Music

Grade 3

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2013

23 standards
  • Foundations: music literacy (1)
    • 3.MUSIC.1.A

      Categorize and explain a variety of musical sounds, including those of children and adult voices.

    • 3.MUSIC.1.B

      Categorize and explain a variety of musical sounds, including those of woodwind, brass, string, percussion, and instruments from various cultures.

    • 3.MUSIC.1.C

      Use known music symbols and terminology referring to rhythm; melody; timbre; form; tempo; and dynamics, including mezzo piano and mezzo forte, to identify musical sounds presented aurally.

    • 3.MUSIC.1.D

      Identify and label small and large musical forms such as abac, AB, and ABA presented aurally in simple songs and larger works. August 2019 Update Page 15 §117.A. Elementary.

  • Foundations: music literacy (2)
    • 3.MUSIC.2.A

      Read, write, and reproduce rhythmic patterns using standard notation, including four sixteenth notes, whole notes, whole rests, and previously learned note values in 2/4 and 4/4 meters as appropriate.

    • 3.MUSIC.2.B

      Read, write, and reproduce extended pentatonic melodic patterns using standard staff notation.

    • 3.MUSIC.2.C

      Identify new and previously learned music symbols and terms referring to tempo and dynamics, including mezzo piano and mezzo forte.

  • Creative expression (3)
    • 3.MUSIC.3.A

      Sing or play classroom instruments with accurate intonation and rhythm independently or in groups.

    • 3.MUSIC.3.B

      Sing or play a varied repertoire of music such as American folk songs and folk songs representative of local cultures independently or in groups.

    • 3.MUSIC.3.C

      Move alone or with others to a varied repertoire of music using gross motor, fine motor, locomotor, and non-locomotor skills and integrated movement such as hands and feet moving together.

    • 3.MUSIC.3.D

      Perform simple part work, including rhythmic and melodic ostinati, derived from known repertoire.

    • 3.MUSIC.3.E

      Interpret through performance new and previously learned music symbols and terms referring to tempo and dynamics, including mezzo piano and mezzo forte.

  • Creative expression (4)
    • 3.MUSIC.4.A

      Create rhythmic phrases through improvisation or composition.

    • 3.MUSIC.4.B

      Create melodic phrases through improvisation or composition.

    • 3.MUSIC.4.C

      Create simple accompaniments through improvisation or composition.

  • Historical and cultural relevance (5)
    • 3.MUSIC.5.A

      Perform a varied repertoire of songs, movement, and musical games representative of American and local cultures.

    • 3.MUSIC.5.B

      Identify music from diverse genres, styles, periods, and cultures.

    • 3.MUSIC.5.C

      Identify the relationships between music and interdisciplinary concepts.

  • Critical evaluation and response (6)
    • 3.MUSIC.6.A

      Exhibit audience etiquette during live and recorded performances.

    • 3.MUSIC.6.B

      Recognize known rhythmic and melodic elements in aural examples using appropriate vocabulary.

    • 3.MUSIC.6.C

      Identify specific musical events in aural examples such as changes in timbre, form, tempo, or dynamics using appropriate vocabulary.

    • 3.MUSIC.6.D

      Respond verbally and through movement to short musical examples.

    • 3.MUSIC.6.E

      Describe a variety of compositions and formal or informal musical performances using specific music vocabulary. Page 16 August 2019 Update.