Welcome to 5th Grade General Music. Throughout the year, we will achieve the Power Standards, listed below, through singing, playing instruments, learning about music theory and history, and creating our own music.
Power Standards for Hortonville District Middle School General Music, Grade 5:
A.8.1 Sing accurately and with good breath control throughout their singing ranges, alone and in small and large ensembles.
B.8.1 Perform on at least one classroom instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, and with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control.
D.8.2 Arrange simple pieces for voices or instrument other than those for which the pieces were written.
E.8.1 Read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve (2/2) meter signatures.
E.8.2 Sight-read simple melodies in both the treble and bass clefs.
F.8.1 Describe specific musical event upon listening to a given example, using appropriate terminology.
I.8.1 Describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures.
Link to Fifth Grade General Music Handbook: //www.hasd.org/faculty/kadiesmith/Fifth%20Grade%20Music%20Class%20Handbook.pdf
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