Arkansas Grades K–2 Music Standards

The Grades K–2 standards

Creating 6

• CR.1.A

  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); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• CR.1.B

  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); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• CR.2.A

  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); Beet & Passionfruit (2, Wk 13); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26)

• CR.2.B

  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); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Skips (2, Wk 8)

• CR.3.A

  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); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10)

• CR.3.B

  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); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

Performing 6

• PR.4.A

  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); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

• PR.4.B

  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); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• PR.5.A

  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); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2)

• PR.5.B

  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); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• PR.6.A

  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); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)

• PR.6.B

  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); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)

Responding 6

• RE.7.A

  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); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• RE.7.B

  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); Skips (2, Wk 8); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• RE.8.A

  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); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); C and Shh (PK, Wk 3)

• RE.8.B

  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); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Skips (2, Wk 8)

• RE.9.A

  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); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7)

• RE.9.B

  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); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

Connecting 4

• CN.10.A

  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); Upbeat (1, Wk 2); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 6)

• CN.10.B

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

• CN.11.A

  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); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• CN.11.B

  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); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1)