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Alabama Elementary Music Standards
Every Alabama K–5 general music standard in one place, grade by grade, with the Prodigies lesson that teaches each one.
Alabama elementary music is taught to the 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education, Music, published by the Alabama State Department of Education in 2024.
They are built on the National Core Arts Standards, organized by the four artistic processes: Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting.
| Official name | 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education, Music |
|---|---|
| Published by | Alabama State Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2024 |
| Grades on this page | K–5 |
| Standards on this page | 119 |
| Code format | AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.1.1 |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | alabamaachieves.org |
Alabama Kindergarten music standards
18 standards. Kindergarten page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.1.1Explore and experience music concepts
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.1.2Generate musical ideas
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.2.3Choose and demonstrate favorite musical ideas
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.2.4Create and record their musical ideas using iconic notation
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.3.5Apply teacher feedback in refining their musical ideas
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.3.6Present a final version of their creation for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); The Wheels On the Bus (PK, Wk 12)
Performing 5
AE24.MU.K-2.K.PR.4.7State personal preference for varied musical selections
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.PR.4.8Demonstrate awareness of music contrasts in a variety of music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.PR.4.9Demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities in music that support the creators’ expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.PR.5.10Apply teacher feedback to refine performances
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.PR.6.11Perform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate their performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fabulous F (K, Wk 10)
Responding 4
AE24.MU.K-2.K.RE.7.12Explain why they prefer some music selections over others
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.RE.7.13Use movement to demonstrate how a specific music concept is used in selected pieces of music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.RE.8.14Compare the use of expressive qualities in selected pieces of music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.RE.9.15Apply teacher criteria to evaluate selected pieces of music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
Connecting 3
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CN.10.16Demonstrate how their own interests relate to personal choices when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CN.11.17Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and daily life
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25); What note is it? (K, Wk 30)
AE24.MU.K-2.K.CN.11.18Demonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for grade K-2 students for a variety of venues and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)
Alabama Grade 1 music standards
19 standards. Grade 1 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CR.1.1Create musical ideas for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CR.1.2Generate musical ideas in various meters
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CR.2.3Demonstrate and discuss their reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CR.2.4Organize their musical ideas using systems of notation or recording technology
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CR.3.5Discuss and apply personal and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CR.3.6Present a final version of their creation for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)
Performing 6
AE24.MU.K-2.1.PR.4.7List personal, historical, and cultural reasons for selecting music for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.PR.4.8Discuss how creators use musical concepts in the music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.PR.4.9Read and demonstrate musical concepts in music selected for performance, using systems of notation
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.PR.4.10Compare and contrast the use of expressive qualities in pieces of music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.PR.5.11Apply personal and teacher feedback to refine performances
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.PR.6.12Perform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate their performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
Responding 4
AE24.MU.K-2.1.RE.7.13Identify and describe how personal interests and experiences influence the selection of music for specific purposes
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.RE.7.14Describe how music concepts are used in a variety of music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.RE.8.15Describe and demonstrate how expressive elements used in selected music reflect the creators' and/or performers' intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.RE.9.16Identify personal criteria and list musical reasons to evaluate music for specific purposes
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
Connecting 3
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CN.10.17Demonstrate how their own interests relate to personal choices when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CN.11.18Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and daily life
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24)
AE24.MU.K-2.1.CN.11.19Demonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for grade K-2 students for a variety of venues and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18)
Alabama Grade 2 music standards
19 standards. Grade 2 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CR.1.1Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CR.1.2Create musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality and meter
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CR.2.3Demonstrate and explain their reasons for selecting musical patterns and ideas that represent expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CR.2.4Use systems of notation or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document their musical ideas
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CR.3.5Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CR.3.6Present a final version of their creation for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)
Performing 6
AE24.MU.K-2.2.PR.4.7Explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied music selected for performances
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.PR.4.8Demonstrate the use of musical concepts in music selected from a variety of cultures for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.PR.4.9Read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns in music selected for performance, using systems of notation
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.PR.4.10Explain how creators use expressive qualities to convey expressive intent in the music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.PR.5.11Apply peer, personal, and teacher feedback to evaluate the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.PR.6.12Perform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate their performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
Responding 4
AE24.MU.K-2.2.RE.7.13Compare and contrast the ways personal interests and experiences influence the selection of music for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.RE.7.14Compare and describe the social and cultural context of their response to the structure and expressive elements of music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.RE.8.15Compare how expressive elements used in a variety of music reflect the creators’ and/or performers’ intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.RE.9.16Apply personal and peer criteria to evaluate music for specific purposes
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
Connecting 3
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CN.10.17Demonstrate how their own interests relate to personal choices when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CN.11.18Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and daily life
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)
AE24.MU.K-2.2.CN.11.19Demonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for grade K-2 students for a variety of venues and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18)
Alabama Grade 3 music standards
21 standards. Grade 3 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.1.1Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas and describe their connection to specific purposes and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.1.2Create short melodic patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality and meter
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.2.3Explain their reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music to represent expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.2.4Document their rhythmic and melodic musical ideas, using systems of notation or recording technology
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.3.5Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to their music, using personal, peer, and teacher feedback
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.3.6Present a final version of their creation for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
Performing 8
