California Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Connecting 2

• 4.MU:Cn10

  Describe and demonstrate how personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge relate to creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• 4.MU:Cn11

  Describe and demonstrate connections between music and societal, cultural, and historical contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)

Creating 6

• 4.MU:Cr1a

  Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).

  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); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• 4.MU:Cr1b

  Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

• 4.MU:Cr2a

  Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Welcome (5, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• 4.MU:Cr2b

  Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• 4.MU:Cr3.1

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

• 4.MU:Cr3.2

  Present the final version of personal created music to others and explain connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

Performing 9

• 4.MU:Pr4.1

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, context, and technical skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• 4.MU:Pr4.2a

  Demonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form) in music selected for performance.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• 4.MU:Pr4.2b

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• 4.MU:Pr4.2c

  Explain how context (such as personal, social and cultural) informs a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• 4.MU:Pr4.3

  Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• 4.MU:Pr5a

  Apply teacher provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Lord/Lady 3 - G Major Arpeggio (4, Wk 20)

• 4.MU:Pr5b

  Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities, and address performance challenges.

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

• 4.MU:Pr6a

  Perform music, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• 4.MU:Pr6b

  Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue, and genre.

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

Responding 4

• 4.MU:Re7.1

  Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• 4.MU:Re7.2

  Demonstrate and explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as personal, social and cultural).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• 4.MU:Re8

  Demonstrate and explain how expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers’ personal interpretations to reflect creators’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• 4.MU:Re9

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)