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Harding Township School
Visual and Performing Arts
K-8
Revised August 2014
Art
Kindergarten Japanese Fish Kites
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.1 1.2.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a carp kite? What does it celebrate?
Unit/Content History Technique
Skills / Objectives
History: Students will identify key concepts related to traditional fish kites. Technique: Students will draw, decorate, and construct a three-dimensional carp kite using the payon technique.
Assessments Finished project ready for display Materials Photographs of carp kites.
History of carp kites. Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures, Countries, and Traditions Math – 3D rendering
Technology Integrations
Smartboard construction practice Videos and photographs from internet
Art Kindergarten
Clay Stamp Frames NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a pattern? What is a repeating pattern?
Unit/Content Clay Work Pattern Study
Skills / Objectives
Clay Work: Students will create a clay stamp. Pattern Study: Students will use clay stamp to create a ceramic frame stamped with a repeating pattern.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Design a Frame - worksheet Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Patterns and Shapes
Technology Integrations
SmartBoard Stamp Pattern Activities Online Pattern Demonstrations
Art Kindergarten
Kings and Queens NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.4 1.4.2.A.2 1.4.2.B.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How many of you have seen a real King or Queen? How are they dressed? What lines, shapes, and patterns do you see?
Unit/Content Lines and Shapes Skills / Objectives
Lines and Shapes: Students will review lines and shapes. Students will create elegant clothing, a crown, and shoes for a king or queen.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Photographs of Queen Elizabeth PowerPoint presentation of real kings/queens of the past
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures, Costumes, and Traditions
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet photographs
Art Kindergarten
Snowmen Stencils NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a fun object to create in winter when it snows? What are the shapes you will use?
Unit/Content Positive and Negative Shapes Skills / Objectives
Students will prepare for printing activity by cutting positive and negative shapes for stencils. Students will print a simple snowman stencil on paper.
Assessments Finished project ready for display Materials Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Interdisciplinary Connections
ELA – Storytelling and Illustrations Math – Positive (filled) space and Negative (empty) space
Technology Integrations
Digital Art Programs – Fill and erase tools
Art Kindergarten
Sunflower Paintings NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5 1.4.2.A.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Have you ever seen a sunflower? What colors do you see? What are the shapes of the petals?
Unit/Content Sunflower Paintings Skills / Objectives
Students will use lines, shapes, and patterns. Students will create their own sunflower paintings.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt. Smart Board lesson introducing the artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Videos depicting real sunflowers.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Symmetry and Patterns Science – Plants and Flowers
Technology Integrations
SmartBoard lesson Online Videos
Art Kindergarten Line Turtles
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.3 1.3.2.D.5 1.4.2.A.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How many of you have seen a real live turtle? What lines do you see? What shapes do you see?
Unit/Content Line/Shape Study
Skills / Objectives
Students will explore the relationship between lines and shapes. Students will use lines to create shapes. Students will explore the difference between geometric and organic lines/shapes. Students will use knowledge of organic and geometric lines and shapes to draw turtles.
Assessments Finished project ready for display Materials SmartBoard lesson on lines and shapes with a focus on geometric
and organic shapes and the differences in each. Photographs of live turtles. Color and Shapes – DVD (Crystal Productions)
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Lines and Shapes Science - Turtles
Technology Integrations
DVD Online photographs SmartBoard lesson
Art 1st Grade
Bella Butterflies NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is symmetry? What examples of symmetry can be found in the world around you?
Unit/Content Symmetry Skills / Objectives
Students will demonstrate understanding of symmetry, pattern, and color. Students will apply these techniques to create a butterfly.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Symmetry PowerPoint presentation. Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Symmetry and Patterns Science – Butterflies/Insects
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet photographs
Art 1st Grade
Ceramic Fish NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is texture? How can you create a textured piece of art?
Unit/Content Texture Ceramics
Skills / Objectives
Texture: Students will understand techniques used to texture the surface of a relief sculpture. Ceramics: Students will use these techniques to create a textured ceramic fish.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Photographs of real fish via PowerPoint presentation. Fish Box – Handout Draw Ocean Animals – Doug DuBosque
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Fish ELA – Storytelling and Illustrations
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Online photographs
Art 1st Grade
Color Wheel Clowns NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.1.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.B.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are the primary colors? What are the secondary colors?
Unit/Content Primary Colors Skills / Objectives
Students will review the primary colors. Students will mix the secondary colors from the primary colors. Students will use both color types to paint their own color wheel.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Circus music and pictures via PowerPoint presentation. Color in Art DVD – (Getting to Know) Color Paddles
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Symmetry, Fractions of a circle
Technology Integrations
DVD PowerPoint
Art 1st Grade
Fishy Stitchery NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.1.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a stitch? What is a needle and thread? How are they used to create a product?
