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Georgia Grade 3 Music Standards
Every Grade 3 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 3 has 41 music standards in Georgia: Creating (8); Performing (12); Responding (14); Connecting (7).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 37 of 41 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 3 |
| Standards on this page | 41 |
| Code format | ESGM3.CR.1 |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | asn.desire2learn.com |
The Grade 3 standards
Creating 8
ESGM3.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); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14)
ESGM3.CR.1.aImprovise rhythmic question and answer phrases using a variety of sound sources.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); 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)
ESGM3.CR.1.bImprovise pentatonic melodies and accompaniments.
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); Melodies with Row Your Boat (5, Wk 28)
ESGM3.CR.2Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Steps (2, Wk 6); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10)
ESGM3.CR.2.aCreate rhythmic and melodic motives to enhance literature.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); 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); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
ESGM3.CR.2.bCompose rhythmic patterns in simple meter (e.g. quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, half rests, barred eighth notes, barred sixteenth notes).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythm Review Part III (3, Wk 5); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)
ESGM3.CR.2.cCompose melodic patterns.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
ESGM3.CR.2.dArrange rhythmic patterns to create simple forms and instrumentation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
Performing 12
ESGM3.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)
ESGM3.PR.1.aSing accompanied and unaccompanied melodies within the range of an octave, using head voice.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); Inverse Intervals (3, Wk 26); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Semitones (3, Wk 32)
ESGM3.PR.1.bSing with others (e.g. rounds, game songs, ostinatos).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fabulous F (K, Wk 10)
ESGM3.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: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 33)
ESGM3.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)
ESGM3.PR.2.aPerform rhythmic patterns with body percussion and a variety of instruments using appropriate technique.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)
ESGM3.PR.2.bPerform body percussion and instrumental parts, including ostinatos, while other students play or sing contrasting parts.
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Skips (2, Wk 8); Beet & Passionfruit (2, Wk 13); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)
ESGM3.PR.2.cPerform melodic patterns, including pentatonic patterns, with instruments using appropriate technique.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)
ESGM3.PR.3Read and Notate music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
ESGM3.PR.3.aRead, notate, and identify quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, half rests, barred eighth notes, and barred sixteenth notes using iconic or standard notation in simple meter.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
ESGM3.PR.3.bRead melodic patterns within a treble clef staff.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)
ESGM3.PR.3.cRead, notate, and identify standard symbols (e.g. repeat sign, bar line, double bar line, time signatures, crescendo/decrescendo).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
Responding 14
ESGM3.RE.1Listen to, analyze, and describe music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)
ESGM3.RE.1.aDistinguish between repeating and contrasting sections, phrases, and simple formal structures (e.g. AB, ABA, rondo).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skips (2, Wk 8); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 16); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21)
ESGM3.RE.1.bDescribe music using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. upward/downward, forte/piano/mezzo, presto/largo/moderato, smooth/separated), intervals (e.g. step, skip, repeat, leap), timbre adjectives (e.g. dark/bright), and texture (e.g. thick/thin).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)
ESGM3.RE.1.cIdentify and classify (e.g. families, ensembles) classroom, orchestral, and American folk instruments by sight and sound.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Thirds Part II (3, Wk 12); Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14); Fourths Part II (3, Wk 15)
ESGM3.RE.1.dAurally distinguish between solo/ensemble and accompanied/unaccompanied singing.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Skips (2, Wk 8); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7)
ESGM3.RE.2Evaluate music and music performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Major Chords (2, Wk 17); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
ESGM3.RE.2.aWith teacher's guidance, collaborate to develop criteria for evaluation of music and music performances (e.g. learned, student-composed, improvised).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)
ESGM3.RE.2.bUse formal and/or informal criteria to evaluate music and musical performances by themselves and others.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)
ESGM3.RE.2.cRefine music performances by applying personal, peer, and teacher feedback.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17)
ESGM3.RE.2.dExplain personal preferences for specific musical works using appropriate vocabulary.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)
ESGM3.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)
ESGM3.RE.3.aRespond to contrasts and events in music with locomotor and non-locomotor movement.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)
ESGM3.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)
ESGM3.RE.3.cPerform line and circle dances, including traditional folk dances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)
Connecting 7
ESGM3.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)
ESGM3.CN.1.aDescribe connections between music and the other fine arts.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)
ESGM3.CN.1.bDescribe connections between music and disciplines outside the fine arts.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)
ESGM3.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)
ESGM3.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); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
ESGM3.CN.2.bDescribe how sounds and music are used in daily lives.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
ESGM3.CN.2.cDemonstrate performance etiquette and appropriate audience behavior.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)
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