Grade 6 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.

Generate simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases within AB and ABA forms that convey expressive intent.

Select, organize, construct, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements and compositions within AB or ABA form that demonstrate an effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/ video recording to document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and two-chord harmonic musical ideas.

Evaluate their own work, applying teacher-provided criteria such as application of selected elements of music, and use of sound sources.

Describe the rationale for making revisions to the music based on evaluation criteria and feedback from their teacher.

Present the final version of their documented personal composition or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate an effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.

Apply teacher-provided criteria for selecting music to perform for a specific purpose and/or context, and explain why each was chosen.

Explain how understanding the structure and the elements of music is used in music selected for performance.

When analyzing selected music, read and identify by name or function standard symbols for rhythm, pitch, articulation, and dynamics.

Identify how cultural and historical context inform performances.

Perform a selected piece of music, demonstrating how their interpretations of the elements of music and the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style, and phrasing) convey intent.

Identify and apply teacher-provided criteria (such as correct interpretation of notation, technical accuracy, originality, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when a piece is ready to perform.

Perform the music with technical accuracy to convey the creator’s intent.

Demonstrate performance decorum (such as stage presence, attire, and behavior) and audience etiquette appropriate for venue and purpose.

Select or choose music to listen to and explain the connections to specific interests or experiences for a specific purpose.

Describe how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to the structure of the pieces.

Identify the context of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.

Describe a personal interpretation of how creators’ and performers’ application of the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres and cultural and historical context, convey expressive intent.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.

C O N N E C T I N G

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

R E S P O N D I N G

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

C R E A T I N G

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

P E R F O R M I N G

Perceive and analyze 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.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for melodies (created over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms) and two-to-three-chord accompaniments for given melodies.

Select, develop, and use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of melodies (created over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms) and two-to-three-chord accompaniments for given melodies.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of melodies (created over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms) and two-to-three-chord accompaniments for given melodies.

Share final versions of melodies (created over specified chord progressions or AB/ABA forms) and two-to-three-chord 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 (citing technical challenges that need to be addressed), as well as the context of the performances.

Identify prominent melodic, harmonic, and structural characteristics and context (social, cultural, or historical) 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 (social, cultural, or historical) 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 identify 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 sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (social, cultural, or historical).

Explain reasons for selecting music, citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context.

Describe how the way that the elements of music are manipulated and knowledge of the context (social and cultural) inform the response.

Identify and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context, and (when appropriate) the setting of the text.

Explain the influence of experiences and contexts (personal, social, or cultural) on interest in and the evaluation of a varied repertoire of music.

Refine and complete artistic work.

C R E A T I N G

Refine and complete artistic work.

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

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

P E R F O R M I N G

R E S P O N D I N G

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

C O N N E C T I N G

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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 ideas for melodies and rhythmic passages based on characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop draft melodies and rhythmic passages 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 collaboratively-developed criteria.

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

Select a varied repertoire to study based on music reading skills (where appropriate), an understanding of formal design in the music, context, and the technical skill of the individual and ensemble.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how the setting and formal characteristics of musical works contribute to understanding the context of the music in prepared or improvised performances.

Demonstrate understanding and application of expressive qualities in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and improvised performances.

Develop strategies to address technical challenges in a varied repertoire of music and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to refine performances.

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

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

Explain reasons for selecting music, citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context.

Describe how understanding context and the way the elements of music are manipulated inform the response to music.

Identify and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and (when appropriate) the setting of the text.

Explain the influence of experiences, analysis, and context on interest in and evaluation of music.

P E R F O R M I N G

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

C O N N E C T I N G

C R E A T I N G

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and 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.

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

R E S P O N D I N G

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work .

P R E S E N T I N G

Develop and re fine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

C R E A T I N G

Refine and complete artistic work.

R E S P O N D I N G

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

C O N N E C T I N G

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Generate a collection of ideas reflecting current interests and concerns that could be investigated in art-making.

Analyze how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.

Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.

Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.

Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and clean-up of art materials, tools, and equipment.

Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users.

Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.

Analyze similarities and differences associated with preserving and presenting two-dimensional, three- dimensional, and digital artwork.

Individually or collaboratively, develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit.

Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.

Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.

Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and nonrelevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.