Unit/Content Sewing Skills / Objectives
Students will understand basic sewing techniques. Students will create a stitched artwork with attention to detail, crafting and design.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Fish Design Template Examples of fishy stitchery via Power Point presentation.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Fish
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint SmartBoard Activities
Art 1st Grade Plaid Cats
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are the three primary colors on the color wheel? How do we make other colors?
Unit/Content Primary and Secondary Colors Skills / Objectives
Students will review the primary colors. Students will learn to make secondary colors by overlapping primary colors.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Circus music and pictures via PowerPoint presentation. Exploring Color: Creating Color Wheels and Using Color Schemes DVD (Crystal) Color Paddles
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Colors in nature
Technology Integrations
DVD PowerPoint
Art 1st Grade
Paper Weaving NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.A.1 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a loom? What is weaving? What examples of weaving can you see in everyday life?
Unit/Content Weaving Skills / Objectives
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the weaving process by successfully utilizing the rainbow patterned paper as a loom to create a paper weaving.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials PowerPoint Presentation featuring photos of weavings. Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Textiles
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet Examples
Art 2nd Grade
Animal Applique (Molas) NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Who are the Kuna women? What is a mola and how is it made?
Unit/Content Stitching Skills / Objectives
Students will review how to do a running stitch via creating an animal appliqué similar to molas made by the Kuna women.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Mola handouts and real examples Mola Research paper Paper Molas DVD – (Crystal)
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures, Artifacts and Crafts
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet examples
Art 2nd Grade
Dynamic Dinosaurs NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a reverse print?
Unit/Content Printing Skills / Objectives
Students will understand the concept of a reverse print via designing and producing several relief prints of a chosen dinosaur.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Draw Dinosaurs by Doug DuBosque “Real Dinosaurs” PowerPoint
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Dinosaurs
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Digital Painting - Invert colors tool
Art 2nd Grade
Effigy Pinch Pots NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.1 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a pinch pot? What are the steps in creating a pinch pot? Why do animals fascinate artists as a subject matter?
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Students will demonstrate their understanding of techniques used in joining pieces of clay together by successfully utilizing them in creating an animal pinch pot.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Pinch Pot Construction – handout Ceramics Handbuilding: Pinch and Coil Construction DVD – (Crystal)
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures, Artifacts and Crafts Science – Animal Physiology
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet examples
Art 2nd Grade
Monochromatic Face Collage NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a collage and how do you create it? What are the steps in the design?
Unit/Content Lines and Shapes Skills / Objectives
Students will show how lines and shapes can be used to show different facial expressions via creating a collage of a face with a definite expression.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Artwork: Paul Klee “Senecio”, “Arab Song”, “Mask of Fear.” Examples from last year.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Artists in History
Technology Integrations
Internet examples
Art 2nd Grade Still Life
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5 1.4.2.A.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a still life? What are overlapping shapes?
Unit/Content Drawing from Observation Skills / Objectives
Students will draw a still life that shows careful observation of overlapping shapes, sizes, and spaces via drawing a variety of autumn gourds and pumpkins.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials “Draw a Still Life” – PowerPoint presentation Examples of famous still life paintings Exploring Art – Book 2
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Depicting seasons and nature in art
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Online images of artwork
Art 2nd Grade
Value Scale NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are tints and shades? What is a monochromatic color scheme?
Unit/Content Qualities of Colors Skills / Objectives
Students will demonstrate their understanding of how to make values by creating a value scale utilizing tints and shades.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Artwork: Paul Klee “Senecio”, “Arab Song”, “Mask of Fear.” Examples from last year.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Scales and Intervals
Technology Integrations
Online images of artwork
Art 3rd Grade
Architectural Letters NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What words/adjectives/pictures would describe you best?
Unit/Content Three Dimensional Drafting Skills / Objectives
Students will construct a three-dimensional letter decorated with descriptive words/images that are meaningful and unique to the student’s identity.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Collage DVD Examples of last year’s finished projects.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – 3D figures ELA – Autobiographical thinking
Technology Integrations
DVD SmartBoard 3D activities
Art 3rd Grade
City Collage NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.5.D.5 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a collage?
