Colorado Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

Expression 3

• MU.3.1.1

  Perform/Demonstrate music that exhibits learned rhythmic, melodic, and introductory accompaniment components. Students Can: a. Demonstrate learned melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic phrases using expressive elements. b. Demonstrate and connect songs with multiple rhythmic or melodic ostinati in small groups. c. Demonstrate and interpret melodies based on the pentatonic scale.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24)

• MU.3.1.2

  Perform/Demonstrate notated songs with accurate pitch, rhythm, harmony, tone and expressive elements. Students Can: a. Use accurate vocal and instrumental techniques when singing and playing instruments. b. Demonstrate two-part songs (e.g., rounds, partner songs) using speech, body percussion, singing, movement, or instruments. c. Use notation to accurately perform rhythms and melodic direction.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)

• MU.3.1.3

  Apply teacher and peer critique and self-reflection to refine individual technique and performance of simple notated 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.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

Creation 1

• MU.3.2.1

  Compose, improvise, and arrange in known musical forms using rhythm and/or pitch. Students Can: a. Create and document a melodic and/or rhythmic composition using known rhythms and pitches. b. Generate and improvise musical ideas within a musical structure (e.g. rondo). c. Arrange an accompaniment to support a musical idea using known rhythms or pitches.

  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.3.3.1

  Identify and demonstrate notated melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns. Students Can: a. Melody: Identify and demonstrate musical symbols by name or function. b. Rhythm: Identify and demonstrate four sixteenth notes, dotted half note. c. Harmony: Identify, perform, or respond to harmonic changes using tonic and dominant chords (e.g., intervals, bourdun, 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); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25)

• MU.3.3.2

  Identify and demonstrate gradual tempos, dynamics, and articulations. Students Can: a. Tempo: Identify and demonstrate accelerando/ritardando. b. Dynamics: Identify and demonstrate crescendo/decrescendo. c. Articulation: Identify and demonstrate legato, staccato.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)

• MU.3.3.3

  Identify and demonstrate advanced form, meter, and timbre elements. Students Can: a. Form/Structure: Aurally identify rondo. b. Meter/Beat Groupings: Identify and demonstrate various time signatures including 2/4, 3/4, 4/4. c. Timbre: Aurally identify instruments and families.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)

Response 2

• MU.3.4.1

  Select and use specific criteria in making judgments about the quality of a musical performance. Students Can: a. Communicate how expressive qualities (such as dynamics, modality, tempo and meter) are used to reflect expressive intent. b. Communicate similarities and differences in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• MU.3.4.2

  Identify differences and commonalities in music from various cultures. Students Can: a. Describe vocal and instrumental timbres and their uses in various cultures. b. Communicate similarities and differences in music used for holidays, celebrations, and day-to-day life from various cultures. c. Discuss reasons that different kinds of music are important to different people and cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15)