California Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Connecting 2

• 2.MU:Cn10

  Describe how personal interests, and experiences connect to creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 2.MU:Cn11

  Describe connections between music, society, and culture.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

Creating 6

• 2.MU:Cr1a

  Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); 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)

• 2.MU:Cr1b

  Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality (such as major and minor) and meter (such as duple and triple).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)

• 2.MU:Cr2a

  Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 2.MU:Cr2b

  Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steps (2, Wk 5); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8)

• 2.MU:Cr3.1

  Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• 2.MU:Cr3.2

  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); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

Performing 8

• 2.MU:Pr4.1

  Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• 2.MU:Pr4.2a

  Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as tonality and meter) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• 2.MU:Pr4.2b

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28)

• 2.MU:Pr4.3

  Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)

• 2.MU:Pr5a

  Apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• 2.MU:Pr5b

  Apply rehearsal strategies to address identified interpretive, performance, and technical challenges of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12)

• 2.MU:Pr6a

  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)

• 2.MU:Pr6b

  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

• 2.MU:Re7.1

  Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

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

• 2.MU:Re7.2

  Describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• 2.MU:Re8

  Demonstrate knowledge of expressive qualities and how they support creators’ and performers’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• 2.MU:Re9

  Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)