Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 4

Other Ohio Fine Arts: Music sets

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.CR

  • 1

    Improvise rhythms and melodies with attention to cadences and tonal centers within a variety of song forms using a variety of sound sources.4.1CR

  • 2

    Compose using known rhythms, whole notes, dotted notes, sixteenth-note combinations, or syncopated rhythms in a variety of meters using phrase and large form, standard and iconic notation, and a variety of sound sources.4.2CR

  • 3

    Compose extended pentatonic melodies in treble clef using do or la tonal centers. 4.3CR

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.PE

  • 1

    Read and perform using known rhythms, whole notes, dotted notes, sixteenth-note combinations, or syncopated rhythms in a variety of meters.4.1PE

  • 2

    Read and perform extended pentatonic melodies in treble clef using do or la tonal centers.4.2PE

  • 3

    Sing (using head voice and appropriate posture) and move to music of various styles, composers, and cultures with accurate pitch, rhythm, and expressive qualities.4.3PE

  • 4

    Play a variety of classroom instruments, alone and with others while demonstrating various proper techniques.4.4PE

  • 5

    Demonstrate partner songs and descants. 4.5PE

  • 6

    Maintain independent, simple, four- and eight-beat rhythmic stinato against at least two separate parts. 4.6PE

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works. RE

  • 1

    Discuss the lives and times of composers from various historical periods and cultures.4.1RE

  • 2

    Classify instruments by their families.4.2RE

  • 3

    Compare and contrast elements of music using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.4.3RE

  • 4

    Compare interpretations of the same piece of music as it occurs in movement, dance, drama, or visual art.4.4RE

  • 5

    Explain personal preferences for musical selections using music vocabulary.4.5RE

  • 6

    Follow and respond to grade-appropriate cues of a conductor.4.6RE

  • 7

    Explore music created by Ohio artists and determine how their works were influenced by their Ohio roots.4.7RE

  • 8

    Identify and respond to simple music forms (verse/refrain, rondo). 4.8RE

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.CO

  • 1

    Discuss the connection between emotion and music in selected musical works using elements of music.4.1CO

  • 2

    Attend and reflect on music performances demonstrating appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of music performed. 4.2CO

  • 3

    Discuss how the elements and subject matter of music connect with other subject areas.4.3CO

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 4
Where can I read the official document?
Ohio’s Learning Standards for Fine Arts: Music 2024

Keep exploring

Keep exploring Fine Arts: Music standards

Sibling grade bands, other subjects in this jurisdiction, and the same subject across other states.

Other Ohio subjects

Ohio