Kansas Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

• Cr.1.4.a

  Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).

  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); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• Cr.1.4.b

  Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

• Cr.2.4.a

  Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Welcome (5, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• Cr.2.4.b

  Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• Cr.3.4

  Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Recorder Dragon 4 - Dinosaur (4, Wk 31); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Chord Theory Part II (5, Wk 31)

• Cr.4.4

  Present the final version of personal created music to others, and explain connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Surf Chords (5, Wk 6)

• Pr.1.4

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, context, and technical skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• Pr.2.4.a

  Demonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form) in music selected for performance.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• Pr.2.4.b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform using iconic and/or standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• Pr.2.4.c

  Explain how context (such as social and cultural) informs a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• Pr.3.4

  Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre).

  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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• Pr.4.4.a

  Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.

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

• Pr.4.4.b

  Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities, and address performance challenges.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• Pr.5.4.a

  Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• Pr.5.4.b

  Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue, and genre.

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

• Re.1.4

  Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• Re.2.4

  Demonstrate and explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social and cultural).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)

• Re.3.4

  Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• Re.4.4

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)