Dance |
Music |
Theatre |
Visual Arts |
1. Demonstrate Seriousness of purpose in their engagement in dance classes and performances. |
1. Demonstrate a practice routine through a weekly practice log. |
1. Students will lose inhibitions, build trust and group cohesion. |
1. Manage time and materials.
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2. Identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills in ballet and modern dance. |
2. Demonstrate concert attendance through a quarterly concert reflection. |
2. Students will strengthen concentration, memory, and listening skills. |
2. Compose work that demonstrates understanding of design elements and principles. |
3. Apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills in dance. |
3. Count and Clap whole notes, half notes, dotted half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes. |
3. Students will establish objects and environments without the use of speech or concrete objects. |
3. Commit to high level of craftsmanship. |
4. Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods. |
4. Identify the notes of a keyboard. |
4. Students will use their bodies and faces to communicate meaning and feelings without using spoken language. |
4. Refine work by applying learned techniques and holding a high standard for finished work. |
5. Make connections between dance and healthful living. |
5. Identify and create a major scale using a keyboard. |
5. Students will demonstrate sense memory and emotional recall in reenacting an experience through pantomime. |
5. Hone techniques in design, painting, 3D/clay, drawing. |
6. Integrate the arts and make connections between dance and other disciplines. |
6. Determine aurally whether or not a pitch is in tune. |
6. Students will demonstrate awareness of imaginary environments in dramatic activities. |
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7. Sight read on solfege 8-measure passages at level 2 in the NYSSMA manual (Vocal). |
7. Students will develop scenes that show an understanding of dramatic action. |
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8. Identify the organs and physical processes involved in tone production (Vocal). |
8. Students will reflect on daily growth through the use of journal and Self-Assessments. |
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9. Sing with correct diction, solo and ensemble pieces in English, Latin, Italian and a world language (Vocal). |
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10. Identify the different voice parts and follow a choral score (Vocal). |
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11. Determine aurally whether or not a pitch is in tune (Vocal). |
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12. Perform a Level Two Technique Jury (Instrumental). |
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13. Perform two pieces of standard Jury repertoire (Instrumental). |
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14. Demonstrate knowledge and ability of instrument maintenance (Instrumental). |
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