California Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

Connecting 2

• 5.MU:Cn10

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

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

• 5.MU:Cn11

  Explain 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); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)

Creating 6

• 5.MU:Cr1a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• 5.MU:Cr1b

  Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within specific related tonalities, meters, and simple chord changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• 5.MU:Cr2a

  Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements, or compositions to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• 5.MU:Cr2b

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Resolutions (3, Wk 28)

• 5.MU:Cr3.1

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback, and explain rationale for changes.

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

• 5.MU:Cr3.2

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

Performing 9

• 5.MU:Pr4.1

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Triad Part I (PK, Wk 29); Triad Part II (PK, Wk 30); Triad Part III (PK, Wk 31)

• 5.MU:Pr4.2a

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

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

• 5.MU:Pr4.2b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform using 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)

• 5.MU:Pr4.2c

  Explain how context (such as personal, social, cultural, and historical) informs performances.

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

• 5.MU:Pr4.3

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• 5.MU:Pr5a

  Apply teacher provided and established criteria and feedback to evaluate the accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)

• 5.MU:Pr5b

  Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities to address challenges and show improvement over time.

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

• 5.MU:Pr6a

  Perform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• 5.MU:Pr6b

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

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

Responding 4

• 5.MU:Re7.1

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

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

• 5.MU:Re7.2

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)

• 5.MU:Re8

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• 5.MU:Re9

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

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