Arizona Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Creating 6

• MU.CR.1.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, explore, experience, and improvise musical concepts (e.g. beat and melodic contour).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)

• MU.CR.1.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, explore musical features (e.g. movement, vocalizations, or instrumental accompaniments). Kindergarten

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet & Guava (1, Wk 19); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11)

• MU.CR.2.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and choose favorite musical ideas (e.g. singing and playing instruments).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4)

• MU.CR.2.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, organize personal musical ideas using notation (e.g. iconic notation and/or recording technology). Kindergarten

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU.CR.3.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback in refining personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• MU.CR.3.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate a final version of personal or collective musical ideas to peers.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

Performing 7

• MU.PR.4.Ka

  a. 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.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, explore and demonstrate musical contrasts of music selected for performance (e.g. high/low, loud/soft, same/different, and fast/slow).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• MU.PR.4.Kc

  c. With appropriate guidance, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using notation (e.g. iconic notation).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

• MU.PR.4.Kd

  d. With appropriate guidance, explore musical concepts (e.g. voice quality, movement, dynamics, tempo, and melodic contour).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26)

• MU.PR.5.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances (e.g. technique and stage presence).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17)

• MU.PR.6.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, perform music with expression (e.g. tone and tempo).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• MU.PR.6.Kb

  b. Perform appropriately for the audience and occasion.

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

Responding 2

• MU.RE.7.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, list personal musical interests.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22)

• MU.RE.7.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate musical concepts (e.g. beat or melodic direction). Kindergarten MU.RE.8.K a. With appropriate guidance, identify expressive attributes that reflect creators’/ performers’ expressive intent (e.g. mood and emotion). Kindergarten MU.RE.9.K a. With appropriate guidance, apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

Connecting 4

• MU.CN.10.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, express personal preferences in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)

• MU.CN.10.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, 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). Kindergarten

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Hello C (PK, Wk 1); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6)

• MU.CN.11.Ka

  a. With appropriate guidance, explore 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); Merrily We Roll Along (PK, Wk 18); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19)

• MU.CN.11.Kb

  b. With appropriate guidance, explore how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)