AZ Arts Standards: General Music · Grade 3 · 19 standards
Arizona Grade 3 Music Standards
Every Grade 3 standard from the Arizona Academic Standards in the Arts, General Music (2015), grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grade 3 has 19 music standards in Arizona: Creating (6); Performing (7); Responding (2); Connecting (4).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 18 of 19 of them.
| Official name | Arizona Academic Standards in the Arts, General Music (2015) |
|---|---|
| Published by | Arizona Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2015 |
| Grades on this page | Grade 3 |
| Standards on this page | 19 |
| Code format | MU.CR.1.3a |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | azed.gov |
The Grade 3 standards
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.3aa. Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas (e.g. beat, meter, and rhythm).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)
MU.CR.1.3bb. Generate musical ideas (e.g. rhythms and melodies) within specified tonality and/or meter. Anchor Standard #2 - 3rd
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)
MU.CR.2.3aa. Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
MU.CR.2.3bb. Use notation to document personal or collective rhythmic and melodic musical ideas (e.g. sequencing). Anchor Standar 3rd
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)
MU.CR.3.3aa. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate and revise personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
MU.CR.3.3bb. Present the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31)
Performing 7
MU.PR.4.3aa. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in 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)
MU.PR.4.3bb. Demonstrate knowledge of musical concepts in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance (e.g. meter and tonality).
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); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
MU.PR.4.3cc. Read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
MU.PR.4.3dd. Demonstrate an understanding of musical concepts (e.g. physical, verbal, or written response-- understanding of musical concepts and how creators use them to convey expressive intent).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
MU.PR.5.3aa. Apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performance.
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); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17)
MU.PR.6.3aa. Perform music with appropriate expression and technique (e.g. posture, tone, and breath support).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
MU.PR.6.3bb. Perform appropriately for the audience and occasion.
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 2
MU.RE.7.3aa. Explain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
MU.RE.7.3bb. Demonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music (e.g. personal and social). Anchor Standard 3rd MU.RE.8.3 a. Demonstrate knowledge of expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent. Anchor Standa 3rd MU.RE.9.3 a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.3aa. Identify pieces of music that are important to one's family
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Melodies with Low C and High c (5, Wk 27); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
MU.CN.10.3bb. Explore various uses of music in daily experiences (e.g. songs of celebration, game songs, marches, T.V., movie, and video game sound tracks, dance music, and work songs). elate artistic ideas and wo 3rd
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Thirds Part I (3, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)
MU.CN.11.3aa. Explore and describe relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)
MU.CN.11.3bb. Describe how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
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