Unit/Content Paper Collage Skills / Objectives
Students will create a city collage via examining the structure of cities and important architectural features within a city. Students will vary the heights of buildings and overlap shapes using geometric forms all while using scraps of paper.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials City handouts “City Views” PowerPoint presentation Time Lapse videos of actual cities
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cities, Urban Living Math – Geometric figures
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Online videos
Art 3rd Grade
Coil Pottery NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.4.5.A.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How do we build a coil pot? What is “slip and score?”
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Students will become familiar with various forms of hand-building techniques and decoration. Students will be able to build a coil pot that is both decorative and useful.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Ceramics Handbuilding: Pinch and Coil Construction DVD – (Crystal) Coil Pots Construction – Handout Clay
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures, Artifacts and Crafts
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet examples
Art 3rd Grade
Aboriginal Dot Painting NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.2 1.4.5.A.3 1.4.5.B.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Symbols, lines, dots, patterns, and repetition…why are all these terms important in art?
Unit/Content Dot Painting Skills / Objectives
Students will design and create an original mixed media “dot painting” using traditional symbols, dots, lines, patterns, and repetition.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials The Flying Emu and Other Australian Stories by Sally Morgan Didgeridoo Music – CD Traditional Dot Painting examples from Australian Aborigines.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Music – Traditional music ELA – Storytelling and Cultural Traditions
Technology Integrations
CD Internet examples
Art 3rd Grade
Metallic Weaving NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How do you use a loom to create a weaving? What is the correct technique?
Unit/Content Weaving Skills / Objectives
Students will use different media (paper and metal) and techniques to develop a pattern with contrasting colors.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Examples of metallic weavings. Paper Weaving DVD
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Patterns
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet examples SmartBoard weaving activities
Art 3rd Grade
Jackson Pollack NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.2 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.3 1.4.5.A.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Why is “action painting” an important term in art? What is the “drip technique?
Unit/Content Action Painting Skills / Objectives
Students will research Jackson Pollock via the internet, recognize what “action painting is, and create their own “action painting” via the “drip technique.”
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Jackson Pollock DVD Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Famous artists in history
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet research
Art 3rd Grade
Wax Resist Lizards NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How do you create a “wax resist” work of art?
Unit/Content Mixed Media Skills / Objectives
Students will learn technique of wax resist via creating a mixed media work of art using aqua pastels and watercolors.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials “Amazing Watercolors & Projects Using the Wax Resist Technique” – DVD (Crystal) Examples of wax resist projects
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Reptile appearance and texture
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet images
Art 4th Grade
Printmaking – City Skyline NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4 1.3.5.D.5 1.4.5.A.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a relief print?
Unit/Content Printmaking and Mixed Media Skills / Objectives
Students will produce a mixed media picture of a city skyline via combining the relief print with other art media.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials City Skyline examples via PowerPoint presentation. City Skyline time lapse videos.
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cities, Urban Life
Technology Integrations
Online videos PowerPoint
Art 4th Grade
Pop Art Food NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What does “pop art” mean?
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Students will create a simple food out of clay after observing several well known artists and their famous pieces of art.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials “Who Is The Artist?” Lichtenstein, Thiebaud, Warhol DVD – (Crystal) Pop Art PowerPoint presentation
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Famous artists in history, culture through art
Technology Integrations
DVD Powerpoint
Art 4th Grade
Radial Balance NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.4.5.A.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are some real life examples of radial balanced designs? (rose windows, bike wheels, etc.) What is symmetry?
Unit/Content Radial Symmetry Skills / Objectives
Students will demonstrate their understanding of radial balance via creating a symmetrical, radiating design.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Radial Balance PowerPoint presentation Rose window examples
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Radial Symmetry
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Online images
Art 4th Grade
Swatch Watch Art NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.2 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is a fashion fad of today? How was the name “swatch” coined? Who is Keith Haring?
Unit/Content Pop Art Skills / Objectives
Students will design their own face plate swatch design using examples of Keith Haring’s simple organic and geometric lines.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Swatch Watch PowerPoint presentation Keith Haring Webquest
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Artists in history Math – Geometric figures
Technology Integrations
Webquest PowerPoint
Art 4th Grade
Texture and Patterns NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are geometric and organic lines and shapes?
Unit/Content Texture and Patterns Skills / Objectives
Students will create a background using both geometric and organic lines/shapes, Craypas, and watercolors.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Geometric and Organic PowerPoint presentation Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Geometric figures
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet examples
Art 5th Grade
An Artist’s Life and Work NJ CCC Standards
1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How does an artist’s life influence his or her artwork?
