Standards
Music
Grades K-4
Content Standard 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Achievement Standard: Students use a variety of sound sources when composing
National Standards for Arts Education ( ArtsEdge of J.F.Kennedy Center)
Language Arts
Writing
Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
Grades K-2
8. Writes for different purposes (e.g., to entertain, inform, learn, communicate ideas)
Grades 3-5
5. Uses strategies (e.g., adapts focus, organization, point of view; determines knowledge and interests of audience) to write for different audiences (e.g., self, peers, teachers, adults)
6. Uses strategies (e.g., adapts focus, point of view, organization, form) to write for a variety of purposes (e.g., to inform, entertain, explain, describe, record ideas)
Listening & Speaking
Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Grades K-2
1. Makes contributions in class and group discussions (e.g., reports on ideas and personal knowledge about a topic, initiates conversations, connects ideas and experiences with those of others)
Grades 3-5
1. Contributes to group discussions
7. Makes basic oral presentations to class (e.g., uses subject-related information and vocabulary; includes content appropriate to the audience; relates ideas and observations; incorporates visual aids or props; incorporates several sources of information)
Viewing
Standard 9: Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Grades K-2
1. Understands the main idea or message in visual media (e.g., pictures, cartoons, weather reports on television, newspaper photographs, visual narratives)
Grades 3-5
1. Understands different messages conveyed through visual media (e.g., main ideas and supporting details; facts and opinions; main characters, setting, and sequence of events in visual narratives)
Science
Standard 12: Understands the nature of scientific inquiry
Grades K-2
1. Knows that learning can come from careful observations and simple experiments
Standard 13: Understands the scientific enterprise
Grades K-2
1. Knows that in science it is helpful to work with a team and share findings with others
Grades 3-5
3. Knows that scientists and engineers often work in teams to accomplish a task
