Georgia Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Creating 10

• ESGMK.CR.1

  Improvise 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)

• ESGMK.CR.1.a

  Improvise simple body percussion patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26)

• ESGMK.CR.1.b

  Improvise soundscapes (e.g. weather, animals, other sound effects).

  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)

• ESGMK.CR.1.c

  Improvise using various sound sources (e.g. electronic sounds, found sounds, body percussion, classroom instruments).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Grapefruit (K, Wk 17); Beet & Guava (1, Wk 19); Beet & Blueberry (1, Wk 26); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• ESGMK.CR.2

  Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13)

• ESGMK.CR.2.a

  Create sound effects to accompany songs, poems, and stories.

  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); G Major Chord (1, Wk 22); C & G Chords (1, Wk 23)

• ESGMK.CR.2.b

  Create simple rhythmic patterns (e.g. quarter notes, quarter rests, barred eighth notes).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)

• ESGMK.CR.2.c

  Vary the text for familiar melodies, chants, and poems.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); C & G Best Friends (K, Wk 19); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 6)

• ESGMK.CR3

  Share 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)

• ESGMK.CR3.a

  With guidance, share a final version of personal musical work with peers.

  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

• ESGMK.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)

• ESGMK.PR.1.a

  Sing simple accompanied and unaccompanied melodies in a limited range, using head voice.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Singing (2, Wk 21); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

• ESGMK.PR.1.b

  Echo simple singing and speech patterns.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2); Best Friends, C and G (PK, Wk 4); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25)

• ESGMK.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: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 33); Semitones (3, Wk 32)

• ESGMK.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)

• ESGMK.PR.2.a

  Echo simple rhythmic patterns with appropriate technique using body percussion and classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• ESGMK.PR.2.b

  Perform steady beat and simple rhythmic patterns with appropriate technique using body percussion and classroom instruments.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1); Guava Review (2, Wk 12); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• ESGMK.PR.3

  Read and Notate music.

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

• ESGMK.PR.3.a

  Read, notate, and identify quarter notes, quarter rests, and barred eighth notes using iconic or standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 34)

• ESGMK.PR.3.b

  Read simple melodic contour representations (e.g. roller coaster).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27); Simple Songs Review (2, Wk 28)

Responding 12

• ESGMK.RE.1

  Listen 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)

• ESGMK.RE.1.a

  Distinguish between contrasts in music (e.g. pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, form).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• ESGMK.RE.1.b

  Describe music using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. high/low, loud/soft, fast/slow, long/short).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10)

• ESGMK.RE.1.c

  Identify basic classroom 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)

• ESGMK.RE.1.d

  Aurally distinguish between different voices (e.g. whisper, shout, talk, sing).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7); What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28); Short & Long Stars (PK, Wk 2)

• ESGMK.RE.2

  Evaluate music and music performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)

• ESGMK.RE.2.a

  Evaluate music (e.g. learned, student-composed, improvised) and musical performances, by self and others, when given specific criteria.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fabulous F (K, Wk 10); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ESGMK.RE.2.b

  Refine 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)

• ESGMK.RE.2.c

  Explain personal preferences for specific musical works using appropriate vocabulary.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3)

• ESGMK.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)

• ESGMK.RE.3.a

  Respond 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: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4)

• ESGMK.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)

Connecting 7

• ESGMK.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)

• ESGMK.CN.1.a

  Describe connections between music and the other fine arts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)

• ESGMK.CN.1.b

  Describe connections between music and disciplines outside the fine arts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33)

• ESGMK.CN.2

  Connect 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)

• ESGMK.CN.2.a

  Perform and respond to music from various historical periods and cultures.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• ESGMK.CN.2.b

  Describe how sounds and music are used in daily lives.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1)

• ESGMK.CN.2.c

  Demonstrate performance etiquette and appropriate audience behavior.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)