Page 10 - Kindergarten Curriculum Reference Guide

Song Singing
• Sings simple songs as well as echo and pattern
pieces alone and with others
• Sings different styles of music including folk,
familiar, cultural, etc. alone and with others
• Demonstrates healthy use of the singing,
speaking, whispering, and calling voice with
appropriate volume
Technology and Instruments
• Recognizes common instruments by sight
and sound
• Performs simple rhythmic patterns and sound
effects on instruments to accompany poems,
rhymes, chants, and songs
• Demonstrates expressive qualities
(e.g., loud-soft, fast-slow) while playing
classroom and ethnic instruments
Movement to Music
• Responds with purposeful movement while
listening to music (moves to rhythmic patterns,
contrasts in music, or to enhance music)
• Moves rhythmically or dances to music from
other cultures
Performance Etiquette
• Demonstrates the ability to follow musical/
performance directions
• Demonstrates the ability to memorize songs
• Demonstrates the ability to coordinate
movement
• Gains self-esteem and self-confidence through
positive performance experiences
• Demonstrates appropriate audience behavior
during performances/events
• Participates in at least one school or class
performance per academic year
Music Appreciation and Connections
• Listens to various styles of music (classical,
contemporary, familiar, etc.) to develop a basic
understanding of its role, meaning, and/or
components
• Listens to related stories and facts regarding
various types of music
• Recognizes music of contrasting cultures
• Identifies relationships between music and other
disciplines, such as patterns in math and music
SPANISH
Oral Language
• Uses appropriate Spanish vocabulary related to
greetings, numbers, classroom objects, colors,
days of the week, shapes, parts of the body,
animals, family members, and weather
• Asks and responds to simple questions about
familiar situations and objects (classroom
objects, people, feelings, possessions)
• Presents memorized material such as reciting a
Spanish rhyme to peers or family members
• Uses Spanish vocabulary and phrases to
demonstrate courtesy (Hello, How are you?,
Good evening)
• Counts in Spanish using the numbers zero
through 30
• Applies Spanish vocabulary to describe objects
using numbers, shapes, and colors
Reading
• Demonstrates an understanding of age-
appropriate Spanish stories and songs
• Retells the events of or summarizes a simple
Spanish story
• Compares a simple Spanish story to other
stories or real life events
• Recognizes Spanish letters
Writing
• Writes basic vocabulary words with assistance
• Spells words using basic letter-sound
correspondence (with guidance)
Connections
• Reinforces and furthers their understanding of
the Spanish language through other disciplines;
for example, using information about the lives of
Spanish children obtained in Spanish class to
talk about a similar topic in social studies
• Uses age-appropriate Spanish resources to
acquire information and viewpoints and to
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