds.8. I can hear fast and slow tempos.9. I can play classroom instruments.10. I can play singing games.11. I can sing songs from all around the world.First Grade1. I can identify and use quarter notes, quarter rests and eighth notes to make music.2. I can find same and different patterns in music.3. I can sing in a group.4. I can hear music that gets louder and softer.5. I can use solfege, numbers, and/or letters to make music.6. I can hear tempos that get faster and slower.7. I can play classroom instruments.8. I can play singing games.9. I can sing songs from all around the world.10. I can name instruments from “Peter and the Wolf.”Second Grade

1. I can identify and use quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes, half notes and half reststo make music.2. I can identify verse and refrain in a piece of music.3. I can sing alone or with others.4. I can identify piano (p) and forte (f).5. I can use solfege, numbers, and/or letters to make music.6. I can hear tempos that get faster and slower.7. I can play classroom instruments.8. I can play singing games.9. I can sing songs from around the world.10. I can name some instruments and the animal they represent from “Carnival of theAnimals.”Third Grade1. I can identify and use quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes, half notes, half rests,whole notes and whole rests to make music.2. I can identify AB and ABA forms.3. I can sing alone or with others.4. I can identify piano (p), forte (f), mezzo piano (mp) and mezzo forte (mf).5. I can use solfege, numbers, and/or letters to make music.6. I can name the lines and spaces on the staff.7. I can identify accelerando and ritardando.8. I can play classroom instruments.9. I can sing songs from around the world.10. I can describe opera.Fourth Grade1. I can recognize, label and use quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes, half notes, halfrests, whole notes, whole rests, sixteenth notes, and dotted half notes to make music.2. I can identify AB and ABA forms.3. I can sing alone or with others

4. I can identify piano (p), forte (f), mezzo piano (mp), mezzo forte (mf), pianissimo (pp)and fortissimo (ff).5. I can use solfege, numbers, and/or letters to make music.6. I can name the lines and spaces of the Treble Clef.7. I can identify various tempo markings.8. I can play the recorder and other classroom instruments.9. I can sing songs from around the world.10. I can name the instrument families in the symphony orchestra.Fifth Grade1. I can recognize, label and use quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes, eighth rests,half notes, half rests, whole notes, whole rests, sixteenth notes, dotted half notes anddotted quarter notes to make music.2. I can identify various forms of music.3. I can sing alone or with others.4. I can identify piano (p), forte (f), mezzo piano (mp), mezzo forte (mf), pianissimo (pp)and fortissimo (ff).5. I can identify legato and staccato markings.6. I can use solfege, numbers, and/or letters to make music.7. I can name the lines and spaces of the Treble Clef.8. I can identify various tempo markings.9. I can play the keyboard and other classroom instruments.10. I can sing songs from around the world.11. I can name some instruments in the symphony orchestra.