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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.

Material Type: Reading

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.

Material Type: Reading

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 Digital Music Assessment

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Students submit audio or video of themselves performing a certain passage from their ensemble music, a specific exercise from their method book, or a scale/skill/technique. Once the audio/video has been uploaded, the teacher can provide written or spoken feedback. Students have the option to provide a self-assessment to monitor and track practice and progress towards goals.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 6-8 Practice Tracks

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Students actively listen to a practice or performance track to practice and improve their individual part. Students are able to listen and learn the various sections of the song, and develop a deeper understanding for how their individual part fits into the larger ensemble sound. Practice and performance tracks can be stored on a students’ learning management system for student practice.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

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: 9-12 Interactive Ear Training and Aural Skills

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Students respond to ear training examples by using an interactive or collaborative slide deck. Examples can be short rhythm or solfege patterns. Students begin by choosing an option that matches the example and advance up to full rhythmic and melodic dictation. Interactive slide decks allow the teacher and student to receive immediate feedback and assessment of learning to track progress towards goals.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Digital Learning Integration Strategy: 9-12 Integrating Copyright and Digital Citizenship

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Students explore copyright and intellectual property standards as they relate to music, music technology, and digital citizenship. Students research copyright laws, investigate the trends of copyright throughout history, and make connections to how copyright laws impact music as a creator, performer and consumer. Students can also collaborate to propose their own “Copyright Act'' for the future based on current trends and predictions for future technology.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: VDOE Fine Arts