Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Music: Grade 5

Other Missouri Fine Arts sets

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

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    The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians’ work emerge from a variety of sources.

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      Improvise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social, cultural, and historical).MU: Cr1A.5a

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      Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within specific related tonalities, meters and simple chord changes.MU: Cr1A.5b

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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    Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.

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      Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements, or compositions to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.MU: Cr2A.5a

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      Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and two chord harmonic musical ideas. MU: Cr2A.5b

Refine and complete artistic work.

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    Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

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      Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacherprovided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback, and explain rationale for changes. MU: Cr3A.5a

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    Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.

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      Present the final version of personal created music to others that demonstrates craftsmanship , and explain connection to expressive intent.MU: Cr3B.5a

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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    Performers’ interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.

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      Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, and context, as well as their personal and others’ technical skill.MU: Pr4A.5a

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    Analyzing creators’ context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.

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      Demonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, form, and harmony) in music selected for performance MU: Pr4B.5a

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      When analyzing selected music, read and perform using standard notation.MU: Pr4B.5b

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      Explain how context (such as social, cultural, and historical ) informs performances. MU: Pr4B.5c

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    Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent.

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      Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, and articulation/ style).MU: Pr4C.5a

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

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    To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

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      Apply teacher provided and established criteria and feedback to evaluate the accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.MU: Pr5A.5a

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      Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualitiesto address challenges, and show improvement over time.MU: Pr5A.5b

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

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    Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.

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      Perform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy and appropriate interpretation. MU: Pr6A.5a

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      Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue, genre, and style .MU: Pr6A.5b

Perceive and analyze artistic work

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    Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.

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      Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.MU: Re7A.5a

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    Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.

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      Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence , how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social, cultural, and historical).MU: Re7B.5a

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

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    Through their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.

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      Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, and articulation) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent. MU: Re8A.5a

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work

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    The personal evaluation of musical work(s) and performance(s) is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

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      Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of musicMU: Re9A.5a

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

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    Musicians connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding.

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      Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music. MU: Cn10A.5a

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding

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    Understanding connections to varied contexts and daily life enhances musicians’ creating, performing, and responding.

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      Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.MU: Cn11A.5a

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 5
Where can I read the official document?
FINE ARTS GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

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