Grade 1 Fine Arts Washington Standards

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

With limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a specific purpose.

With limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters (such as duple and triple).

With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent expressive intent.

With limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to document and organize personal musical ideas.

With limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.

With limited guidance, convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or an informal audience.

With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

With limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.

Demonstrate and describe music’s expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).

With limited guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.

With limited guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.

With limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with expression.

Perform appropriately for the audience and purpose.

With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts (such as beat or pitch) are used in various styles of music for a purpose.

With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent.

With limited guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

C R E A T I N G

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

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

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

R E S P O N D I N G

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

C O N N E C T I N G

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

P E R F O R M I N G

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

Select, develop, and use standard notation or audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

Share final versions of simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments for given melodies, demonstrating an understanding of how to develop and organize personal musical ideas.

Describe and demonstrate how a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, and chordal accompaniments is selected, based on personal interest, music reading skills, and technical skill, as well as the context of the performances.

Identify prominent melodic and harmonic characteristics in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, and chordal accompaniments selected for performance, including at least some based on reading standard notation.

Demonstrate and describe in interpretations an understanding of the context and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, and chordal accompaniments.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to critique individual performances of a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, and chordal accompaniments selected for performance, and apply practice strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy in individual performances of a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, and chordal accompaniments, demonstrating understanding of the audience and the context.

Demonstrate and describe reasons for selecting music, based on characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, or personal experience.

Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, the use of repetition, similarities, and contrasts in musical selections and how these and knowledge of the context (social or cultural) inform the response.

Identify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, referring to the elements of music, context (personal or social), and (when appropriate) the setting of the text.

Identify and describe how interest, experiences, and contexts (personal or social) affect the evaluation of music.

C O N N E C T I N G

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Refine and complete artistic work.

C R E A T I N G

P E R F O R M I N G

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

R E S P O N D I N G

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that reflect characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop draft melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation and audio recording.

Evaluate and refine draft compositions and improvisations based on knowledge, skill, and teacher-provided criteria.

Share personally-developed melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives—individually or as an ensemble—that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Select varied repertoire to study based on interest, music reading skills (where appropriate), an understanding of the structure of the music, context, and the technical skill of the individual or ensemble.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how knowledge of formal aspects in musical works inform prepared or improvised performances.

Identify expressive qualities in a varied repertoire of music that can be demonstrated through prepared and improvised performances.

Use self-reflection and peer feedback to refine individual and ensemble performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate an awareness of the context of the music through prepared and improvised performances.

Identify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in the music, connection to interest, and purpose or context.

Identify how knowledge of context and the use of repetition, similarities, and contrasts inform the response to music.

Identify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, referring to the elements of music, contexts, and (when appropriate) the setting of the text.

Identify and describe the effect of interest, experience, analysis, and context on the evaluation of music.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

C O N N E C T I N G

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

P E R F O R M I N G

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

R E S P O N D I N G

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

C R E A T I N G

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

C R E A T I N G

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work .

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

P R E S E N T I N G

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

R E S P O N D I N G

C O N N E C T I N G

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

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

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Identify times, places, and reasons by which students make art outside of school.

Understand that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.

Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.

Demonstrate safe and proper procedures for using materials, tools, and equipment while making art.

Identify and classify uses of everyday objects through drawings, diagrams, sculptures, or other visual means.

Use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art.

Explain why some objects, artifacts, and artwork are valued over others.

Ask and answer questions such as where, when, why, and how artwork should be prepared for presentation or preservation.

Identify the roles and responsibilities of people who work in and visit museums and other art venues.

Select and describe works of art that illustrate daily life experiences of one’s self and others.

Compare images that represent the same subject.

Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the characteristics of form.

Classify artwork based on different reasons for preferences.