Colorado Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Expression 3

• MU.2.1.1

  Perform/Demonstrate music that exhibits learned rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns. Students Can: a. Demonstrate and connect melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns using expressive elements. b. Demonstrate rhythmic and melodic ostinati in small groups.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU.2.1.2

  Perform/Demonstrate developmentally appropriate songs with accurate pitch, rhythm, harmony, tone and expressive elements. Students Can: a. Demonstrate while using an instrumental accompaniment (e.g., bourdun). b. Demonstrate a variety of developmentally appropriate and culturally diverse melodies with accurate rhythm, tempo and dynamics. c. Make observations and draw conclusions about the rhythms, tempos, and dynamics of the music to which students are singing, playing, and moving. d. Apply the concepts of rhythm, tempo, and dynamics to the music to which students are singing, playing, and moving.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• MU.2.1.3

  Apply teacher and peer critique and self-reflection to refine individual technique and performance of simple songs. Students Can: a. Engage in refinement and feedback processes to prepare music for performance. b. Self-evaluate to refine musical performance. c. Critique expressive elements performed by others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29)

Creation 1

• MU.2.2.1

  Create, document, improvise, and arrange phrases using rhythm and/or pitch. Students Can: a. Create and document instrumental and vocal patterns using known rhythms and pitches. b. Improvise instrumentally and/or vocally question-answer patterns using known rhythms and pitches. c. Arrange a song by adding an ostinato using known pitches and rhythms (e.g., let students design a minor ostinato to accompany a minor song they are singing in class; instructor gives the students the pitches and the students choose how to use them).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)

Theory 3

• MU.2.3.1

  Identify and demonstrate basic melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns. Students Can: a. Melody: Identify and demonstrate step/skip/repeat within a melody. b. Rhythm: Identify and demonstrate patterns that include sounds and silence that last two beats and four beats (half note/rest, whole note/rest). c. Harmony: Identify and demonstrate introductory harmony using chords (e.g., intervals, borduns, ostinato, home tone).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Lord/Lady 2 - G to D Five Note Scale (4, Wk 19); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

• MU.2.3.2

  Identify and demonstrate extreme changes in tempos, dynamics, and articulations. Students Can: a. Tempo: Identify and demonstrate presto/largo. b. Dynamics: Identify and demonstrate forte/piano. c. Articulation: Identify and demonstrate smooth/connected, short/separated.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 3)

• MU.2.3.3

  Identify and demonstrate intermediate form/structure, meter/beat groupings, and timbre elements. Students Can: a. Form/Structure: Aurally identify ABA, verse/refrain, coda. b. Meter/Beat Groupings: Identify and demonstrate duple and triple meter/beat groupings (2/4, 3/4) and strong vs. weak beat withing a measure. c. Timbre: Aurally organize instruments into categories.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); C & G (K, Wk 33); Beet & Avocado (PK, Wk 26)

Response 2

• MU.2.4.1

  Discuss individual preferences for music using specific music terminology. Students Can: a. Communicate understanding of music’s expressive qualities that influence personal preference. b. Communicate similarities between musical pieces.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)

• MU.2.4.2

  Describe music from various cultures in their own words. Students Can: a. Describe varying kinds of voices and instruments and their uses in various settings. b. Explain their own cultural and social interests in music. c. Identify and connect specific songs/music to specific settings (holiday, religious, celebratory).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)