Indiana Elementary Music Standards

Explore how music is used for a variety of purposes and occasions, and discuss personal preference for different musical works.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Triad Part II (PK, Wk 30)

Identify music concepts and explore ways they are used in other disciplines.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Baby Shark (PK, Wk 27)

Apply a varied repertoire of music representing genres and styles from diverse world cultures by singing, moving, playing, and demonstrating audience behavior appropriate for the context and style of the music performed.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Hand Signs (K, Wk 28); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 16)

Audiate and accurately speak or sing familiar and unfamiliar rhymes and songs with varied forms, tempi, meters, and/or tonalities.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)

Demonstrate music's expressive qualities (such as louder/softer, higher/lower, faster/slower, same/different) using music vocabulary.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Singing (2, Wk 21)

Apply learned criteria to perceive accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Baby Shark (PK, Wk 27); Recorder Lord/Lady 3 - G Major Arpeggio (4, Wk 20)

Use locomotor and non-locomotor movements to demonstrate and maintain a consistent steady beat in both simple and compound meters.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Singing (2, Wk 21)

Apply gross and fine motor movement to show upward and downward melodies.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

Identify and respond to expressive elements of music and demonstrate through movement in listening examples, singing games, and/or simple folk dances.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

Sing independently and in groups using head voice and appropriate posture, with accurate pitch and rhythm.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Short & Long with D (K, Wk 7)

Sing simple songs with expressive qualities, varied tonalities, and meters.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

Perform appropriately for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Hand Signs (K, Wk 28)

Accurately play a variety of classroom instruments alone and with others using appropriate technique.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29)

Echo and read a variety of rhythmic and/or melodic patterns, and maintain a consistent steady beat while playing an instrument.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8)

Improvise by singing a simple melody using self-created text.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

Create movement patterns and describe their relationships to audiation and/or aurally perceived songs.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13)

Utilize traditional and/or nontraditional notation to represent simple rhythms and rhythmic patterns of rhymes and songs.

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

Utilize traditional and/or nontraditional notation to demonstrate simple melodies and melodic patterns of rhymes and songs.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28)

Demonstrate and explore how personal interests and skills relate to choices when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

Identify and practice life skills developed in music studies and activities, such as cooperation, effort, perseverance, and respect, that transfer to other disciplines and contexts.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27)

Discover, identify, and explore how music connects to language arts, mathematics, and/or science.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Finding notes on the Treble Clef (1, Wk 3); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)

Discover, identify, and explore how music connects to other arts and humanities.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

Identify, explore, and perform music associated with historical periods and connect to state, regional, and national events.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

Compare and contrast contemporary American music with various world cultures through live or recorded authentic performances.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

Recognize and describe various roles of musicians in society.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

Audiate and accurately speak or sing from notated music familiar and unfamiliar rhymes and songs with varied forms, tempi, meters, and tonalities.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

Define expressive music terms and apply them to selected musical examples.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

Develop criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply these criteria to performances.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

Use conducting and other types of movement to demonstrate rhythmic patterns and simple and compound meters.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4)

Demonstrate changes in melodic contour and simple harmonic progression through movement.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

Identify and express age appropriate music concepts including form, phrasing, expressive qualities, and timbre through movement in listening examples, singing games, and/or simple folk dances.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Chord Progressions Part II (5, Wk 19); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23)

Sing in groups and independently while demonstrating appropriate breath control, pitch, diction, tone quality, and posture.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Knight 4 - Acka Backa (4, Wk 15)

Sing songs from diverse cultures with sensitivity, accurate use of languages, appropriate movement, and/or appropriate use of dynamics, phrasing, and articulation.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4)

Sing unison and two-part songs, partner songs, and rounds, a cappella and with varied accompaniment.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9)

Perform appropriately for a variety of audiences while following the cues of a conductor.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 35)

Play pitched and unpitched percussion, keyboard, string, and/or wind instruments using correct techniques for producing sound.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10)

Play melodic, rhythmic, and chordal patterns at a consistent tempo.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)

Play melodies, accompaniments, and ensemble parts of various styles and cultures on instruments expressively with correct rhythms, tempi, and dynamics.

Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

Perform appropriately for a variety of audiences while following the cues of a conductor.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 35)

Improvise independently and cooperatively successive melodic phrases to create a song.

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)

Improvise single-line melodic and rhythmic variations of learned songs by singing and using instruments.

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)

Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic accompaniments to songs using pitched and unpitched classroom instruments and/or electronic sound sources.

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)

Demonstrate the rhythm, melody, and form of an audiation and/or aurally perceived song through traditional and/or nontraditional notation.

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

Plan, notate, and perform rhythmic speech compositions with text, including performance indicators such as tempo and dynamics.

Create, notate, and perform songs in a variety of meters.

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)

Plan, arrange, and perform accompaniments to given melodies within specific guidelines.

Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27)