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3rd Grade SLT Assessment Rubric

This rubric will be used to assess 3rd grade students on a variety of skills, including: beat, rhythm, pitch matching, melodic call/response, vocal tone and singers posture.

Rubric Code: SA85CA

By tdressler

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Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5

3rd Grade SLT
	Poor 1 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Steady Beat Assesses the student's ability to demonstrate a steady beat	Poor Student is unable to demonstrate understanding of a steady beat at this time	Needs Improvement Student plays the exercise with an inconsistent steady beat	Good Student mostly plays the exercise with a consistent steady beat	Excellent Student always plays the exercise with a consistent steady beat
Rhythm Assesses the student's ability to demonstrate an improvised rhythm	Poor Student is unable to demonstrate an improvised rhythm at this time	Needs Improvement Student demonstrates an imitated rhythm, or the rhythm has an unsteady beat	Good Student demonstrates an improvised rhythm with some hesitation	Excellent Student performs an improvised rhythm with confidence
Rhythm Echo Clapping Assesses the student's ability to listen and accurately repeat rhythms demonstrated by the teacher	Poor Student is unable to repeat a rhythm pattern	Needs Improvement Student is able to accurately echo a rhythm pattern some of the time	Good Student is able to accurately echo a rhythm pattern most of the time	Excellent Student can accurately echo any rhythm with precision
Pitch Assesses the student's ability to match pitch using G-E (minor 3rd -- Sol-Mi)	Poor Student displays no sense of pitch, and frequently has difficulty singing on pitch.	Needs Improvement Student rarely displays a sense of pitch, and rarely sings on pitch.	Good Student sometimes displays a sense of pitch, and is sometimes able to sing on pitch.	Excellent Student consistently displays a good sense of pitch, being able to sing on pitch and discern when he/she is not.
Melodic Echo Assesses the student's ability to echo sing short phrases using La, Sol and Mi	Poor Student displays no sense of pitch, and frequently has difficulty singing on pitch.	Needs Improvement Student rarely displays a sense of pitch, and rarely sings on pitch.	Good Student sometimes displays a sense of pitch, and is sometimes able to sing on pitch.	Excellent Student consistently displays a good sense of pitch, being able to sing on pitch and discern when he/she is not.
Tone Quality Assesses the student's ability to produce clear, beautiful tone while singing	Poor Student makes no effort to focus tone or correct tone control issues.	Needs Improvement The tone is often not clear, focused, or controlled in the normal singing range	Good Tone quality is often clear and focused, but sometimes uncontrolled in the normal singing range.	Excellent Tone quality is consistently clear throughout the range of the voice <BR> Student clearly practices techniques.
Singing Posture Assesses the student's ability to demonstrate correct breathing habits while singing	Poor Student never sits/stands with correct posture.	Needs Improvement Student often needs reminders to sit/stand with correct posture.	Good Student sometimes needs reminders to sit/stand with correct singing posture.	Excellent Student always sits/stands with correct singing posture.
Vocal Production Assesses the student's ability to produce tall open vowel sounds while singing	Poor Mouth is barely open, not allowing for a full round sound.	Needs Improvement Mouth is a collapse oval, and is not open enough to produce proper tone quality.	Good Mouth has a moderate, round opening with a somewhat raised tongue.	Excellent Mouth is a tall, relaxed oval (2 fingers high) with a relaxed tongue.
Breath Support/Phrasing Assesses the student's ability to demonstrate correct, supported breathing habits while singing	Poor Student's singing lacks the energy and support required to sustain a phrase.	Needs Improvement Student often lifts shoulders when breathing, and breathes in the middle of words. There is little support of the tone.	Good Breath is in the chest without an expanded rib cage and does not fully support the tone. There is some shoulder movement.	Excellent Student is breathing properly with diaphragm support and expanded rib cage. Breath is supported, and at breath marks.

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