Music Curriculum Document: Grade 7
Ongoing Student Learning Expectations
Student Learning Expectation
Essential Vocabulary
Instructional Strategy/ Resources
Strand: Music
Content Standard 1: Skills and Techniques
Students shall demonstrate and apply the essential skills and techniques to produce music.
M.1.7.1
Dotted quarter note
Sing a varied repertoire alone and with Eighth note
others
Eighth rest
Tempi
 Steady beat
Lento
 Patten of a dotted quarter note
Presto
followed by an eighth note or
Major tonality
eighth rest
Minor tonality
 Variety of tempi (e.g., grave,
Dynamic level
vivace)
Pianissimo
 Major and minor tonalities
Mezzo piano
 Various Dynamic levels
Mezzo forte
 2 , or cut time, meter
Forte
2
Fortissimo
 More complex forms and
Crescendo
harmonies (e.g., theme and
Decrescendo
variations, three-part lines)
2/2 meter
Cut time
Harmony
Theme
Three-part line
M.1.7.3
Vocal exploration
Refine correct techniques
Found sound
Body percussion
 Vocal exploration
Posture
 Found sounds
Breathing
 Body percussion
Phrasing
 Classroom instruments
Articulation
 Posture-vocal and instrumental
 Breathing
 Phrasing
 Articulation
M.1.7.4
Conductor
Interpret and respond to a conductor
Assessment
Student Learning Expectation
Essential
Vocabulary
M.1.7.5
Read
 Pattern of a dotted quarter note
followed by an eighth note or
eighth rest
 Variety of tempi (e.g., grave,
vivace)
 Major and minor tonalities
 Various Dynamic levels
 2 , or cut time, meter
2
 More complex forms and
harmonies (e.g., theme and
variations, three-part lines)
M.1.7.6
Identify notes written on the lines,
spaces of the grand staff
Dotted quarter note
Eighth note
Eighth rest
Tempi
Grave
Vivace
Major tonality
Minor tonality
Dynamic level
2/2 meter
Cut time
Harmony
Theme
Three-part line
M.1.7.7
Apply knowledge of symbols and terms
in reading music
 Additional key signatures
 Grand staff
Symbol
Term
Key signature
Grand staff
Note
Line
Space
Grand staff
Instructional Strategy/ Resources
Assessment
Student Learning Expectation
Essential Vocabulary
Instructional Strategy/ Resources
Assessment
Strand: Music
Content Standard 2: Creative Expression
Students shall demonstrate creative expression through music.
M.2.7.4
Choreography
Physical education connections
Respond to music through movement
(e.g., create choreography to songs
for performance)
Strand: Music
Content Standard 3: Critical Analysis
Students shall listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate a variety of music.
M.3.7.1
Genre
Identify musical sounds
ensemble
 Electronic
 Non-traditional
 Genres (e.g., women’s ensemble,
men’s ensemble)
M.3.7.3
Demonstrate appropriate etiquette
as a performer and an observer
Etiquette
Performer
Observer
Strand: Music
Content Standard 4: Connections
Students shall demonstrate and apply knowledge of connections between music and other disciplines.
Student Learning Expectation
M.4.7.1
Investigate music from various
cultures, historical periods, and/or
events (e.g., singing, listening,
researching)
M.4.7.2
Identify connections
 Between music and the other
fine arts
 Between music and disciplines
outside the arts
Essential Vocabulary
Instructional Strategy/ Resources
Assessment
Student Learning Expectation
Essential Vocabulary
Instructional Strategy/ Resources
Strand: Music
Content Standard 1: Skills and Techniques
Students shall demonstrate and apply the essential skills and techniques to produce music.
M.1.7.2
Dotted quarter note
Play a varied repertoire alone and
Eighth note
with other
Eighth rest
Tempi
 Pattern of a dotted quarter note
Grave
followed by an eighth note or
Vivace
eighth rest
Major tonality
 Variety of tempi (e.g., grave,
Minor tonality
vivace)
Dynamic level
 Major and minor tonalities
2/2 meter
 Various Dynamic levels
Cut time
 2 , or cut time, meter
Harmony
2

Theme
More complex forms and
Three-part line
harmonies (e.g., theme and
variations, three-part lines)
Strand: Music
Content Standard 3: Critical Analysis
Students shall listen to, analyze, and evaluate a variety of music.
M.3.7.2
Form
Analyze various musical forms
Assessment
Student Learning Expectation
Essential Vocabulary
Instructional Strategy/ Resources
Strand: Music
Content Standard 1: Skills and Techniques
Students shall demonstrate and apply the essential skills and techniques to produce music.
M.1.7.8
Dotted Eighth note
Notate
Sixteenth note
 Pattern of a dotted eighth note Sixteenth rest
followed by a sixteenth note or Time signature
2 -2 time signature
sixteenth rest
 2 , or cut time, time signature
2
Strand: Music
Content Standard 4: Connections
Students shall demonstrate and apply knowledge of connections between music and other disciplines.
M.4.7.3
Career opportunity
Research career opportunities in
Performance
music (e.g., business, education,
Music therapy
performance, music therapy,
technology)
Strand: Music
Content Standard 2: Creative Expression
Students shall demonstrate creative expression through music.
M.2.7.1
Improvise
Improvise using a variety of sound
sources (e.g., computer, electronic
sounds)
M.2.7.2
Compose
Compose an original melodic line with Melodic line
accompaniment
Accompaniment
M.2.7.3
Arrange
Arrange unfamiliar songs using
Musical expression
musical expression
Content Standard 3: Critical Analysis
Students shall listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate a variety of music.
M.3.7.4
Evaluate
Evaluate performances and
Performance
compositions using a studentComposition
generated rubric
Assessment
Rubric