Alabama Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

Creating 6

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.1.1

  Improvise 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); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.1.2

  Create 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); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.2.3

  Demonstrate 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); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.2.4

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

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.CR.3.5

  Explain 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); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.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); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)

Performing 8

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.7

  Demonstrate 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); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.8

  Explain 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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.9

  Fluently 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); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.10

  Explain 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); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.4.11

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

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.5.12

  Evaluate 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); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 35)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.PR.5.13

  Rehearse 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); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.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: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

Responding 4

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.7.15

  Demonstrate 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); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.7.16

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

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.8.17

  Demonstrate 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); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.RE.9.18

  Evaluate 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); Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

Connecting 3

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.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: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.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: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14)

• AE24.MU.3-5.5.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)