Alaska Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

Creating 5

• MU:CR1a-3

  Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas, and describe connections to specific purpose and context (personal and social/ cultural).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)

• MU:CR1b-3

  Generate musical ideas (rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter. 3rd - 5th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27)

• MU:CR2a-3

  Demonstrate selected musical ideas for simple improvisation or composition to express intent, and describe connection to specific purpose/context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)

• MU:CR2b-3

  Use standard or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic and melodic musical ideas. 3rd - 5th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32)

• MU:CR3a-3

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music applying collaboratively- developed and teacher criteria/feedback. 3rd - 5th

  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)

Performing 4

• MU:PR4a-3

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, cultural background, knowledge, and context. 3rd - 5th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)

• MU:PR5a-3

  Apply established criteria and teacher/peer feedback to evaluate accuracy of ensemble performances. 3rd - 5th

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28)

• MU:PR6a-3

  Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• MU:PR6b-3

  Demonstrate performance and audience etiquette appropriate for context and venue.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14)

Responding 4

• MU:RE7a-3

  Explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences or purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• MU:RE7b-3

  Demonstrate and explain how a response to music can be informed by structure, the use of the elements of music and context (personal, cultural, social). 3rd - 5th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

• MU:RE8a-3

  Demonstrate knowledge of expressive qualities (dynamics, tempo) and how they support creators’/performers’ expressive intent. 3rd - 5th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Semitones (3, Wk 32)

• MU:RE9a-3

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to 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); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23)

Connecting 10

• MU:CO10a-3

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• MU:CO10b-3

  Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent; describe connection to a specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• MU:CO10c-3

  Present the final version of created music for others, and describe connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Hello C (PK, Wk 1)

• MU:CO10d-3

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by interest, knowledge, purpose, and context. 3rd - 5th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• MU:CO11a-3

  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-3

  Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas, and describe connection to specific purpose and context (personal, social).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)

• MU:CO11c-3

  Demonstrate how context (personal, social) can inform a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• MU:CO11d-3

  Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context and venue.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

• MU:CO11e-3

  e. Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (personal, social).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Singing (2, Wk 21); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

• MU:CO11f-3

  f. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)