Nevada State Standards for Arts Education: Kindergarten

NV.1.0. Music: Singing - Students sing a varied repertoire of music alone and with others.

1.3.1. Individual Singing Technique: Sing a simple melody with accurate pitch.

1.3.3. Independent Part Singing: Sing simple ostinati and two-part rounds such as Row, Row, Row Your Boat.

1.3.4. Variety of Repertoire: Sing patriotic songs, folk songs, and multicultural selections.

NV.2.0. Music: Playing Instruments - Students perform a varied repertoire of music on instruments alone and with others.

2.3.1. Individual Playing Techniques: Play classroom instruments using proper technique.

2.3.4. Variety of Repertoire: Accompany simple folk, traditional, and multicultural music.

NV.3.0. Music: Improvisation - Students improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

3.3.1. Improvising Rhythms and Melodies: Improvise short melodic and rhythmic patterns.

NV.4.0. Music: Writing - Students compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

4.3.1. Creating: Create music to interpret stories, rhymes, and poetry.

4.3.2. Composing: Create short songs and instrumental pieces.

4.3.3. Arranging: Organize pieces using a variety of sound sources.

NV.5.0. Music: Reading - Students read and notate music.

5.3.1. Rhythmic Reading: Read quarter notes, quarter rests and eighth notes in duple meter.

5.3.2. Melodic Reading: Read melodic patterns using solfege, numbers and/or letters.

5.3.3. Musical Symbols: Use simple music symbols (e.g. fermata, repeat signs, and double bar lines).

5.3.5. Notating: Notate simple rhythmic and melodic patterns (e.g. icons, manipulatives).

NV.6.0. Music: Listening - Students listen to, analyze, and describe music.

6.3.1. Analysis of Elements of Music and Performance: Identify simple elements of music.

NV.7.0. Music: Evaluation - Students evaluate music and music performances.

7.3.1. Developing Musical Criteria: Use criteria to evaluate performances and compositions.

7.3.2. Applying Musical Criteria: Explain personal preferences for specific musical works and styles using simple musical vocabulary (e.g. loud/soft; high/low).

NV.8.0. Music: Application to Life - Students demonstrate relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

8.3.1. No indicator of progress for Grade 3

NV.9.0. Music: Cultural and Historical Connections - Students demonstrate knowledge of the historical periods and cultural diversity of music.

9.3.1. Cultural and Historical Context: Identify several styles of music from various cultures.

9.3.2. Role of Music and Musicians: Identify various uses for music in daily experience.

NV.10.0. Music: Cross-curricular - Students demonstrate an understanding of movement through skills, techniques, choreography, and as a form of communication.

10.3.1. Dance/Movement (See Physical Education Content Standard 3.0): Using Grade 3 standards adopted for Physical Education, demonstrate an understanding of the standards.

NV.1.0. Theater: Students recognize and understand the components of theatrical production including script writing, directing, and production.

1.3.1. Scriptwriting: Create a simple script based on personal experience, imagination, or the retelling of a story.

1.3.6. Set Design: Create simple sets and sound effects for a dramatized idea or story (e.g. tables become caves).

1.3.7. Props, Costumes, and Make-up: Assemble and use simple props, costumes, masks, or make-up for a dramatized idea or story.

NV.2.0. Theater: Students understand and demonstrate the role of the actor in the theater.

2.3.1. Character Analysis: Identify traits of a person, animal, or object (e.g. What does a dog do when it's happy? Wag its tail).

2.3.2. Acting Skills: Imitate the traits of a given person, animal, or object.

2.3.3. Characterization: Use voice and body to show different emotions while portraying a character in a dramatized idea or story.

NV.3.0. Theater: Students apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills in theater, film television, or electronic media.

3.3.2. Aesthetic Criteria: Express personal reactions to a dramatized performance.

3.3.3. Genre Identification: Identify the differences between fantasy and reality.

NV.4.0. Theater: Students recognize and explain how theatrical experiences contribute to a better understanding of history, culture, and human relationships.

4.3.2. Human Relationships: Identify similarities and differences between dramatic characters and real people.

NV.5.0. Theater: Students make connections with theater, the other arts, and academic disciplines.

5.3.1. No indicator of progress for Grade 3

NV.1.0. Visual Arts: Knowledge - Students know and apply visual arts media, techniques, and processes.

1.3.3. Creation: Use different media, techniques, and processes to produce works of art.

NV.2.0. Visual Arts: Application - Students use knowledge of visual characteristics, purposes, and functions.

2.3.1. Knowledge (Visual Characteristics): Identify selected elements of design and principles of design in nature and in works of art.

2.3.4. Creation: Use elements and principles of design to create works of art.

NV.3.0. Visual Arts: Content - Students choose, apply, and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

3.3.2. Creation: Create artwork that demonstrates choice of subject matter and symbols to communicate meaning.

NV.4.0. Visual Arts: Context - Students understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4.3.2. Response: Identify works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, or places.

4.3.3. Creation: Create a work of art that is influenced by a particular historical period or culture.

NV.5.0. Visual Arts: Interpretation - Students analyze and assess characteristics, merits, and meanings in their own artwork and the work of others.

5.3.3. Knowledge (Meaning): Discuss possible meanings of art.

NV.6.0. Visual Arts: Cross-curricular - Students demonstrate relationships between visual arts, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

6.3.1. No indicator of progress for Grade 3