Arkansas Elementary Music Standards

I can explore and create short melodic and rhythmic patterns by sight and sound. I can experiment vocally and instrumentally with expression and elements of music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

I can improvise a musical idea using melodic and rhythmic patterns. I can use rhythm patterns, songs, or words to create a musical idea.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Simple Songs Review (2, Wk 28)

I can explore found sounds, body percussion, and instruments. I can identify high and low sounds, as well as silence. I can understand steady beat and identify quarter notes and quarter rests.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet & Guava (1, Wk 19)

I can create rhythmic patterns with ideas I’ve explored. I can recognize the staff, treble clef, half notes, half rests, paired eighth notes and tell the difference between line and space notes. I can recognize forte and piano.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)

I can explore my own musical ideas. I can share my own musical ideas.

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

I can change my musical ideas based on feedback. I can share revised personal musical ideas.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: G Major Chord (1, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

I can explore vocal and instrumental sounds. I can explore patterns in music. I can show personal interest in music I choose.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 11)

I can identify different types of sound. I can recognize simple forms. I can explain to others why I like the music I choose.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skips (2, Wk 8); Singing (2, Wk 21)

I can sing and play a variety of simple music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steps (2, Wk 6)

I can sing and play a variety of music with expression. I can identify simple music symbols.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

I can identify the role of the conductor and follow his or her cues. I can use manners with guidance in rehearsal, as an audience member, or as a performer.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

I can respond to my conductor’s cues. I can use manners in rehearsal, as an audience member, or as a performer.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

I can choose music based on what I like. I can tell why a musical idea is used.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skips (2, Wk 8); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

I can tell why I like or dislike a piece of music. I can explore how a musical idea supports different styles of music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

I can explore the creator’s choices of ideas and sounds in his or her music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); C & G Best Friends (K, Wk 18)

I can identify musical concepts and how they support the creator’s choices.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

I can explore and identify personal and expressive choices of music, using a rating system.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Singing (2, Wk 21); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2)

I can explain personal and expressive preferences with guidelines, using a rating system.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

I can share a story that could become music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

I can identify and discuss with others a personal story that could become music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

I can link music to other subjects. I can explore different cultures through listening, singing, moving, and playing with teacher guidance. I can identify careers in music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3)

I can identify basic connections between art forms and subjects. I can explore different periods of history through listening, singing, moving, and playing with teacher guidance. I can list several careers in music.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

I can improvise through collaboration to arrange rhythmic and melodic ideas. I can create musical ideas within given guidelines.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

I can improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas. I can use ostinato to arrange rhythmic and melodic ideas.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

I can create short melodic patterns with ideas I’ve explored. I can name the lines and spaces of the treble clef. I can identify repeat signs, bar lines, dynamic levels, dotted half notes, whole notes and whole rests.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)

I can create a phrase with ideas I’ve explored using musical expression. I can identify four sixteenth notes and triplets and compose using a variety of rhythmic patterns. I can distinguish between the treble and bass clef.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

I can improve my musical ideas based on feedback. I can create and share a composition based on personal musical ideas.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

I can revise my musical work based on teacher and peer feedback. I can share a personal composition using the correct sequence.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)

I can identify musical instruments by sight and sound. I can recognize forms. I can explain to others the context of the music I choose.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18)

I can hear differences in musical texture. I can recognize more complex forms. I can select music to perform based on personal influence and technical skill.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

I can sing and play a variety of music with expression with guidance. I can identify music symbols.

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

I can sing and play a variety of music with expression independently. I can use music symbols and terms in preparing for a performance.

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

I can identify simple conducting patterns. I can demonstrate with guidance appropriate stage and listening skills in rehearsal, as an audience member, or as a performer.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

I can respond to simple conducting patterns. I can demonstrate with guidance appropriate performance standards in rehearsal or on stage.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35)

I can choose music based on specific musical ideas. I can explore how a musical idea supports different styles of music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26)

I can choose music for listening based on experience and context. I can tell why I respond to music based on specific musical ideas.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23)

I can explain the creator’s expressive choices using musical terms.

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

I can describe how personal interpretations and the performer’s interpretations reflect expressive intent.

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

I can use guidelines to evaluate musical works and performances and describe why the music sounds the way it does.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

I can use a teacher-provided rubric to evaluate musical works or performances.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30)

I can discuss the manner in which other people’s experiences inspire musical works.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10)

I can discuss the manner in which my experiences influence my interpretation of the work of others.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

I can identify connections between art forms and subjects. I can experience different cultures through listening, singing, moving, and playing. I can share stories of people who work in the field of music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

I can identify multiple connections between art forms and subjects. I can experience different periods of history through listening, singing, moving, and playing. I can identify career opportunities in music.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1)