Grade 4 Fine Arts Nevada Standards

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

Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation

With guidance, sing and play instruments to age-appropriate literature.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation

Perform

Refine and complete artistic work; Present culminating presentation of completed work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Create

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

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

Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).

Describe how sounds and short musical ideas can be used to represent personal experiences, moods, visual images, and/or storylines.

Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.

Demonstrate selected Select and organize musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas.

Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.

Present the final version of personally created music to others, and explain connection to expressive intent.

Demonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form) in music selected for performance.

Analyze selected music, to read and perform using iconic and/or standard notation.

Explain how context (such as social and cultural) informs a performance.

Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre.)

Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.

Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities, and address performance challenges.

Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context.

Demonstrate Select and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

Demonstrate Analyze and explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social and cultural).

Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

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

Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze work.

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation

Performing: Realizing artistic work through interpretation and presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work: Present culminating presentation of completed work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

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

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices citing knowledge of the specified purpose and context.

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

Analyze how context can inform the expressive intent and meaning of a musical performance.

Analyze how music is affected by one’s knowledge outside the arts.

Compose and improvise ideas for arrangements, sections , and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation, audio, or video recording.

Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections , short compositions , and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Share personally-developed arrangements, sections , and short compositions – individually or as an ensemble – that address identified purposes.

Share personally-developed melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements individually or as an ensemble that address identified purposes.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music , the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works may impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre , and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate their success.

Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections, short compositions, and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes , justifying choices citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of structures and contexts inform the response to music.

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

Evaluate works and performances based on research as well as personally- and collaboratively-developed criteria, including analysis and interpretation of the structure and context.

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

Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze work.

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation

Performing: Realizing artistic work through interpretation and presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work: Present culminating presentation of completed work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

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

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices citing knowledge of the specified purpose and context.

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

Analyze how context can inform the expressive intent and meaning of a musical performance.

Analyze how music is affected by one’s knowledge outside the arts.

Compose and improvise ideas for arrangements, sections , and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation, audio, or video recording.

Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections , short compositions , and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Share personally-developed arrangements, sections , and short compositions – individually or as an ensemble – that address identified purposes.

Share personally-developed melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements individually or as an ensemble that address identified purposes.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music , the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works may impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre , and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and improvised performances as well as performers’ technical skill to connect with the audience.

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate their success.

Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections, short compositions, and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes , justifying choices citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of structures and contexts inform the response to music.

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

Evaluate works and performances based on research as well as personally- and collaboratively-developed criteria, including analysis and interpretation of the structure and context.

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

Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze work.

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation

Performing: Realizing artistic work through interpretation and presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work: Present culminating presentation of completed work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and 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.

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.

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

Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze work.

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation

Performing: Realizing artistic work through interpretation and presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work: Present culminating presentation of completed work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

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

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.

EI 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.

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

Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Perceive and analyze work.

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation

Performing: Realizing artistic work through interpretation and presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work: Present culminating presentation of completed work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and 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 ideas for melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop draft melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

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

Evaluate and refine draft melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements , and improvisations based on established criteria , including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Share personally-developed melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements – individually or as an ensemble – that address identified purposes.

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.

Explain the criteria used to select a varied repertoire to study based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose or context of the performance.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared or improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and improvised performances.

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

Evaluate and refine draft melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, and improvisations based on established criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

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

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes , supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context.

Explain how the analysis of passages and understanding the way the elements of music are manipulated inform the response to music.

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

Evaluate works and performances based on personally- or collaboratively- developed criteria , including analysis of the structure and context.