Unit/Content Artist’s Life and Work Skills / Objectives
Students will create an “artist journal” about a chosen artist that includes factual statements about the artist’s life and work.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Who is the Artist? (DVDs) Interdisciplinary Connections
ELA – Research and Writing
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet Research
Art 5th Grade
Crazy Creatures NJ CCC Standards
1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.3 1.3.5.D.4 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are the additive and subtractive processes in creating a finished piece?
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Students will create a clay figure using both the additive and subtractive processes.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Art in the Classroom Series: Making Sculptures (Sunburst Visual Media)
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultural Crafts and Artifacts
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet examples
Art 5th Grade Cubism
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.2 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.2 1.3.5.D.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Who is Pablo Picasso? What are the six characteristics of Cubism?
Unit/Content Cubism Skills / Objectives
Students will create a portrait in the cubist style after being introduced to the life and work of Pablo Picasso.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Pablo Picasso/Cubism PowerPoint presentation “Girl Before a Mirror” by Pablo Picasso Six Characteristics of Cubism - worksheet
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Artists in history Math – Geometric figures
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet images
Art 5th Grade
Matisse Fish NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.2 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Cut-outs, collage, pattern, symmetry… what artist used all these techniques later in life?
Unit/Content Cutouts and Collage Skills / Objectives
Students will create an abstract collage which uses pattern and is balanced and is in the manner of Henri Matisse.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Henri Matisse PowerPoint presentation A Model for Matisse – (Firstrunfeatures.com) Henri Matisse – Patterns and Paper – (Fones Productions) Henri Matisse Research Paper
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Artists in history Math – Geometric figures
Technology Integrations
Internet examples PowerPoint Internet research DVD
Art 5th Grade
Zentangle Designs NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are “zentangle” designs?
Unit/Content Mixed Media Skills / Objectives
Students will create a background using “zentangle” designs, craypas, and watercolors.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Geometric and Organic PowerPoint presentation Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Geometric figures and space
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet examples
Art 6th Grade
An Artist’s Life and Work NJ CCC Standards
1.1.8.D.2 1.3.8.D.5 1.4.8.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How does an artist’s life influence his or her artwork?
Unit/Content Artist’s Life and Work Skills / Objectives
Students will create an “artist journal” about a chosen artist that includes factual statements about the artist’s life and work.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Who is the Artist? (DVDs) Interdisciplinary Connections
ELA – Research and Writing
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet Research
Art 6th Grade
Mod Podge Head Collage
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Why do artists create items that are meaningful to them? How would a piece of art describe you?
Unit/Content Collage Skills / Objectives
Using a Styrofoam head, students will create a piece of art that is meaningful to them.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Collage DVD (Crystal) Interdisciplinary Connections
ELA – Autobiographical thinking
Technology Integrations
Online image search
Art 6th Grade
Notan Designs
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.1 1.4.8.A.6
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is positive and negative space and how do they affect a piece of artwork?
Unit/Content Positive and Negative Space Skills / Objectives
Students will create a balanced positive/negative collage by using black and white paper.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Notan Design – Video Notal Design examples
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Area, 2-D Shapes
Technology Integrations
Videos Internet Examples Digital Art Progam – Fill and Erase tools
Art 6th Grade
Perspective Drawing NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.B.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How do you draw using one point perspective? What is a vanishing point?
Unit/Content Perspective Drawing Skills / Objectives
Using a ruler, students will create a room using one point perspective.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Basic Perspective Drawing DVD – (Crystal) Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Angles, Geometry, Slope
Technology Integrations
DVD Internet examples Digital image skewing tools
Art 6th Grade
Treasure Boxes NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.4 1.4.8.B.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What is slab construction? How do you start to put a box together?
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Students will create a “treasure box” using clay slab construction.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Ceramics – Slab Construction (DVD) Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – 3-D Drafting
Technology Integrations
DVD Digital drafting tools
Art 7th Grade
Andy Warhol Printmaking NJ CCC Standards
1.2.8.A.2 1.2.8.A.3 1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Who is Andy Warhol, and how did he create his Printmaking Style of Pop Art?
Unit/Content Printmaking Skills / Objectives
Use technology to alter a digital photograph through teacher guided practice. Take the altered photograph and use it as a template for a printing plate, through demonstration and application. Create a series of prints, which will be combined to make student self portrait collage in the manner of Andy Warhol.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Who is the Artist? (DVDs) PowerPoint presentation on Andy Warhol
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies –Artists in history, Pop culture through art
Technology Integrations
DVD PowerPoint
Art 7th Grade
One-Point Perspective NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.D.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are the basic principles of drawing with one-point perspective?
