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Kansas Grade 1 Music Standards
Every Grade 1 standard from the Kansas Music Standards (2015), General Music + Ensembles, grouped by topic, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grade 1 has 17 music standards in Kansas: General Music (17).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 17 of 17 of them.
| Official name | Kansas Music Standards (2015), General Music + Ensembles |
|---|---|
| Published by | Kansas State Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2015 |
| Grades on this page | Grade 1 |
| Standards on this page | 17 |
| Code format | Cr.1.1.a |
| Organized by | General Music |
| Official source | ksde.org |
The Grade 1 standards
Cr.1.1.aWith limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a specific purpose.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); 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)
Cr.1.1.bWith limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters (such as duple and triple).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11)
Cr.2.1.aWith limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent expressive intent.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
Cr.2.1.bWith limited guidance, use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to document and organize personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
Cr.3.1With limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)
Cr.4.1With limited guidance, convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)
Pr.1.1With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
Pr.2.1.aWith limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
Pr.2.1.bWhen analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm (2, Wk 22)
Pr.3.1Demonstrate and describe music’s expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
Pr.4.1.aWith limited guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.
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); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)
Pr.4.1.bWith limited guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11)
Pr.5.1.aWith limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with expression.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)
Pr.5.1.bPerform appropriately for the audience and purpose.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36)
Re.2.1With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts (such as beat or pitch) are used in various styles of music for a purpose.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Major Chords (2, Wk 17)
Re.3.1With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)
Re.4.1With limited guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)
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