Alaska Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

Creating 5

• MU:CR1a-5

  Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (personal, social/cultural and historical).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• MU:CR1b-5

  Generae musical ideas (rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within specific related tonalities, meters, and simple chord changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32); Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• MU:CR2a-5

  Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements, or compositions to express intent and explain connection to purpose/ context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:CR2b-5

  Use standard or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and two-chord harmonic musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• MU:CR3a-5

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying collaboratively- developed and teacher criteria/feedback, and explain rationale for changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

Performing 4

• MU:PR4a-5

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, cultural background, knowledge, context, as well as their personal and others’ and technical skill.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

• MU:PR5a-5

  Apply established criteria and teacher/peer feedback to evaluate accuracy of ensemble and personal performances.

  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)

• MU:PR6a-5

  Perform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• MU:PR6b-5

  Demonstrate performance and audience etiquette appropriate for context, venue, genre, and style.

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

Responding 4

• MU:RE7a-5

  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); Holding your Ukulele (5, Wk 5); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• MU:RE7b-5

  Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how musical responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of elements of music, and context (personal, cultural, social).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)

• MU:RE8a-5

  Demonstrate and explain expressive qualities (dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation) and how they support creators’/performers’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:RE9a-5

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

Connecting 10

• MU:CO10a-5

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

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

• MU:CO10b-5

  Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements, or compositions to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:CO10c-5

  Present the final version of created music for others that demonstrates craftsmanship, and explain connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• MU:CO10d-5

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by interest, knowledge, context, and technical skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)

• MU:CO11a-5

  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-5

  Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (social, cultural, historical).

  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); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• MU:CO11c-5

  Explain how context (social, cultural, historical) informs performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• MU:CO11d-5

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

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

• MU:CO11e-5

  e. Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (social, cultural, historical).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1)

• MU:CO11f-5

  f. Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 5)