Kindergarten Fine Arts SCOS Standards

Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Analyze the development of music throughout historical time periods.

Evaluate how skills honed in music strengthen work in other academic or professional areas.

Implement effective strategies for preventing, managing, and overcoming physical and psychological health issues that affect musicians.

Explore advancements in the field of music.

Compare the differing requirements necessary to pursue various careers in music.

Analyze how extended techniques, technological developments, and new media impact the field of music.

Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Improvise melodies in various keys.

Compose an original musical idea for two or more voices using an appropriate standard notation system.

Adapt musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Arrange an existing piece of music for an ensemble of 3-4 homophonic parts within given parameters.

Compare how parody, adaptation, and artificial intelligence relate to copyright and fair use of music.

Perform musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Analyze the effectiveness of a strategy used to improve musical technique.

Execute musical technique appropriate to the style and genre of performed music.

Demonstrate the ability to sing or play familiar audiated musical phrases accurately.

Sight-read music written for two or more voices.

Sing or play blues scales, multiple key changes, hemiolas, and swing rhythms in a variety of meters, including asymmetrical meters in challenging homophonic or polyphonic repertoire.

Demonstrate the meaning of music symbols, terminology and advanced conducting patterns and gestures when applicable, in the performance of tempos, forms, articulations, and dynamics found in accomplished repertoire.

Develop musical performances.

Develop a vision for a musical performance that engages a specified audience and supports the purpose of the performance.

Make recommendations to improve active listening and etiquette appropriate for various music performances.

Select the elements of design, production, or equipment for developing a music performance.

Analyze aural and written works of music from a variety of styles and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze how form is used to structure compositions of various historical and cultural genres.

Analyze how musicians make creative decisions to convey their artistic intent.

Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Describe the impact of commercial marketing on personal preferences for musical works.

Generate strategies to improve the quality and effectiveness of musical performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations.

CONNECT - Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE - Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

PRESENT - Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND - Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Analyze how the global expansion of music from the 19th century to the present impacts both current and future music trends, styles, and artists.

Analyze the interdisciplinary connections inherent in music creation and performance and their relevance across different fields.

Compare the effectiveness of strategies for preventing, monitoring, and overcoming physical and psychological health issues that affect musicians.

Explore advancements in the field of music.

Identify the training, skills, and plan of action necessary for success in a selected career in music.

Analyze how music tools, ideas, and innovations are expanding opportunities in business, career, and life.

Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Improvise melodies over changing harmonic accompaniment.

Compose original music with melodic and harmonic components using an appropriate standard notation system.

Adapt musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Arrange an existing piece of music for an ensemble of 3-4 polyphonic parts within given parameters.

Explain how to gain the legal right to use another artist's music.

Perform musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Create effective rehearsal strategies based on feedback.

Embody appropriate musical technique naturally in an automatic, intuitive way.

Demonstrate the ability to sing or play unfamiliar audiated musical phrases by sight.

Sight-read music containing multiple rhythmic/harmonic components.

Sing or play difficult homophonic or polyphonic repertoire with globally diverse tonalities and those with mixed meters.

Demonstrate the meaning of music symbols and advanced conducting patterns and gestures when applicable, in the performance of tempos, forms, articulations, and dynamics found in advanced repertoire.

Develop musical presentations.

Produce a musical program that engages a specified audience and supports the purpose of the performance.

Model active listening and etiquette appropriate in both formal and informal performances.

Execute the setup of the design, production, or equipment for developing a music performance.

Analyze aural and written works of music from a variety of styles and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze the interaction of elements that make works of music unique, interesting, and expressive.

Evaluate the effectiveness with which a musician conveys intent.

Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Justify personal preferences for musical works acknowledging the influence of history, society, culture, and commercial music.

Critique musical performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations in terms of aesthetic qualities, including how music is used to evoke feelings and emotions.

CONNECT - Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE - Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

PRESENT - Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND - Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

CONNECT - Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE - Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Identify the influences and contributions the music of North Carolina and the United States has had on the broader music community.

Explain how music skills and processes can be applied to solve a variety of musical problems.

Identify activities that could cause physical and psychological health issues for musicians.

Explore advancements in the field of music.

Identify music skills, characteristics, and behaviors needed to create, produce, design, and market music.

Identify how various tools, innovations, and processes influence the development of music.

Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Improvise short melodic phrases.

Compose simple original melodic ideas in a given clef using an appropriate standard notation system.

Arrange an expanded musical variation on a given musical phrase.

Explain how to share works of music legally and ethically, both in physical and digital spaces.

Perform musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Apply the evaluations from instructor, peers, and self to improve a musical technique or performance.

Demonstrate appropriate musical technique with support.

Distinguish the auditory differences between consonant and dissonant tonalities.

Sight-read rhythms and melodies.

