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Kentucky Grade 1 Music Standards
Every Grade 1 standard from the Kentucky Academic Standards for VPA: Music (2024), grouped by topic, with the Prodigies PK-5 lessons that teach each one.
Grade 1 has 19 music standards in Kentucky: General Music (19).
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 19 of 19 of them.
| Official name | Kentucky Academic Standards for VPA: Music (2024) |
|---|---|
| Published by | Kentucky Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2024 |
| Grades on this page | Grade 1 |
| Standards on this page | 19 |
| Code format | MU:Cr1.1.1.a |
| Organized by | General Music |
| Official source | education.ky.gov |
The Grade 1 standards
MU:Cr1.1.1.aWith limited guidance, create musical ideas 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)
MU:Cr1.1.1.bWith limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities and meters.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: F Major Chord (1, Wk 24); C Major Scale (1, Wk 31); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); C Major scale note review (K, Wk 34)
MU:Cr2.1.1.aWith limited guidance, explore and choose favorite musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4)
MU:Cr2.1.1.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)
MU:Cr3.1.1With limited guidance, discuss and apply various feedback to refine personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1)
MU:Cr3.2.1With limited guidance, present a version of personal musical ideas that conveys expressive intent for a specific purpose.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
MU:Pr4.1.1With limited guidance, explore and discuss the purpose of, and knowledge about, varied musical selections and personal interests.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
MU:Pr4.2.1.aWith limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)
MU:Pr4.2.1.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)
MU:Pr4.3.1With limited guidance, demonstrate and describe music’s expressive qualities that support the creators’ expressive intent.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14)
MU:Pr5.1.1With guidance, use feedback and suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.
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)
MU:Pr6.1.1.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)
MU:Pr6.1.1.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)
MU:Re7.1.1With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU:Re7.2.1With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts are used in various styles of music for a purpose.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Chord Progressions Part III (5, Wk 20); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13)
MU:Re8.1.1With limited guidance, explore and identify expressive qualities that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)
MU:Re9.1.1With 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)
MU:Cn10.1.1Relate a familiar experience and/or emotion expressed in a piece of music. Identify the elements that communicate this connection.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (PK, Wk 15)
MU:Cn11.1.1With limited guidance, discuss and demonstrate the sounds in a piece of music from various cultures.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 15); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21)
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The Kentucky Grade 1 music standards checklist
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