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Rappish Chant The Rappish Chant task allows students to demonstrate their ability to fit words to beat. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer, and four word charts, 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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Shortn'n Bread The Shortn'n Bread task allows students to demonstrate their ability to maintain and create melodic patterns. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video on laptop computer, chime bars: C,D,E,G,A, High C, 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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Sing-A-Long The Sing-A-Long task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sing. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on a laptop computer and four word 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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Singing Grams In this task, students will collaborate on a music greeting to be performed at a local nursery home. This task includes: |
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Taisho Koto In the Taisho Koto task, students will explore the harmonies from Taisho Koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. They will learn about musical traditions and gain an appreciation of diverse musical traditions. |
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The Function of Form In this task, students will explore compositional form by improvising and writing compositions. This task includes; |
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Up and Down, Round and Round The Up and Down, Round and Round task allows students to demonstrate their ability to match music heard and read. 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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Vocal Sizzle (1996) The Vocal Sizzle (1996) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and imitate singing. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are audio tracks and a laptop computer. 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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Whats Plays What? The Whats Plays What? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and recognize different instruments. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on 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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World of Music The World of Music task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify different styles of music. 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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