Sing or play various scales, accidentals, small intervals, ties within a measure, and anacrusis in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, and 6/8 meters in unison or multi-part repertoire.

Demonstrate the meaning of music symbols, terminology, and gestures of a conductor, when applicable, in the performance of tempos, forms, articulations, and dynamics found in developing repertoire.

Develop musical presentations.

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of repertoire when selecting from provided options for a musical performance.

Demonstrate active listening and etiquette appropriate for both formal and informal performances.

Generate ideas for the elements of design, production, and equipment for developing a music performance.

Analyze aural and written works of music from a variety of styles and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze form, dynamics, and phrasing in aural and written works of music.

Explain how a musician's artistic choices are influenced by personal experience, culture, and environment.

Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Explain how culture, environment, and diverse types of music influence personal preference.

Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of musical performances, compositions, and improvisations using specific criteria appropriate for the genre.

PRESENT - Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND - Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

CONNECT - Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE - Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Explain how musicians, trends, and styles are impacted by societal, cultural, and historical events.

Apply skills and knowledge gained from other content areas or personal experiences to solve musical challenges.

Identify effective strategies for recognizing and preventing physical and psychological health issues that affect musicians.

Explore advancements in the field of music.

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of exploring music as a vocational, educational, or professional choice.

Analyze the impact of contemporary media on the creation, notation, and production of music.

Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Improvise on an existing melody.

Compose an original countermelody or harmonic accompaniment for given melodies using an appropriate standard notation system.

Adapt musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Arrange an existing piece of music for an ensemble of 2-3 parts.

Evaluate the ethics of making, producing, and distributing original, transcribed, and arranged music.

Perform musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Set personal goals for improving music performance based on feedback.

Demonstrate appropriate musical technique consistently without support.

Sing or play audiated rhythmic/melodic patterns or intervals in tune.

Sight-read countermelodies or rhythmic/harmonic accompaniments.

Sing or play chromatic, major, or minor scales with simple key changes, triplets, and ties across the bar line in a variety of meters, including 2/2 and simple meter changes in homophonic or polyphonic repertoire.

Demonstrate the meaning of music symbols, terminology, and gestures of a conductor when applicable, in the performance of tempos, forms, articulations, and dynamics found in intermediate repertoire.

Develop musical presentations.

Justify chosen musical programming for a specified audience.

Identify personal goals to improve active listening and etiquette appropriate in various music performances.

Identify components and practices necessary to facilitate an effective performance.

Analyze aural and written works of music from a variety of styles and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze how tempo changes and form are used to structure compositions.

Describe how the musician's intent impacts how an audience interprets music.

Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Explain how personal preferences impact the ability to view musical works objectively.

Critique musical performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations, generating suggestions for improvement.

PRESENT - Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND - Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

K.CN.1 Relate dance ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, and historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Relate theatrical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Relate visual arts ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Identify the similarities and differences of music representing diverse global communities.

Identify dance in global communities.

Identify types of theatre in local and global communities.

Describe how art changes over time.

Identify how music is used in school and in daily life.

Identify how dance is used in school and in daily life.

Identify how theatre is used in school and in daily life.

Identify how visual arts exist in daily life, including home and school.

Describe how music is used in personal experiences.

Identify anatomical challenges encountered by dancers.

Explore advancements in the field of music.

K.CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of dance.

Explore advancements in the field of theatre arts.

Explore advancements in the ?eld of visual arts.

Identify the various roles of individuals that contribute to the creation and production of music, such as singers, instrumentalists, composers, conductors, etc.

Identify the various roles of individuals in creating dance.

Describe the roles of the actor and the director.

Explain how all people are artmakers.

Identify music that is created with technology tools.

Identify innovations and technological tools used to create and present dance.

Identify tools that are used by the actor and director.

Identify art that is created with technology and digital media tools.

Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

K.CR.1 Create original dance movements and works that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, or images, independently and collaboratively.

Create original theatrical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Create original visual arts ideas and 2-D and 3-D artworks, including drawing, painting, printmaking, ?bers, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media, using tools safely and appropriately, independently or collaboratively.

Improvise rhythmic patterns and 2-pitch melodic patterns.

Generate spontaneous movement in response to verbal cues.

Improvise stories and situations using dramatic play.

Create original art through exploration and imaginative play with materials.

Notate 4-8 beats of original rhythmic ideas using iconic notation that incorporate grade-level appropriate rhythms.

Create a movement for the beginning, middle, and end of a dance.

Communicate the main idea of an original story or scene using pre-writing activities with support.

Create original art that expresses personal identity that does not rely on copying or tracing.

Depict a dance movement by drawing a picture or using a symbol.

Create simple environments for dramatic play by arranging set pieces.

Adapt original musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

K.CR.2 Adapt original dance ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Adapt original theatrical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Adapt original visual arts ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Create soundscapes using a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources.

