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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 Creating a Podcast

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Students use creativity, critical thinking skills, and collaboration to research, develop, and produce podcasts that inform and educate listeners on various musical topics. Students brainstorm ideas for their podcast topic, and conduct research on their selected topic. Students then write an outline and script for a podcast. Finally, students learn how to record their script like a podcast, and share it with others.

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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 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

Instructional Plan: Creating a Benefit Concert

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Students will investigate ways that choral music can influence the community. Using project-based learning, students will research organizations in their community to be the beneficiary of a benefit-type concert. Students will select level-appropriate repertoire and create advertising. This project is imagined to be used for collaborative small groups, but could be adapted to work as an individual project.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

Instructional Plan: The "Why" of Choral Warm-Up Exercises

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The teacher will lead students through a sequence of vocal exercises, highlighting major categories in order to deepen intent on specific skill development. Using your own favorite vocal warm-up exercises, encourage students to consider the benefits and intentions behind each warm-up exercise. Students will engage their creative process in generating new warm-up exercises to share with their peers.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: VDOE Fine Arts

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