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Summative Assessment - Grade 5 (Units 1 and 2)

Unit 1 – Melody and Vocal Exploration

Unit 2 – Composition

Summative Assessment – Covering both units together as we worked on both unit together as well.

Task – Record your instrument part while singing the song and send it as an audio file to the teacher. The recording should begin by an introduction of yourself, class, instrument and name of the song. Students need to work by themselves and refer to the notation chart and the music for reference. The teacher will display this on the screen. The students will be assessed/marked on the following checklist:

Name of the student	Sang the song in tune	Played the instrument part	Could play and sing both the parts together by himself	Created an original part for the instrument that was being used

Summative Assessment 2 - Grade 4

Unit 2 - Composition

The student is needed to create an instrument part and a melody that goes along with that instrument part. The student, after having practiced playing both the parts together can record the parts (to be performed together) and send it to the teacher. The teacher will assess the composition based on the following rubric:

Criteria	1	2	3	4
Created an original melody	The melody sounds very similar to another song	The melody has traces of another song	The melody is original	The melody sounds very original and has a good flow of notes.
Created an original instrument part	The instrument part composed sounds very similar to another instrument part	The instrument part composed has traces of another song	The instrument part composed is original	The instrument part composed sounds very original and has a good flow of notes
Parts worked well with each other	The parts did not sound co -ordinated at all	The parts managed to work well with each other	The parts complimented each other	The parts worked really well with each other and supported each other too.
Sang and played both parts together	Barely managed to play both the parts together	Could play the parts together but with a few mistakes	Could play the parts together well	Fluently played both the parts together

Summative Assessment 1 - Grade 4

Students need to pick anyone of the 3 songs from the 1^st Unit - Melody and Vocal Exploration and practice the singing part and anyone of the instrument parts together. They can then record their performance using an I-Recorder and email it to the teacher. The teacher will assess them on the following checklist

                       

Student Name	Sang the song on pitch	Played the correct instrument part	Sang and played both the parts together