Alaska Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Creating 5

• MU:CR1a-2

  Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:CR1b-2

  Generate musical patterns and ideas within a a given tonality (major and minor) and meter (duple and triple).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)

• MU:CR2a-2

  Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music representing expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12)

• MU:CR2b-2

  Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:CR3a-2

  Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)

Performing 4

• MU:PR4a-2

  Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, cultural background, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15)

• MU:PR5a-2

  Apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• MU:PR6a-2

  Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:PR6b-2

  Perform appropriately for the audience and purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)

Responding 4

• MU:RE7a-2

  Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

• MU:RE7b-2

  Describe how specific music concepts (meter, tonality) are used in various styles of music for a specific purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

• MU:RE8a-2

  Demonstrate knowledge of expressive qualities and how they support creators’/performers’ expressive intent (tempo, dynamics, mood, emotion).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Steps (2, Wk 6)

• MU:RE9a-2

  Apply personal and epxressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19)

Connecting 10

• MU:CO10a-2

  Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, responding to music.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25)

• MU:CO10b-2

  Demonstrate, discuss reasons for selecting patterns and ideas to represent expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7)

• MU:CO10c-2

  Convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of musical ideas to peers or informal audience.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:CO10d-2

  Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (dynamics, tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• MU:CO11a-2

  Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7); Left C, Right c (PK, Wk 8)

• MU:CO11b-2

  Improvise 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); 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)

• MU:CO11c-2

  Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (tonality, meter) in music from a variety of cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• MU:CO11d-2

  Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:CO11e-2

  e. Describe how music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:CO11f-2

  f. Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)