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Grades and Conferences
Students in grades K-3 receive the following grades:
NS = Needs Support
AS = Approaching Standards
MS = Meets Standards
ES = Exceeds Standards
This falls under two standards:
1. Demonstrates understanding of skills and concepts such as; singing, melody, beat, rhythm, and expression.
2. Participates with effort, cooperates, and follows directions.
The description of each standard for every grade level is listed below.
Kindergarten
Standard
|
Needs Support |
Approaching Standards |
Meets Standards |
Exceeds Standards |
|
Demonstrates understanding
of skills and
concepts (Singing/Melody; Beat/Rhythm; Expression)
|
Student is not able to:
- Sing on pitch or with proper vocal placement
- Keep a steady beat
- Move to music with expression
|
Student is beginning to:
- Sing on pitch with proper vocal placement
- Keep a steady beat
- Move to music with expression
|
Student:
- Sings on pitch with proper vocal placement
- Keeps a steady beat
- Moves to music with expression
|
Student Consistently:
- Sings on pitch with proper vocal placement
- Keeps a steady beat
- Moves to music with expression
|
|
Participates
with effort,
cooperates,
follows
directions
|
Student rarely:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
|
Student sometimes:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
|
Student usually:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
|
Student consistently:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
|
1st Grade
Standard
|
Needs Support |
Approaching Standards |
Meets Standards |
Exceeds Standards |
|
Demonstrates understanding
of skills and
concepts (Singing/Melody; Beat/Rhythm; Expression)
|
Student is not able to:
- Sing on pitch or with proper vocal placement
- Keep a steady beat or read basic rhythmic notation
- Move to music with expression
|
Student is beginning to:
- Sing on pitch with proper vocal placement
- Keep a steady beat and read basic rhythmic notation
- Move to music with expression
|
Student:
- Sings on pitch with proper vocal placement
- Keeps a steady beat and reads basic rhythmic notation
- Moves to music with expression
|
Student Consistently:
- Sings on pitch with proper vocal placement
- Keeps a steady beat and reads basic rhythmic notation
- Moves to music with expression
|
|
Participates
with effort,
cooperates,
follows
directions
|
Student rarely:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|
Student sometimes:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activites
- Is prepared for class
|
Student usually:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|
Student consistently:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|
2nd Grade
Standard
|
Needs Support |
Approaching Standards |
Meets Standards |
Exceeds Standards |
|
Demonstrates understanding
of skills and
concepts (Singing/Melody; Beat/Rhythm; Expression)
|
Student is not able to:
- Sing on pitch or with proper vocal placement or use solfege syllables
- Decode, perform and create rhythms
- Use appropriate musical expressive qualities in music
|
Student is beginning to:
- Sing on pitch with proper vocal placement and use solfege syllables
- Decode, perform and create rhythms
- Use appropriate musical expressive qualities in music
|
Student:
- Sings on pitch with proper vocal placement and uses solfege syllables
- Decodes, performs and creates rhythms
- Uses appropriate musical expressive qualities in music
|
Student Consistently:
- Sings on pitch with proper vocal placement and uses solfege syllables
- Decode, perform and create rhythms
- Uses appropriate musical expressive qualities in music
|
|
Participates
with effort,
cooperates,
follows
directions
|
Student rarely:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|
Student sometimes:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|
Student usually:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|
Student consistently:
- Listens in class
- Focuses on a given task
- Respects rules, routines, and procedures
- Participates in activities
- Engages in activities
- Is prepared for class
|