Unit/Content Perspective Drawing Skills / Objectives
Students will understand the principles of One-Point Perspective Drawing through teacher guided discussion. Students will apply the principles through teacher guided practice and assignments.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Video – Linear Perspective Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Geometry and space
Technology Integrations
Photoshop ChromaKey Digital Scanning
Art Silk Painting: Mandalas
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.2 Compare and contrast works of art in various mediums that use the same art elements and principles of design. 1.2.2.A.1 Identify characteristic theme‐based works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art, such as artworks based on the themes of family and community, from various historical periods and world cultures. 1.3.2.D.2 Use symbols to create personal works of art based on selected age‐ appropriate themes, using oral stories as a basis for pictorial representation. 1.3.8.D.1 Incorporate various art elements and the principles of balance, harmony, unity, emphasis, proportion, and rhythm/movement in the creation of two‐ and three‐ dimensional artworks, using a broad array of art media and art mediums to enhance the expression of creative ideas (e.g., perspective, implied space, illusionary depth, value, and pattern). 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How do we incorporate the use of symmetry in a mandala?
Unit/Content Symmetry and Mandalas Skills / Objectives
Learn and apply the following skills and techniques: Color Blending, Color changes, and Color Tints Introduce and apply the concepts of: Symmetry and Formal Balance
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials PowerPoint on Mandalas from different cultures Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Artifacts
Art Silk Painting: Mandalas
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet examples
Art 7th Grade
Ceramic Slab Tray NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.D.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are ways to decorate ceramic slab trays?
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Students will utilize the printing plate from the Printmaking Unit to add surface decoration to the ceramic platter. Students will learn the proper ceramic techniques for: rolling/flipping a slab of clay; using stamps to decorate the clay surface; using clay tools to create a lip or edge and add texture designs to it. Students will understand the nature and limitations of clay.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Finished examples Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Physical properties of clay as sedimentary material Social Studies – Cultures and Artifacts
Technology Integrations
Internet images
Art 7th Grade
Objects as Identity Drawing NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.D.1 1.2.8.A.3 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.A.5
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can a person’s possessions provide insight as to who they are?
Unit/Content Perspective Drawing Skills / Objectives
Students will utilize their One Point Perspective Drawing techniques to create a room which will include 6 objects that reflect their personalities/ likes/ interests.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Previous student examples Interdisciplinary Connections
ELA – Autobiographical thinking
Technology Integrations
Photoshop Online images
Art 8th Grade
Cubism Portraits NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.3.8.D.6 1.4.8.A.6
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can abstract art be based on reality?
Unit/Content Cubism Skills / Objectives
Students will understand and distinguish between the different characteristics of cubism through teacher guided discussion. Students will apply previously learned knowledge of how to use the Adobe Elements program’s filters by using them to change their grey scale portrait on the computer into a simplified, abstract portrait. Students will use the abstract computerized portrait as a basis for a bas relief sculpture by creating a simplified drawing utilizing the geometric shapes in the portrait. Students will invent line patterns and textures by drawing/creating line designs pressed into the metal foil. Students will demonstrate their understanding of colors (warm/cool) by choosing and using a planned color scheme.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Previous student examples PowerPoint on Pablo Picasso
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Area and space
Technology Integrations
Adobe Elements Digital Imaging
Art 8th Grade
Ceramic Houses NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.A.6 1.4.5.A.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can everyday objects be transformed into houses?
Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives
Student will review and apply ceramic slab construction techniques.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Previous student examples PowerPoint on David Stabley’s ceramic houses
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Artists in history
Technology Integrations
PowerPoint Internet examples
Art 8th Grade
Textiles/Weaving/Basketry NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.D.2 1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.A.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Is it possible to create a three dimensional weaving?
Unit/Content Weaving Skills / Objectives
Students will apply basic basketry techniques‐ over one, under one, and weaving a single row at a time. Students will understand importance of keeping basket reeds damp. Students will be able to weave straight sides and finish edges.
Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display
Materials Previous student examples Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Artifacts
Technology Integrations
Online tutorials
Performing Arts Curriculum Grades K-8
Revised August 2014
General Music K-2
Expressive Qualities of Music NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.B.1-4 1.3.2.B.1 1.3.2.B.3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we demonstrate understanding of these terms through our singing, playing, moving?
