MUSIC & ARTS
GRADE 4
Quarter 3 Learning Competencies
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MATATAG Curriculum: Music and Arts (Grades 4-10) August 2023
GRADE 4 – QUARTER 3
The learners demonstrate understanding of their cultural identity as expressed through local Music and Arts’
Content Standard
concepts, processes, and practices, and in the relevant narratives/ stories in their province.
The learners produce creative works about relevant narratives/ stories in their province or culture using local
Performance Standard
Music and Arts concepts, processes, and practices.
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
CONTENT
The learners…
Theme: “Legends and Folklore of the Province and/or Region” 1. discuss the use of the properties of sound,
Relevant Local Forms, Themes, Representation, Mediums, and Practices in Music and Arts theatrical, dance and visual elements as
expressed in relevant creative works;
I. PERFORMING ARTS
A. Music
1. Melody
• Melodic Direction and Shape of Local Music
Musical Behaviors: Active Listening; Performing (singing, chanting, and playing instruments 2. relate stories/ narratives as expressed in
or other sound sources) relevant creative works to properties of
sound, theatrical, dance and visual
B. Theater (Evident in the local traditional rituals) elements;
1. Relevant Elements of Artistic Expression
(Lines, Shapes, Space, Textures, Rhythm, Sound, Movement, and Color) 3. determine cultural identity based on the
2. Principles of Composition and Organization concepts, processes and practices in the
• Harmony, Unity, and Variation Music, Theater, Dance and Art of their
3. Relevant Theater Forms and Performances respective provinces; and
C. Dance
4. produce a creative work about their
1. Elements of Artistic Expression in Relation to Local Context
personal story/identity in the community
2. Relevant Dance Forms as Seen in Local Legends and Folklore
using appropriate local concepts,
processes and practices in Music, Theater,
II. VISUAL ARTS
Dance and Arts.
1. Relevant Visual Elements and Forms
2. Principles of Visual Arts
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MATATAG Curriculum: Music and Arts (Grades 4-10) August 2023
• Harmony, Unity and Variation
3. Relevant Local Art Forms
• Painting, Weaving, Carving, Metal Works, etc.
Arts Processes: Perceiving; Expressing; Responding; Producing 2D/3D artworks based on
local themes, mediums, and practices; Performing (dancing, acting, dramatizing, and
reenacting)
Materials: Any available local (natural and synthetic) materials; Improvised costumes and
props
The specific content for performing and visual arts are based on the practices in the locality.
Elements of artistic expressions and principles of composition are discussed based on how
they are used in the local art practices.
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