Florida Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Critical Thinking and Reflection 6

• MU.2.C.1.1

  Identify appropriate listening skills for learning about musical examples selected by the teacher.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• MU.2.C.1.2

  Respond to a piece of music and discuss individual interpretations.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Major Chords (2, Wk 16); What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Resolutions (3, Wk 28)

• MU.2.C.1.3

  Classify unpitched instruments into metals, membranes, shakers, and wooden categories.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Beet & Grapefruit (K, Wk 17)

• MU.2.C.1.4

  Identify child, adult male, and adult female voices by timbre.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Do Re Mi Intro (PK, Wk 16); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23)

• MU.2.C.2.1

  Identify strengths and needs in classroom performances of familiar songs.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Beet & Passionfruit (2, Wk 13); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• MU.2.C.3.1

  Discuss why musical characteristics are important when forming and discussing opinions about music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29)

Innovation, Technology, and the Future 3

• MU.2.F.1.1

  Create a musical performance that brings a story or poem to life.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); 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); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)

• MU.2.F.2.1

  Describe how people participate in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7)

• MU.2.F.3.1

  Collaborate with others in a music presentation and discuss what was successful and what could be improved.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Hello Am Chord Part III (5, Wk 15)

Historical and Global Connections 4

• MU.2.H.1.1

  Perform songs, musical games, dances, and simple instrumental accompaniments from a variety of cultures.

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

• MU.2.H.1.2

  Identify the primary differences between composed and folk music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

• MU.2.H.2.1

  Discuss how music is used for celebrations in American and other cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10)

• MU.2.H.3.1

  Perform and compare patterns, aurally and visually, found in songs, finger plays, or rhymes to gain a foundation for exploring patterns in other contexts.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 1 - Let Us Play G A B (4, Wk 7); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8)

Organizational Structure 3

• MU.2.O.1.1

  Identify basic elements of music in a song or instrumental excerpt.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)

• MU.2.O.1.2

  Identify the form of a simple piece of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15)

• MU.2.O.3.1

  Describe changes in tempo and dynamics within a musical work.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

Skills, Techniques, and Processes 8

• MU.2.S.1.1

  Improvise short phrases in response to a given musical question.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU.2.S.1.2

  Create simple ostinati to accompany songs or poems.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)

• MU.2.S.2.1

  Sing or play songs, which may include changes in dynamics, lyrics, and form, from memory.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)

• MU.2.S.3.1

  Sing songs in an appropriate range, using head voice and maintaining pitch.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Skips (2, Wk 8); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)

• MU.2.S.3.2

  Play simple melodies and/or accompaniments on classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33)

• MU.2.S.3.3

  Sing simple la-sol-mi-do patterns at sight.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Seconds and Thirds Review (3, Wk 13); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19)

• MU.2.S.3.4

  Compare aural melodic patterns with written patterns to determine whether they are the same or different.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Seconds and Thirds Review (3, Wk 13); Sixths Part I (3, Wk 24)

• MU.2.S.3.5

  Show visual, gestural, and traditional representation of simple melodic patterns performed by someone else.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)