Formative Assessment: Dynamics

Formative Assessment Packet Formative Music Educators 4 Assessment Toolbox Teacher Worksheet

For each musical concept, there are several formative assessments, one corresponding rubric, and one teacher record sheet. Concepts addressed in the formative assessments include seven musical elements: rhythm and meter, form and design, dynamics, tempo, articulation, pitch, and performing. Select formative assessments also include Student Worksheets. Using the Formative Assessments The Formative Assessments have been designed so that each includes the following: • Performing, responding, and creating tasks • Solo, small-group, and whole-group work • Varied modalities for different learning styles • A scaffold of each musical concept to its Summative Assessment task Please note: In order for these assessments to be formative, teachers should facilitate each task in a way that gives students both task performance feedback and the opportunity for revision. Scope of Musical Concepts in the Grade 4 Formative Assessments

Expressive Qualities Form and Rhythm and Meter Pitch Performing Design Dynamics Tempo Articulation

Simple Meters A–B Mezzo-Piano Fermata Continue to apply Scale Clear Tone and develop prior A–B–A mp knowledge. c Rondo Major/Minor Instrument Syncopation Mezzo-Forte Exploration eq e Two-Part Score mf j e mM Compound Meters Continue to apply and develop prior knowledge, as well as distinguish between simple and compound meters.

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Pianissimo pp Piano p Mezzo-Piano mp Mezzo-Forte mf

Forte f Fortissimo ff Crescendo Decrescendo

A B C Summative Assessment

Group Responding Task: Solo/Group Solo/Group Creating Task 4 Students use the Student Performing Task: and Performing Task: Identify Tempo, Dynamics, Worksheets to review dynamic Students sing a known song, Students apply dynamic markings Articulation, Mode, Form, and vocabulary then listen to musical following given dynamic markings from the choices listed above Instrumentation excerpts and move to demonstrate or signals. Teacher gives feedback into a known song and conduct Students listen to a musical excerpt pianissimo, piano, mezzo-piano, and students revise their accordingly. and then use the Student Worksheet mezzo-forte, forte, fortissimo, performance. Students reflect on their choices to select the corresponding tempo, crescendo, or decrescendo, and responses to dynamic changes. dynamics, articulation, mode (major responding when dynamic changes or minor), form, and instrumentation are heard. that they hear. Group Responding Task: Students listen to musical excerpts and circle the corresponding dynamic for each from the Student Worksheet.

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2 4 3 1 Rubric Practice, Practice, Standing Ovation Stage Ready Try Again Practice Create, Respond Creates, responds Creates, responds Creates, responds to, Does not create, to, or Perform to, or performs to, or performs or performs dynamics respond to, or Dynamics: dynamics dynamics with inaccurately most of perform dynamics. Pianissimo accurately and hesitation and the time, but may be Piano without hesitation. some inaccuracies. accurate occasionally. Mezzo-Piano Mezzo-Forte Forte Fortissimo Crescendo Decrescendo

Class: Notes Student Name A B C

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Look at the dynamic symbols below. Write the symbols in the correct order from softest to loudest in the spaces below the crescendo.

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Look at the dynamic symbols below. Write the symbols in the correct order from loudest to softest in the spaces below the decrescendo.

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Circle the dynamic that you hear in each musical example.

Pianissimo Piano Mezzo-Piano Mezzo-Forte Forte Fortissimo 1 pp OR p OR mp OR mf OR f OR ff

Two instruments I heard were a and a .

Pianissimo Piano Mezzo-Piano Mezzo-Forte Forte Fortissimo 2 pp OR p OR mp OR mf OR f OR ff

Two instruments I heard were a and a .

Pianissimo Piano Mezzo-Piano Mezzo-Forte Forte Fortissimo 3 pp OR p OR mp OR mf OR f OR ff

Two instruments I heard were a and a .