ESSENTIAL   QUESTIONS:


GRADE 1
How can we arrange sounds in an interesting way?
How can we create music from the sounds around us?
What makes music, music?
How is music expressed?
How can we describe music?
Why do musicians create what they create?
What does music express to us?
Who are the musicians in our community?

What are the characteristics of First Nations and Metis music?
What are the significant elements of First Nations and Metis music?

GRADE 2

What makes music, music?

How does music change?
How can I create changes in music?

Who are the musicians in our community?

How do we interpret/respond to music?
What does music  tell us about our community?

How does music evolve over time?

How does music contribute to our cultural traditions in our community?
How does our culture reflect music?

What are the distinct characteristics and elements of First Nations and Metis music?

How are traditional music styles unique?

 

GRADE 3

How does music represent one’s environment, community, or cultural group?

What are the key features of Saskatchewan FN and Métis music?

What relationship do the FN and Métis artists have their people, land, and environment?

How do create music more effectively?

How do we get  music ready to publish or perform ?

How can we change music?

How many different ways can we play the same pattern?

What makes music, music?

How could we represent feelings in music?

How can we make music better?

How do we respond to music?

Why are our responses different?

How can we respond to music in new ways?

 

GRADE 4

How do Saskatchewan artists contribute to their communities?

What do arts expressions tell us about the cultures and societies they come from?

Why become involved in the arts in your community? What does your community have to offer?

When is an accident a good thing?

How can I vary music when I create and express it?

How can I layer sounds to create something pleasing?

How can I vary my expression?

How can Saskatchewan inspire me?

How is making music about decision-making and problem-solving?

How does recording my thoughts help me?

How do elements of music impact what we hear?

How do people make music?

How is music full of patterns?

How can silence be important in music?

How can I create layers and texture and colour in music?

How are arts expressions similar and how are they different?

How does examining the art of other impact me and my understanding?

Why should Iisten to music that I don’t like?

How does music reflect the artist?

How is the artist impacted by their music making?

How does the music of others help our own creative processes?

How can I respond thoughtfully to arts expressions? 

What does it mean to think creatively and critically?

How can I personally respond to the art of others? Why would I?
How can I support my opinions?

How do the arts impact daily life and life in my community?

 

GRADE  5

How does music reflect mainstream values? How does it question them?

How are society and music connected? What does one say about the other?

How do the contexts in which music was created help us to understand the music itself?

How have popular artists and art forms affected mainstream culture? Why does it matter?

How art pop culture and music connected?
How does pop culture impact our world?
How does pop culture impact me?
How has the past impacted popular culture today?
How does marketing affect pop culture?

How have Canadians contributed to the popular music scene?

How can I find out information? Where can I go?

How can I justify my opinions and why should I bother?

How can I listen to music critically?

How can I respond to the music of others?

How can voices sound different? The same?

How does my own voice work? What can it do?

How can I create layers in music?

How can I be creative and express myself?

How do I get better?

How do elements of music impact what we hear?

How do people make music?

How is music full of patterns?

How can silence be important in music?

How can I create layers and texture and colour in music?

How can music sound?

How can I create music?

GRADE 6

How do people communicate through music?
How can I learn more about music and musicians?
How am I reflected in my music?
How can music tell me something about the musician?
How do I inquire?
How can I share my ideas?
How are identity and arts expressions connected?

How are cultural identity and arts expressions connected?
What are the relationships between traditional and contemporary arts expressions, values, protocols and ideas?
How is cultural identity formed?
How can I answer my questions in the most authentic way possible?

How is music created/ structured?

How can I compose my own music?

How can I harmonize?

How are listening and creating music connected?

How can I recognize various styles and forms of music?

Why is it important to really know music before changing it up?

How do I know when music is good?

How can I demonstrate repetition and variety? Why would it be important to do so?

How do musicians and composers use the principles of composition?

How does listening to the music of others help me to create my own music? What can I learn from others?

How do I compose music myself? How is music created?

Why is balance important?

Why is silence an important part of music?

Why is texture important? How is texture created?

How do I engage in inquiry? Why is inquiry best when it starts with personal questions?

How can I share my identity and my ideas through music?

How does working with others and reflecting on our processes help us make better music?  

How can others help me communicate my personal ideas more strongly?

How do cultural background and experiences affect our responses to arts expressions and understanding of symbols and meanings?

How do we interpret music?

Does creation come from nothing? Where does it originate?

How is art generated from curiosity?
How do good questions lead to good art?
How does who I am impact the music I create?
How do I recognize the message in musical  expressions?
How can the same message look different in arts expressions?

Why should I spend time listening to music if I already know I don’t like it?

How can I support my ideas?

Why is developing a music vocabulary important?

How do artists contribute to their communities?

Why should I listen to others even when I know I don’t agree with them?

How do professional musicians train, live and create?