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Banana The Banana task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sing. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and a special performance card. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Birthday Echo The Birthday Echo task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sing. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are an audio track on a laptop computer and four song charts. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Clap Along The Clap Along task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read rhythmic patterns. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are four rhythmic pattern cards. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Find the Beat The Find the Beat task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify the beat in music. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and a hand drum. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Jazzy Cats The Jazzy Cats task allows students to demonstrate their ability to play melodic parts. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer, four beaters, four music cards, two chime bar sets, four team badges, and a Working Together team card. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Jumping Frogs The Jumping Frogs task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and distinguish music. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer, five cards, and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Listen to the Rhythms The Listen to the Rhythms task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and distinguish rhythmic patterns. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Melodic Direction (1996) The Melodic Direction (1996) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and distinguish melodies. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on a laptop computer and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Movie Music The Movie Music task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand purpose and function of music. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on a laptop computer and eight cards. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Play It Again The Play It Again task allows students to demonstrate their ability to echo pitch. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are an audio tracks on laptop computer, chime bars C, D, E, F, G, and a beater. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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