MAFS.K12.MP.5.1: Use appropriate tools strategically.
MAFS.K12.MP.6.1: Attend to precision.
MAFS.K12.MP.7.1: Look for and make use of structure.
In addition to the listed benchmarks and standards, the following clusters and Language Arts standards are required content:
LAFS.7.SL.1.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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- MU.68.C.1.1: Develop strategies for listening to unfamiliar musical works.
- MU.68.C.1.4: Identify, aurally, a variety of vocal styles and ensembles.
- MU.68.C.2.1: Critique personal performance, experiment with a variety of solutions, and make appropriate adjustments with guidance from teachers and peers.
- MU.68.C.2.2: Critique, using correct music vocabulary, changes in one’s own or others’ musical performance resulting from practice or rehearsal.
- MU.68.F.2.2: Describe how concert attendance can financially impact a community.
- MU.68.F.3.2: Investigate and discuss laws that protect intellectual property, and practice safe, legal, and responsible acquisition and use of musical media.
- MU.68.H.1.5: Using representative musical works by selected composers, classify compositional characteristics common to a specific time period and/or genre.
- MU.68.H.2.3: Classify the literature being studied by genre, style, and/or time period.
- MU.68.H.3.1: Identify connections among music and other content areas and/or contexts through interdisciplinary collaboration.
- MU.68.O.1.1: Compare performances of a musical work to identify artistic choices made by performers.
- MU.68.O.3.1: Describe how the combination of instrumentation and expressive elements in a musical work can convey a specific thought, idea, mood, and/or image.
- MU.68.O.3.2: Perform the expressive elements of a musical work indicated by the musical score and/or conductor, and transfer new knowledge and experiences to other musical works.
- MU.68.S.1.3: Arrange a short musical piece by manipulating melody, form, rhythm, and/or voicing.
- MU.68.S.1.4: Sing or play melodies by ear with support from the teacher and/or peers.
- MU.68.S.3.1: Sing and/or play age-appropriate repertoire expressively.
- MU.68.S.3.2: Demonstrate proper vocal or instrumental technique.
- MU.68.S.3.3: Sight-read standard exercises and simple repertoire.
- MU.68.S.3.4: Compare written notation to aural examples and analyze for accuracy of rhythm and pitch.
- MU.68.S.3.5: Notate rhythmic phrases and/or melodies, in varying simple meters, performed by someone else.
- LAFS.6.SL.1.2 (Archived Standard): Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
- LAFS.6.SL.1.3 (Archived Standard): Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
- LAFS.6.SL.2.4 (Archived Standard): Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
- LAFS.68.RST.2.4 (Archived Standard): Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
- LAFS.68.WHST.2.4 (Archived Standard): Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- LAFS.68.WHST.3.9 (Archived Standard): Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
- DA.68.S.2.1: Sustain focused attention, respect, and discipline during classes and performances.
- ELD.K12.ELL.SI.1: English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting.