Government of Manitoba
Creative Musical Expression

Creative Expression in Music (M-C2) »
Students develop ideas in music, creatively integrating music elements, techniques, and compositional tools.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
select and organize, with teacher guidance, sounds and/or musical ideas as a class, as a group, or individually (e.g., make patterns with a low and a high sound, choosing from a range of instruments and sound sources)

K-2 M-C2.1

 select, organize, and use, with increasing independence, a combination of sounds and/or musical ideas for composing and arranging musical pieces (e.g., select, refine, and organize motifs, choose form, dynamics, tempo, articulation)

3-4 M-C2.1
describe decisions about the selection and use of music elements, techniques, expressive devices, forms, and principles of composition in own ongoing work

K-2 M-C2.2

 explain own decisions about the selection and use of music elements, techniques, expressive devices, forms, and principles of composition in own ongoing work

3-4 M-C2.2
demonstrate a valuing of risk taking as a component of the creative process (e.g., take risks, support the risk taking of others)

K-8 M-C2.3
incorporate serendipitous discoveries into own music-making process, as appropriate

K-4 M-C2.4
collaborate with others to develop and extend musical ideas

K-8 M-C2.5