Unit/Content Expressive Qualities of Music Skills / Objectives
Students will identify expressive qualities of music, including tempo, dynamics, and articulation. Students will apply these qualities to in-class music performance.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Singing, playing instruments, moving to music Folk games and dances. Dalcroze rhythm and movement games Orff instrumentarium of pitched and non-pitched instruments
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions Math – Patterns and Intervals
Technology Integrations
Online music SmartBoard Activities
General Music 3-5
Expressive Qualities of Music NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.B.1 1.3.5.B.1 1.3.5.B.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we demonstrate understanding of these terms through our singing, playing, moving?
Unit/Content Expressive Qualities of Music Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to identify words, markings, and symbols in written music. Students will apply expressive markings in written music to musical performance.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Singing, playing instruments, moving to music Folk games and dances Kodaly solfeg hand signals and rhythm syllables
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions Math – Patterns and Intervals
Technology Integrations
Online music SmartBoard Activities
General Music 6-8
Expressive Qualities of Music NJ CCC Standards
1.1.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How do the expressive qualities of music affect performance? How can we use these qualities to improve our product?
Unit/Content Expressive Qualities of Music Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to correctly use words, markings, and symbols in written music. Students will apply expressive markings in written music to musical performance.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Vocal performance Diverse instruments Music Examples
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions Math – Patterns and Intervals
Technology Integrations
Online music SmartBoard Activities Internet research
General Music K-2
Tone Color NJ CCC Standards
1.3.2.B.2 1.3.2.B.5 1.1.2.B.1 1.1.2.B.2 1.1.2.B.3 1.1.2.B.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How does the vocal mechanism work? How is it able to create various sounds? How are we able to improve our vocal ability?
Unit/Content Tone Color Skills / Objectives
Students will listen to, play, and sing a variety of vocal and instrumental music of age-appropriate complexity.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Sheet Music Music Recordings Piano Accompaniment
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Respiration and Vocalization
Technology Integrations
iPad instruments SmartBoard Activities Online music
General Music
3-5 Tone Color
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How does the vocal mechanism work? How is it able to create various sounds? How are we able to improve our vocal ability?
Unit/Content Tone Color Skills / Objectives
Students will listen to, play, and sing a variety of vocal and instrumental music of age-appropriate complexity.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Sheet Music Music Recordings Piano Accompaniment Diverse Instruments
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Respiration and Vocalization
Technology Integrations
iPad instruments SmartBoard Activities Online music
General Music 6-8
Tone Color NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4 1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How does the vocal mechanism work? How is it able to create various sounds? How are we able to improve our vocal ability?
Unit/Content Tone Color Skills / Objectives
Students will listen to, play, and sing a variety of vocal and instrumental music of age-appropriate complexity.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Sheet Music Music Recordings Piano Accompaniment Diverse Instruments
Interdisciplinary Connections
Science – Respiration and Vocalization
Technology Integrations
iPad instruments SmartBoard Activities Online music GarageBand
General Music K-2
Duration NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.B.2 1.1.2.B.3 1.3.2.B.1 1.3.2.B.6
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we demonstrate understanding of note values through reading, writing, moving, playing and singing? How can we move to a steady beat? How can we use classroom instruments to show steady beat?
Unit/Content Beat/Meter Rhythm
Skills / Objectives
Students will identify and reproduce basic rhythms and meters. Students will demonstrate understanding of notes of varying length.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Rhythm games Locomotor movement Echoing
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Patterns, Fractions
Technology Integrations
iPad metronome SmartBoard Activities Online music
General Music 3-5
Duration NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.1
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we demonstrate understanding of note values through reading, writing, moving, playing and singing? How can we move to a steady beat? How can we use classroom instruments to show steady beat?
Unit/Content Beat/Meter Rhythm
Skills / Objectives
Students will identify and reproduce more complex rhythms and meters. Students will demonstrate understanding of stylized notes, such as dots and syncopation.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Rhythm games Locomotor movement Echoing Kodaly rhythm syllables Orff and Dalcroze activities
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Patterns, Fractions
Technology Integrations
iPad metronome SmartBoard Activities Digital composition tools
General Music 6-8
Duration NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.4 1.1.8.B.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we demonstrate understanding of note values through reading, writing, moving, playing and singing? How can we move to a steady beat? How can we use classroom instruments to show steady beat?
Unit/Content Beat/Meter Rhythm
Skills / Objectives
Students will identify and produce complex rhythms and meters. Students will demonstrate understanding of stylized notes, such as ties, triplets, and upbeats.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Diverse instruments Sheet Music
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Patterns, Fractions
Technology Integrations
iPad metronome SmartBoard Activities Digital composition tools GarageBand
General Music K-2
Pitch NJ CCC Standards
1.1.2.B.1 1.1.2.B.2 1.3.2.B.1-7
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we identify intervals by hearing them?
