South Dakota State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 5

SD.1. Dance/Movement: Students will understand and use dance as a means for creative self expression and interpersonal communication.

1.1. Students will interpret dance performances that express concepts, tell stories, evoke moods or emotions and symbolize ideas.

1.2. Students will create movement patterns that communicate ideas or emotions.

1.3. Students will use movement patterns to communicate concepts or ideas from other disciplines.

SD.2. Dance/Movement: Students will understand the elements and techniques used in the creation and performance of dance.

2.1. Students will examine the technical skills necessary in the presentation of various movement patterns and sequences.

2.2. Students will establish routines which develop muscular endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility necessary for specific forms of movement.

2.3. Students will examine projection and style in steps and patterns of movement.

SD.3. Dance/Movement: Students will understand the relationship between dance and history, culture, and society.

3.1. Students will investigate historical events and periods and their influence on dance.

3.2. Students will research how dance reflects the customs or traditions of different cultures.

3.3. Students will investigate the contributions of recognized artists to various styles of dance.

SD.4. Dance/Movement: Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various dance experiences.

4.1. Students will analyze the quality of dance using criteria appropriate for the style.

4.2. Students will describe dance preferences using personal aesthetic criteria.

4.3. Students will evaluate the effectiveness of personal dance performances using specific criteria.

SD.1. Music: Performing: Students will use the performance of music as a means for creative expression and communication.

1.1. Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.1.1. Students will sing with good vocal technique, pitch and rhythmic accuracy, and expression throughout their singing ranges.

1.1.2. Students will sing with expression and technical accuracy a repertoire of both read and memorized, age-appropriate vocal literature, which includes changes in tempo, key and meter.

1.1.3. Students will sing music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the work being performed.

1.1.4. Students will sing music written in two and three parts.

1.1.5. Students who participate in a choral ensemble will

1.1.6. Students will sing with expression and technical accuracy a varied repertoire of vocal literature, which includes moderate technical demands, ranges, and varied interpretive requirements, including some songs performed from memory.

1.2. Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.2.1. Students will perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently with proper instrumental technique.

1.2.2. Students will perform with expression and technical accuracy on at least one string, wind, percussion, or classroom instrument, a developmentally appropriate repertoire of instrumental literature.

1.2.3. Students will perform music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the work being performed.

1.2.4. Students will play by ear simple melodies on a melodic instrument and simple accompaniments on a harmonic instrument .

1.2.5. Students who participate in an instrumental ensemble or class will

1.2.6. Students will perform with expression and technical accuracy a varied repertoire of instrumental literature, which includes moderate technical demands, ranges, and varied interpretive requirements.

SD.2. Music: Creating: Students will communicate their thoughts and ideas through the creation of music.

2.1. Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

2.1.1. Students will improvise simple harmonic accompaniments.

2.1.2. Students will improvise melodic embellishments and simple rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major and minor keys.

2.1.3. Students will improvise short melodies, unaccompanied and over given rhythmic accompaniments, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality.

2.2. Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

2.2.1. Students will compose short pieces which demonstrate the elements of unity and variety, tension and release, and balance.

2.2.2. Students will compose or arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments using a variety of sound sources.

SD.3. Music: Reading: Students will read and notate music.

3.1. Students will read and notate music.

3.1.1. Students will read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4 , 3/4 , 4/4 , 6/8 , 3/8 , and alla breve meter signatures.

3.1.2. Students will read at sight simple melodies in treble and/or bass clefs.

3.1.3. Students will read standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.

3.1.4. Students will use standard notation to record their musical ideas and the musical ideas of others.

3.1.5. Students will read non-standard notation symbols used by some 20th century composers.

3.1.6. Students who participate in a choral or instrumental ensemble or class will

3.1.7. Students will sight-read music which contains changes of tempo, key and meter.

SD.4. Music: Listening: Students will listen to, analyze, and evaluate music.

4.1. Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

4.1.1. Students will describe specific music events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology.

4.1.2. Students will analyze the uses of elements of music in aural examples representing diverse genres and cultures.

4.1.3. Students will demonstrate understanding of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions in their analyses of music.

4.2. Students will evaluate music and music performances.

4.2.1. Students will develop criteria including the basic elements of music for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply the criteria in their personal listening and performing.

4.2.2. Students will evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and offer constructive suggestions for improvement.

SD.5. Music: Performing: Understanding Relationships: Students will understand music's relationship to society, the other arts, disciplines outside the arts, history, and culture.

5.1. Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

5.1.1. Students will compare in two or more arts how the characteristic materials of each art can be used to transform similar events, scenes, emotions, or ideas into works of art.

5.1.2. Students will describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with those of music.

5.2. Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

5.2.1. Students will describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles

5.2.2. Students will from a variety of cultures and ethnic groups.

5.2.3. Students will classify a variety of musical works by genre, style, and culture and explain the characteristics that cause each work to be considered exemplary.

5.2.4. Students will compare, in several cultures of the world, functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically performed.

SD.1. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will use theater as a means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication.

1.1. Students will interpret the meaning constructed from various formal and informal productions.

1.2. Students will express ideas and emotions through various improvised and scripted scenes.

1.3. Students will create or use dramatic presentations to communicate an understanding of concepts from other disciplines.

SD.2. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will understand the technical and dramatic aspects used in the production and performance of theater.

2.1. Students will describe the technical aspects of designing and directing a variety of theatrical productions.

2.2. Students will describe various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods.

2.3. Students will determine the emotional and social dimensions of characters in various dramatic texts.

SD.3. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will understand the relationship between theater and history, culture, and society.

3.1. Students will describe how historical events have shaped the development of dramatic productions and performances.

3.2. Students will research how the dramatic arts reflect the customs or traditions of different cultures.

3.3. Students will research the influence of recognized writers and performers from various cultures on drama.

SD.4. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various theater experiences.

4.1. Students will compare literary content and production of various forms of dramatic works using specific criteria.

4.2. Students will support personal preference for various dramatic arts.

4.3. Students will evaluate the effectiveness of personal dramatic work using specific criteria.

SD.1. Visual Arts: Students will understand and use visual arts as means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication.

1.1. Students will interpret the concepts, stories, moods, or ideas in various works of art.

1.2. Students will express personal ideas, experiences, or emotions through various media, processes, and techniques.

1.3. Students will use visual arts to communicate themes and concepts from other disciplines.

SD.2. Visual Arts: Students will understand the media, techniques and processes used in the production of visual arts.

2.1. Students will describe the various media and processes used to create a variety of art forms.

2.2. Students will describe various techniques which give artwork definition and detail.

2.3. Students will apply appropriate compositional elements and organizational principles to solve specific visual arts problems.

SD.3. Visual Arts: Students will understand the relationship between visual arts and history, culture, and society.

3.1. Students will investigate how the visual arts record, preserve and highlight history.

3.2. Students will investigate ways the visual arts reflect and influence the culture and societies in which they were created.

3.3. Students will describe the influence of selected artists on the evolution of various forms of visual art.

SD.4. Visual Arts: Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various visual arts experiences.

4.1. Students will analyze various artworks in terms of artistic concepts or ideas using criteria appropriate for the style or form.

4.2. Students will defend visual art preferences using personal aesthetic criteria.

4.3. Students will determine the quality and effectiveness of personal artwork using specific criteria.