PERFORMANCE TASK
3rd Grade Students will perform an original 4-measure composition they wrote on the recorder.
To create their songs, students will utilize knowledge learned from kindergarten up to third grade.
- Time Signature (number of counts per measure), Music Notation (reading and writing of notes and rests), Rhythm Accuracy, G Pentachord (5-note scale), Starting and Ending melody note, Proper placement of noteheads and stems, etc.
With their iPads, students will:
- Take a picture of their composition.
- Have partner video them playing composition.
- Use the app Explain Everything to merge the composition file and video file together into one file.
- Export file to the camera roll.
- Upload the finished video from the photos app to Seesaw.
Partners provide feedback on Seesaw via a written response or using the audio feature. Responses will include:
- Positive comment about performance.
- What needs fixing.
- Suggestion on how to improve.
ANNOTATION
Student presentation shows that their understanding was clear regarding the identified success criteria. Task parameters are followed and can be seen throughout the video. There are things such as proper notation and symbols as well as other rules that were stated in the task.
Student is able to provide accurate assessments of performances when evaluating peers and gives feedback based on task parameters.
Using musical vocabulary learned, students use feedback to make general improvement. This is mostly seen in real time as the performance is happening. This can be considered as active self-feedback since the student can recognize the mistake and recover from it as the performance is happening.
Student can generally demonstrate knowledge and skills as the task is based on skills learned from K-3.