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Elementary Music: Standard 9 Progression At-a-Glance

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The purpose of this document is to highlight standard nine of the 2020 Music Standards of Learning for elementary music. This standard in all grade levels relates connecting music content, skills, and processes to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use this document to plan a sequence of instruction for grades K-5 that prepares students for career, college, and workplace connections in music education.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Choral Music: Standard 9 Progression At-a-Glance

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The purpose of this document is to highlight standard nine of the 2020 Music Standards of Learning for choral music. This standard in all grade levels relates connecting music content, skills, and processes to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use this document to plan a sequence of instruction for grades 6-12 that prepares students for career, college, and workplace connections in music education.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Instrumental Music: Standard 9 Progression At-a-Glance

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The purpose of this document is to highlight standard nine of the 2020 Music Standards of Learning for instrumental music. This standard in all grade levels relates connecting music content, skills, and processes to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use this document to plan a sequence of instruction that prepares students for career, college, and workplace connections in music education.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Music SOL: Alignment to the 5 Cs

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The Music Standards of Learning (SOL) are intentionally and directly aligned with the skills outlined in the Profile of a Virginia Graduate. The following music education goals in this document are taken directly from the 2020 Music SOL document and re-organized to demonstrate alignment to the “5 Cs”.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Virtual Masterclass

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Students “attend” a virtual masterclass. During this masterclass, students would receive feedback, critics, and suggestions. The immediate nature of the feedback will allow students to apply these suggestions in the moment. Providing a question and answer session will give students the opportunity to dive deeper in their playing and in their music.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Music Portfolio

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The teacher creates a template for a Music Portfolio on a digital platform such as a slide deck. Each student is provided with a copy to edit and add their own work. Students are able to add text, images, and videos to their slide deck to add artifacts throughout the year. Students practice digital citizenship and evaluate their progress over time.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 "What's Wrong?"

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Compile a collection of stock photos of musicians or take photos of yourself with incorrect posture. Use these photos to help students identify problems in instrument position and posture. This can be done using a digital tool that allows students to circle, type, or draw on an image or slide deck. Teachers can also display the images and discuss the issues in person.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Musical "Battleship"

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This game provides accountability and some fun when it comes to rehearsing your ensemble. Using a digital whiteboard or slidedeck, create a Battleship board game that represents each instrument group (can be applied to Band, Orchestra or Choir). Students then take turns “firing” at different sections. Teachers and students are encouraged to provide feedback to sections after each “hit” or “miss” to encourage growth and improvement.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Musician's Toolbox

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Give students different real-world musician tasks to perform. Students must determine which technology is the best digital tool for the job (e.g. digital metronome, pitch pipe, piano app, digital audio workstation, music notation software, social media platform, web page, boom box, cell phone, mp3 player, web-based meeting software, headphones, microphone, audio interface, laptop)

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Concert Reflection

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Performing ensembles evaluate their own performance recording based on a specific set of criteria. Students analyze and critique their performance using appropriate music terminology. Students can answer a survey to collect data and immediately compile results, or can share their responses in a collaborative document or learning management system.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Sight-reading Software

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Students will practice sight-reading individually or in groups using sight-reading software. Students can be placed into groups based on sight-reading skill, and instructors can quickly change the rigor of examples. Sight-reading guidelines from different adjudicated events can be entered into the program so the examples align to these standards. Students can easily receive feedback, and track progress towards sight-reading goals.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Music Performance Data Analysis

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Students will use multimedia tools to conduct data analysis related to school performances. Students develop data collection tools such as surveys to collect relevant data based on goals such as increasing the number of patrons who attend a performance. Then students can synthesize information to create a project or presentation about goals, data collection, analysis, and suggested changes to the music program to meet stated goals and objectives.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Media Lesson Starter: Music Video

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Students will collaborate to produce a music video of an assigned piece. Using a digital audio workstation (DAW), students record themself on their individual part. Students create individual visual storyboards for the music video then collaborate as an ensemble to make a master storyboard. Using the student storyboard ideas, the teacher and students film and edit the video to align with the audio and create a final music video.

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Author: VDOE Fine Arts

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