Becker Course Template
Grade/Class: BAND 8
Department: MUSIC
Aligned to: Minnesota State Standards __X____ National Standards ____ *STANDARDS ARE THE STARTING POINT
Units of Instruction (STRAND) | Essential Outcomes (Learning Goals) (ANCHOR STANDARDS) | Critical Information and Vocabulary | Daily Learning Objectives (BENCHMARKS) | Time | Common Unit Assessments How do we know students know or can do it? | Technology Integration |
FOUNDATIONS | Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting creative work. | *Notation *Music terms *Rehearsal terms *Scale construction | The benchmarks are integrated across the other strands. | Ongoing | *Note Names Assessments *Vocabulary Assessments | |
CREATE | Generate and develop original artistic ideas. | Generate rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic that include expressive elements. | Ongoing | |||
Create original artistic work. | Develop a composition in a specific form that includes expressive elements using a system of notation or recording technology. | |||||
Revise and complete original artistic work. | Revise a composition draft into a completed work. | |||||
PERFORM | Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performances. | Demonstrate persistence and cooperation in selecting musical selections for performance. | Ongoing | *Daily in class work *Duet Project (January/February) *Scales Assessment | ||
Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance. | Perform music for an audience with technical accuracy and stylistic expression to convey the composer’s possible intent. | *Winter Concert (December) *Spring Concert (May) | ||||
RESPOND | Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work. | Analyze and discuss the use of elements in musical selections to convey meaning or possible intent including cultural or historic contexts. | Ongoing | |||
Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria. | Identify and describe the musical and technical skills evident in a performance. | |||||
CONNECT | Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work. | Describe how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices in the creation or performance of music. | Ongoing | |||
Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities. | Describe how music connects individuals and societies to history, culture, heritage, and community. |