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Here is a list of skills covered in grade 4 music

Listening
I can…               
♪ Identify rondo form (ABACA)
♪ Recognize music and some composers of other times, places and cultures
♪ Identify the four families of musical instruments.
♪ Identify introductions, interludes and codas in music
♪ Identify major and minor chords

Moving
I can…                    
♪ Use planned body movements to illustrate rhythmic and/or melodic patterns

Singing
I can…                     
♪ Extend the use of sol–fa training with hand signals to include “fa” and “ti”.
♪ Respond to changes in tempo, dynamics and mood while singing

Playing
I can…                     
♪ Play the recorder with good tone, developing my ability to read music
♪ Play Orff Instruments — through speech, rhythm, ear training and use of pentatonic scales to create my own compositions

Reading and Writing
I can…               
♪ Recognize sixteenth notes
♪ Recognize dotted note patterns and experience syncopation
♪ Recognize ti-tika and tika-ti
♪ Develop skill in writing rhythm patterns

Creating
I can…
♪ Notate and perform original compositions