California Grade 1 Music Standards

The Grade 1 standards

Connecting 2

• 1.MU:Cn10

  With limited guidance, discuss how personal interests connect to creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Key of G Major (3, Wk 34)

• 1.MU:Cn11

  With limited guidance discuss connections between music and culture.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)

Creating 6

• 1.MU:Cr1a

  With limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a specific purpose.

  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); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• 1.MU:Cr1b

  With limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters (such as duple and triple).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11)

• 1.MU:Cr2a

  With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 1.MU:Cr2b

  With limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to document and organize personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)

• 1.MU:Cr3.1

  With limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)

• 1.MU:Cr3.2

  With limited guidance, convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

Performing 8

• 1.MU:Pr4.1

  With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• 1.MU:Pr4.2a

  With limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)

• 1.MU:Pr4.2b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)

• 1.MU:Pr4.3

  With limited guidance Demonstrate and describe music’s expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics and tempo) that support the creators’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• 1.MU:Pr5a

  With limited guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.

  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 King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

• 1.MU:Pr5b

  With limited guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)

• 1.MU:Pr6a

  With limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with expression.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)

• 1.MU:Pr6b

  With limited guidance, demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)

Responding 4

• 1.MU:Re7.1

  With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 1.MU:Re7.2

  With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts (such as beat or pitch) are used in various styles of music for a purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)

• 1.MU:Re8

  With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities that reflect creators’ and performers’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

• 1.MU:Re9

  With limited guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)