Kentucky Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

• MU:Cr1.1.3.a

  Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas and describe connection to specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); 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)

• MU:Cr1.1.3.b

  Generate musical ideas within a given tonality and/or meter.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Cr2.1.3.a

  Create selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent and describe connection to a specific purpose and context.

  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); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)

• MU:Cr2.1.3.b

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

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

• MU:Cr3.1.3

  Evaluate, refine and document revisions to personal musical ideas, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback.

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

• MU:Cr3.2.3

  Present the final version of personally created music to others and describe expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12)

• MU:Pr4.1.3

  Identify and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29)

• MU:Pr4.2.3.a

  Demonstrate understanding of the form in music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); C Major & G Major (K, Wk 26); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)

• MU:Pr4.2.3.b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and melodic phrases using iconic and standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)

• MU:Pr4.2.3.c

  Describe how personal and social context informs a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr4.3.3

  Demonstrate and describe how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities including dynamics and tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr5.1.3

  Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to refine technical accuracy, expressive qualities and identified performance challenges.

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

• MU:Pr6.1.3.a

  Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr6.1.3.b

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

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

• MU:Re7.1.3

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

  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)

• MU:Re7.2.3

  Describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure, the use of the Elements of Music and personal and social context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

• MU:Re8.1.3

  Describe how the expressive qualities are used in performers’ interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

• MU:Re9.1.3

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe 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)

• MU:Cn10.1.3

  Compare the musical relationships expressed in a piece of music to relationships with another piece of music. Explain how they are the same or different.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Skips (2, Wk 8); Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32)

• MU:Cn11.1.3

  Explain how a musical performance communicates authentic aspects of the culture, society or community from which the music originated.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Parts of the Ukulele (5, Wk 3); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1)