Arizona Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Creating 6

• MU.CR.1.4a

  a. Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas (e.g. beat, meter, rhythm, harmony, and tonality).

  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); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)

• MU.CR.1.4b

  b. Generate musical ideas (e.g. rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (e.g. major and minor) and meters. - Organize and develop ar 4th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)

• MU.CR.2.4a

  a. Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)

• MU.CR.2.4b

  b. Use notation to document personal or collective rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas (e.g. chords). rd #3 - Refine and comple 4th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• MU.CR.3.4a

  a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate, revise, and document changes in personal musical ideas over time.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)

• MU.CR.3.4b

  b. Present the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29)

Performing 7

• MU.PR.4.4a

  a. Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.

  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); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• MU.PR.4.4b

  b. Demonstrate understanding of the form in music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26)

• MU.PR.4.4c

  c. Read and perform using notation (e.g. syncopation).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

• MU.PR.4.4d

  d. 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). Develop and refine artistic

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12)

• MU.PR.5.4a

  a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate personal and ensemble performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36)

• MU.PR.6.4a

  a. Perform music with appropriate expression, technique, and interpretation.

  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.6.4b

  b. Demonstrate performance and audience decorum appropriate for the occasion.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

Responding 2

• MU.RE.7.4a

  a. Explain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• MU.RE.7.4b

  b. Demonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music. #8 - Interpret intent and meanin 4th MU.RE.8.4 a. Demonstrate and describe expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent. ard #9 - Apply criteria to evaluate 4th MU.RE.9.4 a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

Connecting 4

• MU.CN.10.4a

  a. Identify pieces of music that are important to one's family or cultural heritage.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Melodies with Low C and High c (5, Wk 27); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• MU.CN.10.4b

  b. Describe the roles and impact various musics plays in one's life and the lives of others. orks with societal, cultura 4th

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23); Resolutions (3, Wk 28)

• MU.CN.11.4a

  a. 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: Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)

• MU.CN.11.4b

  b. 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); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)