Georgia Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Creating 8

• ESGM4.CR.1

  Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

  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); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ESGM4.CR.1.a

  Improvise rhythmic question and answer phrases using a variety of sound sources.

  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); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• ESGM4.CR.1.b

  Improvise pentatonic melodies and accompaniments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Melodies with Row Your Boat (5, Wk 28)

• ESGM4.CR.2

  Compose 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)

• ESGM4.CR.2.a

  Create rhythmic and melodic motives to enhance literature.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Melodies with Row Your Boat (5, Wk 28)

• ESGM4.CR.2.b

  Compose rhythmic patterns in simple meter (e.g. quarter notes, quarter rests, barred eighth notes, half notes, half rests, dotted half notes, sixteenth notes, whole notes, whole rests).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)

• ESGM4.CR.2.c

  Compose melodic patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)

• ESGM4.CR.2.d

  Arrange rhythmic patterns to create simple forms and instrumentation.

  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); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

Performing 15

• ESGM4.PR.1

  Sing 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)

• ESGM4.PR.1.a

  Sing accompanied and unaccompanied melodies within an appropriate range using head voice.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Melodies with Low C and High c (5, Wk 27); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ESGM4.PR.1.b

  Sing with others (e.g. rounds, canons, game songs, partner songs, and ostinato).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31)

• ESGM4.PR.1.c

  Sing 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)

• ESGM4.PR.1.d

  Sing expressively, following the cues of a conductor.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 14)

• ESGM4.PR.2

  Perform 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)

• ESGM4.PR.2.a

  Perform 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)

• ESGM4.PR.2.b

  Perform 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)

• ESGM4.PR.2.c

  Perform simple major/minor melodic patterns with appropriate technique.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5)

• ESGM4.PR.2.d

  Perform multiple songs representing various genres, tonalities, meters, and cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• ESGM4.PR.2.e

  Perform instrumental parts expressively, following the cues of a conductor.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 14)

• ESGM4.PR.3

  Read and Notate music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8)

• ESGM4.PR.3.a

  Read, notate, and identify, in various meters, iconic or standard notation (e.g. quarter notes, quarter rests, barred eighth notes, half notes, half rests, dotted half notes, barred sixteenth notes, whole notes, whole rests).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• ESGM4.PR.3.b

  Read and notate melodic patterns within a treble clef staff.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)

• ESGM4.PR.3.c

  Read, notate, and identify standard symbols (e.g. repeat sign, bar line, double bar line, 1st and 2nd endings, coda, time signatures, accent mark, crescendo/decrescendo).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Skips (2, Wk 8)

Responding 16

• ESGM4.RE.1

  Listen to, analyze, and describe music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16)

• ESGM4.RE.1.a

  Distinguish between repeating and contrasting sections, phrases, and formal structures (e.g. AB, ABA, verse/refrain, rondo, introduction, coda).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Skips (2, Wk 8); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• ESGM4.RE.1.b

  Describe music using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. fortissimo/pianissimo, presto/largo/moderato/allegro/adagio, legato/staccato, major/minor), intervals (e.g. step, skip, repeat, leap), timbre adjectives (e.g. dark/bright), and texture adjectives (e.g. thick/thin).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Semitones (3, Wk 32); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)

• ESGM4.RE.1.c

  Identify and classify (e.g. families, ensembles) classroom, orchestral, American folk, and world 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)

• ESGM4.RE.1.d

  Aurally distinguish between various ensembles.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Low C, High C (PK, Wk 7)

• ESGM4.RE.1.e

  Aurally distinguish between soprano, alto, tenor, and bass instruments and voices.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2); Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8)

• ESGM4.RE.1.f

  Aurally identify tonal center.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: F Major Chord (1, Wk 24); C Major scale note review (K, Wk 34); Left C, Right c (PK, Wk 8); C Chord Slide (PK, Wk 10)

• ESGM4.RE.2

  Evaluate 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)

• ESGM4.RE.2.a

  Use teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria for evaluation of music and music performances (e.g. learned, student-composed, improvised).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ESGM4.RE.2.b

  Use formal and/or informal criteria to evaluate music and musical performances by themselves and others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ESGM4.RE.2.c

  Refine 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)

• ESGM4.RE.2.d

  Explain 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)

• ESGM4.RE.3

  Move 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)

• ESGM4.RE.3.a

  Respond to contrasts and events in music with locomotor and non-locomotor movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• ESGM4.RE.3.b

  Perform 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)

• ESGM4.RE.3.c

  Perform line and circle dances, including traditional folk dances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

Connecting 7

• ESGM4.CN.1

  Connect 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)

• ESGM4.CN.1.a

  Discuss connections between music and the other fine arts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2)

• ESGM4.CN.1.b

  Discuss connections between music and disciplines outside the fine arts

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)

• ESGM4.CN.2

  Connect music to history and culture.

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

• ESGM4.CN.2.a

  Perform 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); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• ESGM4.CN.2.b

  Discuss how sounds and music are used in daily lives.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15)

• ESGM4.CN.2.c

  Describe and demonstrate performance etiquette and appropriate audience behavior.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)