Grade 4 Music and Arts

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of how one’s cultural identity/ies and local tradition/s, including concepts, processes, and practices influence creative decisions.

Performance standard

The learners apply local cultural and traditional concepts, processes, and practices in Music and Arts in creative works about one’s cultural identity.

Learning competencies (4)

• MA-G4-Q1-01

  discuss the basic concepts and principles of sound, theater, dance and visual elements based on the representations in the creative works of their province;

• MA-G4-Q1-02

  describe concepts and ideas about their cultural identity based on the representations in the creative works of their province;

• MA-G4-Q1-03

  explain relevant and/or unique local processes and practices in producing/ performing creative works that reveal their cultural identity; and

• MA-G4-Q1-04

  use relevant, and appropriate local processes and practices in producing/ performing creative works that reveal their cultural identity.

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of local concepts, processes, and practices of Music and Arts as influenced by the faiths and beliefs of the province.

Performance standard

The learners improvise creative works that depict the faiths and beliefs of the province, using local concepts, processes, and practices in Music and Arts.

Learning competencies (5)

• MA-G4-Q2-01

  discuss the basic concepts and principles of sound, theater, dance and visual elements based on the representations of local creative works;

• MA-G4-Q2-02

  relate their faiths and beliefs based on the representations of local creative works with basic concepts and principles of sound, theater, dance and visual elements;

• MA-G4-Q2-03

  compare the musical, theatrical, dance, and visual arts representations of local concepts (i.e. use of range of dynamics, use of colors and symbols) in relevant creative works based on the faiths and beliefs of the province;

• MA-G4-Q2-04

  experiment with relevant, appropriate, and available local processes and musical/improvised instruments, theatrical, dance and art materials in producing/ performing creative works that reveal their faiths and beliefs; and

• MA-G4-Q2-05

  produce simple improvisations (rhythm and tempo, theatrical, dance, and visual) with faiths and beliefs as the theme.

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of their cultural identity as expressed through local Music and Arts’ concepts, processes, and practices, and in the relevant narratives/ stories in their province.

Performance standard

The learners produce creative works about relevant narratives/ stories in their province or culture using local Music and Arts concepts, processes, and practices.

Learning competencies (4)

• MA-G4-Q3-01

  discuss the use of the properties of sound, theatrical, dance and visual elements as expressed in relevant creative works;

• MA-G4-Q3-02

  relate stories/ narratives as expressed in relevant creative works to properties of sound, theatrical, dance and visual elements;

• MA-G4-Q3-03

  determine cultural identity based on the concepts, processes and practices in the Music, Theater, Dance and Art of their respective provinces; and

• MA-G4-Q3-04

  produce a creative work about their personal story/identity in the community using appropriate local concepts, processes and practices in Music, Theater, Dance and Arts.

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of their culture/ province/ region as expressed through local Music and Arts’ concepts, processes, and practices.

Performance standard

The learners produce a creative work based on the performing and visual arts in their province.

Learning competencies (4)

• MA-G4-Q4-01

  examine the properties of sound, theatrical, dance, visual elements, and design principles observed in selected sample creative works from their province;

• MA-G4-Q4-02

  distinguish the unique musical, visual, dance and theatrical concepts, processes, and practices in the creative works found in the cultural celebrations of their province/region;

• MA-G4-Q4-03

  select appropriate practices, choice of themes, mediums, and concepts of celebrations found in their province/region for the production of their creative works; and

• MA-G4-Q4-04

  produce creative artworks based on the celebrations of their culture, province, region using available local concepts, processes and practices, and beliefs as the theme.