SCAAP: Singing a One-Part Song

Task Details

Singing a One-Part Song

In this task, students will individually demonstrate their singing proficiency by performing a short song or excerpt from a song. The song should be familiar to the student as this task is not intended to measure music literacy proficiency.

This page contains an 'at a glance' overview of this task, a downloadable teacher guide document, downloadable piano accompaniments and notation, and the task rubric with student work samples and rating justifications for each proficiency level.

Content Area, Artistic Process, & Anchor Standard

General Music
Artistic Process	Performing
Anchor Standard 3	I can sing alone and with others.

Targeted Grade Level(s)

Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary

Documents

Classroom Piloting Status

Piloted

Supplemental Materials

Happy Birthday Notation (F Major)
Notation, lyrics, and chord symbols for Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Recording (F Major)
Piano accompaniment for Happy Birthday
Twinkle Twinkle Notation (D Major)
Notation, lyrics, and chord symbols for Twinkle Twinkle
Twinkle Twinkle Recording (D Major)
Piano accompaniment for Twinkle Twinkle
You Are My Sunshine Notation (F Major)
Notation, lyrics, and chord symbols for You Are My Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine Recording (F Major)
Piano accompaniment for You Are My Sunshine

Rubric and Sample Student Work

Proficiency Level	Description	Sample Student Work	Justification
TONAL
Exemplary	Always does the following: Establishes and maintains tonal center Sings with accurate intonation Sings pitches with accuracy	Sample	The student maintains the tonal center throughout the song. All pitches are performed accurately and in tune.
Proficient	Mostly does the following: Establishes and maintains tonal center Sings with accurate intonation Sings pitches with accuracy	Sample 1 Sample 2	Sample 1 The student maintains the tonal center but demonstrates minor intonation and pitch inaccuracies throughout the song. Sample 2 The student demonstrates minor inconsistencies in intonation and pitch throughout the song.
Approaching Proficient	Establishes but does not maintain tonal center Sings with inconsistent intonation Sings pitches with minor inconsistencies	Sample	The student establishes the tonal center, but the pitches become increasingly inaccurate throughout the performance. The student does not end on the resting tone.
Emerging	Establishes but does not maintain tonal center Sings with inconsistent intonation Melodic contour is correct, but pitches are inaccurate	Sample	The student performs accurate melodic contour, but the pitches are largely inaccurate throughout the performance.
Needs Major Support	Does not perform		No student sample work available
RHYTHM
Proficiency Level	Description	Sample Student Work	Justification
Exemplary	Always does the following: Tempo is established and consistently maintained Meter is established and consistently maintained Performs rhythm patterns with accuracy	Sample 1 Sample 2	Sample 1 The student performs all rhythms of "Happy Birthday" accurately and consistently maintains the song's meter and tempo. Sample 2 The student establishes and maintains the song's meter and tempo. The rhythm patterns are accurate, with a very minor inaccuracy during the pause before "Happy Birthday's" final phrase.
Proficient	Mostly does the following: Tempo is established and consistently maintained Meter is established and consistently maintained Performs rhythm patterns with accuracy	Sample 1 Sample 2	Sample 1 The student maintains an established meter throughout "Twinkle Twinkle." The student does not consistently maintain the established tempo, and some rhythms are performed inaccurately. Sample 2 The student performed inaccuracies in tempo and rhythm throughout the performance.
Approaching Proficient	Tempo is established with minor inconsistencies Meter is established and maintained with minor inconsistencies Performs rhythm patterns with minor inconsistencies	Sample	The student performs "Happy Birthday" with inconsistent tempo and many inaccurate rhythm patterns.
Emerging	Tempo is established with major inconsistencies Meter is not established Performs rhythm patterns with major inconsistencies	Sample 1 Sample 2	Sample 1 The student establishes but does not maintain the tempo, leading to major inaccuracies with both tempo and rhythm. Sample 2 The student's tempo varies throughout the song. Rhythm patterns are performed with major inconsistencies.
Needs Major Support	Does not perform		No student sample work available
VOCAL QUALITY
Proficiency Level	Description	Sample Student Work	Justification
Exemplary	Always does the following: Consistently sings in a head voice Consistently sings with supported breath Consistently performs tall vowels Consistently performs clear consonants	Sample	The student uses a head voice and sings with supported breath. The text of "Happy Birthday" is easily understandable because of the student's diction.
Proficient	Mostly does the following: Consistently sings in a head voice Consistently sings with supported breath Consistently performs tall vowels Consistently performs clear consonants	Sample 1 Sample 2	Sample 1 Although the student consistently uses a head voice, the tone is unsupported. The vowels are mostly tall, but the consonants are sometimes unclear. Sample 2 With minor inconsistencies throughout, the student sings using a head voice with some breath support. Some of the student's diction is unclear.
Approaching Proficient	Inconsistently sings in a head voice Sings with unsupported breath Performs with unclear diction	Sample	Although the student sometimes uses a head voice while singing "You Are My Sunshine," the tone is very unsupported. Some of the student's diction is unclear.
Emerging	Does not use a head voice or singing voice Performs with unclear diction	Sample	The student did not use a head voice while performing "Happy Birthday." The student's diction is unclear.
Needs Major Support	Does not perform		No student sample work available