Adapt a dance sequence by changing the size of the movements.

Reenact a story or situation, told by a narrator, with support.

Demonstrate how to share materials and ideas with others.

Explain the difference between original and copied musical ideas or works.

Explain the difference between original and copied dance movements or works.

Explain the difference between original and copied theatrical ideas or works.

Explain the difference between original and copied visual arts ideas or works.

Perform music from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

K.PR.1 Perform dance works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Perform theatrical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Present visual artworks.

Improve musical skills by incorporating feedback from instructors.

Improve dance skills by incorporating feedback from instructors.

Respond to the director's instructions appropriately.

Improve personal art based on positive feedback from instructors.

Read iconic notation to sing or play melodic patterns with at least two pitches and rhythmic patterns with quarter note and beamed eighth pairs in a variety of meters.

Demonstrate basic motor skills with body awareness.

Present stories using verbal and nonverbal elements to express feelings.

Describe how personal art is made.

Perform a steady beat in isolation and when singing or playing in unison.

Demonstrate focus with guidance when dancing with others.

Demonstrate opposites in tempos, form, texture, and dynamics.

Develop musical presentations.

K.PR.2 Develop dance presentations.

Develop theatrical presentations.

Develop visual arts presentations.

Name the production elements needed to develop formal and informal performances.

Compare topics or themes for improvisation or informal performance from a given list.

Imitate movement and vocal choices during dramatic play.

Select personal artwork that meets given criteria.

Identify appropriate audience and performer etiquette.

Demonstrate safe and respectful behaviors when performing and observing informal performances with guidance.

Imitate appropriate audience behavior during a performance.

Identify various locations where works of art can be viewed.

Demonstrate how using a simple prop as part of a dance can impact performance.

Identify imagined objects and locations to enhance dramatic play.

Imitate movement and vocal choices in a variety of spaces.

Analyze musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres including response through moving, singing, playing instruments, or content-specific vocabulary.

K.RE.1 Analyze dance from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze theatrical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze visual artworks from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-speci?c vocabulary.

Identify opposites in tempos, form, texture, and dynamics in aural or written musical works.

Describe movements that exemplify an element of dance with guidance.

Identify characters and settings in various informal, recorded, or live classroom presentations.

Identify the media used to make speci?c artworks.

Describe emotions evoked by a given musical work.

Describe the emotions evoked by dance movements.

Identify personal emotions when viewing works of theatre.

Identify symbols and themes used in the works of others to communicate meaning.

Identify a variety of instruments and vocal timbre types by sound, including sing, speak, whisper, and shout.

Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.

K.RE.2 Evaluate dance works using content-specific vocabulary.

Evaluate theatrical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Evaluate visual artworks using content-speci?c vocabulary.

Describe personal preferences for musical works.

Describe personal preference for movements.

Describe personal preferences in response to theatrical performances.

Describe personal preference in works of art.

Provide positive feedback for others.

Provide positive feedback for self and others with guidance.

Provide positive feedback for self.

Provide positive feedback for personal art.

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

CONNECT - Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE - Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Explain how music expresses and reflects the values of civilizations around the world.

Explain how concepts from other content areas can inspire the development of musical ideas.

Name potential physical and psychological health issues that affect musicians.

Explore advancements in the field of music.

Identify musical skills, characteristics, and behaviors that contribute to post-secondary education and career readiness.

Compare how various innovative tools and ideas have been used in a variety of musical works.

Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Improvise short rhythmic phrases.

Compose simple original rhythmic ideas using an appropriate standard notation system.

Adapt musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Arrange a simple musical variation on a given musical phrase.

Describe how fair use, copyright, public domain, open source, and creative commons affect the ability of musicians to create original, transcribed, and arranged music.

Perform musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Identify strategies to improve personal musical technique based on feedback.

Reproduce appropriate musical technique with support.

Sing or play audiated rhythms and pitches accurately.

Sight-read musical patterns.

Sing or play simple scales, syncopated rhythms, whole, half, dotted half, quarter, dotted quarter, eighth, and sixteenth note and rests in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meters in unison or two-part repertoire.

Demonstrate the meaning of music symbols, terminology, and gestures of a conductor when applicable, in the performance of tempos, forms, articulations, and dynamics found in novice repertoire.

Develop musical presentations.

List the processes that are a part of programming a musical performance.

Define active listening and etiquette appropriate in both formal and informal performances.

Identify the elements of design, production, and equipment as it pertains to developing a music performance.

Analyze aural and written works of music from a variety of styles and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Identify form and dynamics in aural and written works of music.

Identify the artistic choices made by peers and others.

Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Compare personal responses to a variety of music.

Evaluate musical performances, compositions, and technique using specific criteria.

PRESENT - Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND - Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.