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.7Explain their knowledge of, personal interest in, and purpose of varied music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.8Explain the structure of music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: F Major Chord (2, Wk 15); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.9Use teacher-created criteria to identify and refine rhythmic and melodic patterns in the music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.10Describe how venue, occasion, and audience can inform a performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.11Demonstrate the use of expressive qualities in music and explain how creators use them to convey expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.5.12Use teacher-created criteria to evaluate the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of music being prepared for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.5.13Identify and demonstrate strategies to improve the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.6.14Perform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate the performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23)
Responding 4
AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.7.15Document how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, or purposes
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.7.16Explain how a response to music can be informed by its structure, the use of the elements of music, and context
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.8.17Investigate and report how expressive qualities are used in performers’ interpretations to reflect expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.9.18Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe their appropriateness for the context
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
Connecting 3
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CN.10.19Demonstrate and explain how their personal knowledge, interests, ideas, and choices aid them when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CN.11.20Investigate how cultural, historical, and societal context contribute to musicians' understanding when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14); Thirds Part II (3, Wk 12)
AE24.MU.3-5.3.CN.11.21Demonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for Grades 3-5 students for a variety of venues and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18)
Alabama Grade 4 music standards
21 standards. Grade 4 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CR.1.1Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and explain their connection to specific social and cultural purposes and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CR.1.2Create short melodic ideas within related tonalities and meters
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CR.2.3Select and organize musical ideas to express intent in a creative product and explain the purpose and context
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CR.2.4Document their ideas for a creative product, using systems of notation or technology
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CR.3.5Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to their music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Recorder Dragon 4 - Dinosaur (4, Wk 31)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CR.3.6Present a final version of their creation for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23)
Performing 8
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.4.7Demonstrate and explain how their own technical skill, musical knowledge, and context influence the selection of music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.4.8Explain and demonstrate how the elements of music influence the formal structure of music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.4.9Use teacher and student-created criteria to identify and refine rhythmic and melodic patterns in the music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.4.10Explain how context informs a performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.4.11Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.5.12Use teacher and collaboratively created criteria to evaluate the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of music being prepared for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.5.13Rehearse to refine technical accuracy, expressive qualities, and identified performance challenges
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.PR.6.14Perform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate the performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
Responding 4
AE24.MU.3-5.4.RE.7.15Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.RE.7.16Demonstrate and explain how a response to music can be informed by its structure, the use of musical elements, and context
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.RE.8.17Demonstrate and explain how expressive qualities are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.RE.9.18Evaluate musical works and performances, applying teacher and collaboratively created criteria, to describe their appropriateness for the context
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)
Connecting 3
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CN.10.19Demonstrate and explain how their personal knowledge, interests, ideas, and choices aid them when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CN.11.20Investigate how cultural, historical, and societal context contribute to musicians' understanding when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
AE24.MU.3-5.4.CN.11.21Demonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for Grades 3-5 students for a variety of venues and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
Alabama Grade 5 music standards
21 standards. Grade 5 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.1.1Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and explain their connection to specific social, cultural, and historical purposes and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.1.2Create melodic ideas within related tonalities and meters and simple chord changes
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.2.3Demonstrate musical ideas to express intent, purpose, and context in a creative product
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.2.4Document their rhythmic, melodic, and two-chord harmonic musical ideas, using systems of notation or technology
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.3.5Explain the rationale for making changes to their music based on peer and personally-developed criteria
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.3.6Present a final version of their creation for a specific purpose
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
Performing 8
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.7Demonstrate and explain how personal and peers' technical skill, musical knowledge, and context influence the selection of music for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.8Explain and demonstrate understanding of the formal and harmonic structure created by the elements of music in music selected for performance
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.9Fluently read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns in music selected for performance, using systems of notation
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.10Explain how social, cultural, and historical contexts inform performances
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.11Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities reflected in stylistic performance practices
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.5.12Evaluate the accuracy and expressiveness of music being prepared for ensemble and personal performances, using professionally developed criteria and feedback
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.5.13Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities to show improvement over time
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.6.14Perform a varied repertoire of music alone and with others and evaluate the performance based on personal, peer, teacher, or professional criteria
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17)
Responding 4
AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.7.15Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.7.16Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how responses to music are informed by its structure, the use of the elements of music, and context
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.8.17Demonstrate and explain how expressive qualities, including dynamics, tempo, and articulation, are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.9.18Evaluate musical works and performances, applying teacher and established criteria, and explain appropriateness for the context, citing evidence from the elements of music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)
Connecting 3
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CN.10.19Demonstrate and explain how their personal knowledge, interests, ideas, and choices aid them when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CN.11.20Investigate how cultural, historical, and societal context contribute to musicians' understanding when creating, performing, and responding to music
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
AE24.MU.3-5.5.CN.11.21Demonstrate performer and audience behaviors appropriate for Grades 3-5 students for a variety of venues and contexts
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18)
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What are the Alabama music standards called?
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education, Music, published by the Alabama State Department of Education (2024).
How many elementary music standards does Alabama have?
This page lists 119 standards: 18 in Kindergarten, 19 in Grade 1, 19 in Grade 2, 21 in Grade 3, 21 in Grade 4, 21 in Grade 5.
Does Alabama use the National Core Arts Standards?
Yes. The AL Music are built on the NCAS artistic processes, with Alabama's own codes and wording.
Where can I find the official document?
The official source is https://www.alabamaachieves.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AS_20250108_2024-Alabama-Course-of-Study-Arts-Education_V1.0.pdf. This page copies the standard text word for word and adds grade-by-grade navigation and lesson matches.
Is there a music curriculum aligned to the Alabama standards?
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 111 of the 119 standards on this page (93%). Every lesson is tagged to these codes. Try it free for 30 days.