California Pre-K Music Standards

The Pre-K standards

Connecting 2

• PK.MU:Cn10

  With substantial guidance explore how personal interests connect to creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi Sol La Intro (PK, Wk 21); Beet & Avocado (PK, Wk 26); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• PK.MU:Cn11

  With substantial guidance explore connections between music and culture.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)

Creating 5

• PK.MU:Cr1a

  With substantial guidance, explore and experience a variety of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27); Steps (2, Wk 6)

• PK.MU:Cr2a

  With substantial guidance, explore favorite musical ideas (such as movements, vocalizations, or instrumental accompaniments).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25); Do Mi Sol Slide (PK, Wk 5); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34)

• PK.MU:Cr2b

  With substantial guidance, select and keep track of the order for performing original musical ideas, using iconic notation and/or recording technology.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• PK.MU:Cr3.1

  With substantial guidance, consider personal, peer, and teacher feedback when demonstrating and refining personal musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36)

• PK.MU:Cr3.2

  With substantial guidance, share revised personal musical ideas with peers.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22); It's Raining, It's Pouring (PK, Wk 23)

Performing 7

• PK.MU:Pr4.1

  With substantial guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Lucy Locket (PK, Wk 22); It's Raining, It's Pouring (PK, Wk 23)

• PK.MU:Pr4.2a

  With substantial guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness of musical contrasts such as high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C and Shh (PK, Wk 3); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28)

• PK.MU:Pr4.3

  With substantial guidance, explore music’s expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics, and tempo).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

• PK.MU:Pr5a

  With substantial guidance, practice and demonstrate what they like about their own performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale (PK, Wk 32); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• PK.MU:Pr5b

  With substantial guidance, apply personal, peer, and teacher 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)

• PK.MU:Pr6a

  With substantial guidance, perform music with expression.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• PK.MU:Pr6b

  With substantial guidance, demonstrate performance decorum appropriate for the audience.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

Responding 4

• PK.MU:Re7.1

  With substantial guidance, state personal interests and demonstrate why they prefer some music selections over others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• PK.MU:Re7.2

  With substantial guidance, explore musical contrasts in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

• PK.MU:Re8

  With substantial guidance, explore music’s expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• PK.MU:Re9

  With substantial guidance, talk about personal and expressive preferences in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)