Unit/Content Melody Harmony Tonality
Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to identify intervals by listening to piano and voice.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Kodaly hand signals Solfeg syllables Piano
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math - Intervals
Technology Integrations
Digital pitch pipe apps Online music examples
General Music
3-5 Pitch
NJ CCC Standards
1.1.5.B.1 1.1.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.1-4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we identify intervals by hearing them as well as seeing them? Can we write and sing a major scale and a pentatonic scale?
Unit/Content Melody Harmony Tonality
Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to identify intervals by listening to piano and voice. Students will be able to identify a written interval.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Orff Instruments Solfeg Syllables
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math - Intervals
Technology Integrations
Digital pitch pipe apps Online music examples
General Music 6-8
Pitch NJ CCC Standards
1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.1-4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we identify intervals by seeing them? Can we write and sing a major scale and a pentatonic scale?
Unit/Content Melody Harmony Tonality
Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to identify and reproduce intervals by listening to piano and voice. Students will be able to identify and play or sing a written interval.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Orff Instruments Piano Worksheets Sheet Music
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math - Intervals
Technology Integrations
Digital pitch pipe apps Online music examples GarageBand
General Music K-2
Design NJ CCC Standards
1.4.2.A.1-4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What unique and special elements can we enjoy from music of other countries or periods of time?
Unit/Content Texture Form Cultural Content/History
Skills / Objectives
Students will experience different elements of design by listening, singing, performing on instruments, creating, and movement activities. Students will explore cultural context and history through listening to, identifying, and performing a wide variety of musical style periods, ethnic, folk, and world music.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Recorded Music Games and Dances
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions
Technology Integrations
Online music SmartBoard Activities
General Music 3-5
Design NJ CCC Standards
1.4.5.A.1-3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What unique and special elements can we enjoy from music of other countries or periods of time?
Unit/Content Texture Form Cultural Content/History
Skills / Objectives
Students will experience different elements of design by listening, singing, performing on instruments, creating, and movement activities. Students will explore cultural context and history through listening to, identifying, and performing a wide variety of musical style periods, ethnic, folk, and world music.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Recorded Music Sheet Music Games and Dances
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions
Technology Integrations
Online Music Folk Dance videos
General Music 6-8
Design NJ CCC Standards
1.4.8.A.1-7
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What unique and special elements can we enjoy from music of other countries or periods of time?
Unit/Content Texture Form Cultural Content/History
Skills / Objectives
Students will explore cultural context and history through listening to, identifying, and performing a wide variety of musical style periods, ethnic, folk, and world music. Students will analyze significance of diverse styles of music design.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Recorded music Cultural examples Sheet music
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions
Technology Integrations
Internet research Digital presentation software
General Music K-2
Music History NJ CCC Standards
1.2.2.A.1 1.2.2.A.2 1.4.2.A.1-4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are characteristics of certain styles and composers? What are the lasting contributions of each?
Unit/Content Classic European and American Composers Skills / Objectives
Students will identify accomplishments and biographical data of major composers.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Videos Music Examples Biographies
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Famous Musicians in History
Technology Integrations
Online Music BrainPop Jr.
General Music
3-5 Music History
NJ CCC Standards
1.2.5.A.1-3 1.4.5.A.1-3
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are characteristics of certain styles and composers? What are the lasting contributions of each?
Unit/Content Composers from Around the World Skills / Objectives
Students will identify accomplishments and biographical data of major composers.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Videos Music Examples Biographies
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Famous Musicians in History
Technology Integrations
Online Music BrainPop
General Music 6-8
Music History NJ CCC Standards
1.2.8.A.1-3 1.4.8.A.1-7
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What are characteristics of certain styles and composers? What are the lasting contributions of each? How has music changed over time?
Unit/Content Musical Time Periods and Styles Skills / Objectives
Students will identify accomplishments and biographical data of major composers. Students will explore why we celebrate these composers today. Students will explore how music reflects its time period.
Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects
Materials Videos Music Examples Biographies
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Music as an artifact of history and culture
Technology Integrations
Online music Internet research
Chorus 6-8
Vocal Technique NJ CCC Standards
1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How can we improve our vocal performance? How does our individual performance blend with the group?
Unit/Content Posture Breath Vowels Articulation
Skills / Objectives
Students will learn and demonstrate good posture while sitting and standing. Students will learn basic breathing techniques. Students will demonstrate basic vowel sounds and proper mouth formation. Students will demonstrate the use of consonants in relation to tone production.
