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Alabama Kindergarten Music Standards
Every Kindergarten standard from the 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education, Music, grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Kindergarten has 18 music standards in Alabama: Creating (6); Performing (5); Responding (4); Connecting (3).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 15 of 18 of them.
| Official name | 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education, Music |
|---|---|
| Published by | Alabama State Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2024 |
| Grades on this page | Kindergarten |
| Standards on this page | 18 |
| Code format | AE24.MU.K-2.K.CR.1.1 |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | alabamaachieves.org |
The Kindergarten standards
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); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)
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); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Skips (2, Wk 8)
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); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
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); Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)
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); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22); It's Raining, It's Pouring (PK, Wk 23)
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); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3)
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); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
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); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17)
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); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
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); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)
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); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)
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); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)
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); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 33); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)
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); Beet & Avocado (PK, Wk 26); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)
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); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Chord Theory Part I (5, 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); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
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