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BAND 8 Course Template
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Becker Course Template

Grade/Class:   BAND 8                                                                         

Department:  MUSIC

Aligned to: Minnesota State Standards __X____        National Standards ____ *STANDARDS ARE THE STARTING POINT

  1. Music Strand 1: FOUNDATIONS
  1. Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting creative work.
  1. Music Strand 2: CREATE
  1. Generate and develop original artistic ideas.
  2. Create original artistic work.
  3. Revise and complete original artistic work.
  1. Music Strand 3: PERFORM
  1. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performances.
  2. Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.
  1. Music Strand 4: RESPOND
  1. Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.
  2. Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.
  1. Music Strand 5: CONNECT
  1. Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.
  2. 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.

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.