Assessments Solo Auditions Concerts Teacher Observation
Materials Concert Music Recordings and Playback Piano Tuners
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions ELA – Storytelling through Music
Technology Integrations
Pitch Pipe apps Online music
Chorus 6-8
Music Theory NJ CCC Standards
1.4.8.B.1 1.4.8.B.2 1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
How can we approach music academically? How can the work of our predecessors help our musical performance?
Unit/Content Rhythm Notation Key Signatures Music Analysis
Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to approach the rhythm aspect of choral music through varied activities including, clapping, echoing, count-singing, and staccato singing. Students will be able to identify symbols for pitch, dynamics, tempo, articulation and expression. Students will be able to identify the key signature of the pieces worked on in class. Students will be able to describe music through listening to various recordings as well as looking at a variety of scores.
Assessments Solo Auditions Concerts Teacher Observation
Materials Concert Music Recordings and Playback Piano Tuners
Interdisciplinary Connections
Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions ELA – Storytelling through Music
Technology Integrations
Pitch Pipe apps Online music
Instrumental Music 4-5
NJ CCC Standards 1.1.5.B 1.2.5.B 1.3.5.B 1.4.5.B
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What does it mean to be in a band? What skills are required? How does one use an instrument to play music?
Content Performance and Rehearsal Conduct Instrument-specific skills Music Theory Music Reading
Skills / Objectives
Students will be able to perform using correct posture and beginning breathing techniques. Students will demonstrate the ability to play major scales as required at each grade level. Students will demonstrate an ability to successfully play music based on their level of ability Students will be able to play an assigned part in an ensemble. Students will identify basic dynamics and musical expressions. Demonstrate how to assemble and care for their instruments. By the end of 4th grade, students will: - Demonstrate correct embouchure and/or hand, finger, and are position for their instruments. - Demonstrate a satisfactory tone. - Identify notes and rests. - Interpret 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 time signatures. - Explain and use first and second endings. By the end of 5th grade, students will: -Be aware of and use basic dynamic terminology and signs. -Identify and demonstrate different articulations in music. - Demonstrate ability to count and play in rhythm.
Assessments Demonstration of instrument-specific skills Demonstration of understanding of music reading, music theory, and music-related vocabulary Rehearsal and concert performance Lesson participation.
Materials Essential Elements lesson books Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Number patterns, intervals Foreign Language – Latin roots, musical markings
Technology Integrations
Essential Elements Online Interactive element Digital Recording and Playback Digital Tuners
Instrumental Music
6-8 NJ CCC Standards 1.1.8.B
1.2.8.B 1.3.8.B 1.4.8.B
Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings
What does it mean to be in an advanced band? What skills are required? How does one interpret diverse styles of music through their particular instrument?
Content Group Rehearsal Techniques Instrumental Techniques Musical Interpretation
Skills / Objectives
Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of music theory elements- note reading, time signatures, key signatures, accidentals. Students will demonstrate ability to play major, minor, and chromatic scales. Students will demonstrate necessary and proper posture, breathing, and tone production while at school and during home practice. Students will demonstrate ability to recognize markings within a score to determine dynamics, articulation, style, tempo and phrasing. Students will demonstrate ability to be aware of intonation, balance, and blend in ensemble performance. Students will demonstrate proper care and maintenance of their instruments and of the school's equipment. Students will correctly produce a tone and apply the physical sequence in practice sessions at home. Students will be able to transpose for their particular instrument and play a variety of concert scales. Students will be exposed to and utilize alternate fingerings for their particular instrument. Students will continue to develop specific music reading skills. Students will begin the process of critical listening with regard to balance, blend, intonation, tone quality, musical style, phrasing, cultural context and recognition of the leading voice. Students will continue to attain range and technical facility through the practice of tone production and skill-building exercises. Students will continue to develop self-guided techniques that encourage and allow them to self-correct and build confidence in their abilities. Students will gain recognition from public performance which enhances student pride, self-esteem, and self-confidence. Students will exhibit increasing technical facility in tone production, intonation, breath control, posture and articulation.
Assessments Demonstration of instrument-specific skills Demonstration of understanding of music reading, music theory, and
Instrumental Music 6-8
music-related vocabulary Rehearsal and concert performance Lesson participation.
Materials -Essential Elements Method Books -Grades 1 ½-3 Band Literature -Supplementary Repertoire -Instrument-specific exercises
Interdisciplinary Connections
Math – Number patterns, intervals Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions
Technology Integrations
Essential Elements Online Interactive element Digital Recording and Playback Digital Tuners