Alabama Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

Creating 6

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.1.1

  Improvise 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); 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.3-5.3.CR.1.2

  Create 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); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.2.3

  Explain 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); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.2.4

  Document 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); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.3.5

  Evaluate, 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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CR.3.6

  Present 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); Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

Performing 8

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.7

  Explain 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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.8

  Explain the structure of music selected for performance

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: F Major Chord (2, Wk 15); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.9

  Use 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); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.10

  Describe 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); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.4.11

  Demonstrate 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); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.5.12

  Use 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); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.5.13

  Identify 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); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Knight 4 - Acka Backa (4, Wk 15)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.PR.6.14

  Perform 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); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

Responding 4

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.7.15

  Document 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); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.7.16

  Explain 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); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.8.17

  Investigate 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); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.RE.9.18

  Evaluate 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); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

Connecting 3

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CN.10.19

  Demonstrate 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); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CN.11.20

  Investigate 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); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• AE24.MU.3-5.3.CN.11.21

  Demonstrate 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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)