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Georgia Grade 1 Music Standards
Every Grade 1 standard from the Georgia Standards of Excellence: Elementary General Music (2018), grouped by strand, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grade 1 has 38 music standards in Georgia: Creating (9); Performing (10); Responding (12); Connecting (7).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 35 of 38 of them.
| Official name | Georgia Standards of Excellence: Elementary General Music (2018) |
|---|---|
| Published by | Georgia Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2018 |
| Grades on this page | Grade 1 |
| Standards on this page | 38 |
| Code format | ESGM1.CR.1 |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | asn.desire2learn.com |
The Grade 1 standards
Creating 9
ESGM1.CR.1Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
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); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10)
ESGM1.CR.1.aImprovise simple body percussion patterns.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
ESGM1.CR.1.bImprovise using various sound sources (e.g. electronic sounds, found sounds, body percussion, classroom instruments).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Guava (1, Wk 19); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet & Grapefruit (K, Wk 17)
ESGM1.CR.2Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); G Major Chord (1, Wk 22); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)
ESGM1.CR.2.aCreate sound effects to accompany songs, poems, and stories.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: G Major Chord (1, Wk 22); C & G Chords (1, Wk 23); 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)
ESGM1.CR.2.bCreate simple rhythmic patterns (e.g. quarter notes, quarter rests, barred eighth notes).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3)
ESGM1.CR.2.cVary the text for familiar melodies, chants, and poems.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 6); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); C & G Best Friends (K, Wk 19)
ESGM1.CR.3Share creative work.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
ESGM1.CR.3.aWith limited guidance, share a final version of personal musical work.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Triad Part I (PK, Wk 29)
Performing 10
ESGM1.PR.1Sing a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fabulous F (K, Wk 10); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); 1 8, They’re Great (PK, Wk 9)
ESGM1.PR.1.aSing accompanied and unaccompanied melodies in a limited range, using head voice.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)
ESGM1.PR.1.bEcho simple singing and speech patterns and perform call and response songs.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33)
ESGM1.PR.1.cSing multiple songs representing various genres, tonalities, meters, and cultures, including at least one song in a foreign language.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 33)
ESGM1.PR.2Perform a varied repertoire of music on instruments, alone and with others.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Do, Re, Mi (K, Wk 9)
ESGM1.PR.2.aEcho simple rhythmic patterns with appropriate technique using body percussion and classroom instruments.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Guava Review (2, Wk 12)
ESGM1.PR.2.bPerform steady beat and simple rhythmic patterns with appropriate technique using body percussion and classroom instruments.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Guava Review (2, Wk 12)
ESGM1.PR.3Read and Notate music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8)
ESGM1.PR.3.aRead, notate, and identify quarter notes, quarter rests, and barred eighth notes using iconic or standard notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2)
ESGM1.PR.3.bRead contour representations and simple melodic patterns within a reduced staff.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)
Responding 12
ESGM1.RE.1Listen to, analyze, and describe music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
ESGM1.RE.1.aDistinguish between contrasts in music (e.g. pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, form).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
ESGM1.RE.1.bDescribe music using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. high/low, upward/downward, loud/soft, fast/slow, long/short, same/different).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)
ESGM1.RE.1.cIdentify classroom and folk instruments by sight and sound.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Thirds Part II (3, Wk 12); Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14)
ESGM1.RE.1.dAurally distinguish between different voices (e.g. men, women, children).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)
ESGM1.RE.2Evaluate music and music performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
ESGM1.RE.2.aEvaluate music (e.g. learned, student-composed, improvised) and musical performances, by self and others, when given specific criteria.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
ESGM1.RE.2.bRefine music and music performances by applying personal, peer, and teacher feedback.
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); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17)
ESGM1.RE.2.cExplain personal preferences for specific musical works using appropriate vocabulary.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
ESGM1.RE.3Move to a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fabulous F (K, Wk 10); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); 1 8, They’re Great (PK, Wk 9)
ESGM1.RE.3.aRespond to contrasts and events in music with locomotor movement (e.g. walk, run, hop, jump, gallop, skip) and non-locomotor movement (e.g. bend, twist, stretch, turn).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3)
ESGM1.RE.3.bPerform choreographed and non-choreographed movements.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Do Mi Sol Slide (PK, Wk 5); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (PK, Wk 15); Merrily We Roll Along (PK, Wk 18); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)
Connecting 7
ESGM1.CN.1Connect music to the other fine arts and disciplines outside the arts.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Do Mi Sol Slide (PK, Wk 5); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7)
ESGM1.CN.1.aDescribe connections between music and the other fine arts.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)
ESGM1.CN.1.bDescribe connections between music and disciplines outside the fine arts.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)
ESGM1.CN.2Connect music to history and culture.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Hello C (PK, Wk 1)
ESGM1.CN.2.aPerform and respond to music from various historical periods 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); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22)
ESGM1.CN.2.bDescribe how sounds and music are used in daily lives.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
ESGM1.CN.2.cDemonstrate performance etiquette and appropriate audience behavior.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)
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The Georgia Grade 1 music standards checklist
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