Kentucky Grade 5 Music Standards

The Grade 5 standards

• MU:Cr1.1.5.a

  Improvise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic ideas and explain connection to specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• MU:Cr1.1.5.b

  Create musical ideas within a specific tonality and meter with simple chord changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30); Resolutions (3, Wk 28)

• MU:Cr2.1.5.a

  Create selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements or compositions to express intent and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:Cr2.1.5.b

  Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic and two-chord 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)

• MU:Cr3.1.5

  Evaluate, refine and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback and explain rationale for changes.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• MU:Cr3.2.5

  Present the final version of personally created music to others that demonstrates craftsmanship and explain connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello C Chord Part I (5, Wk 8); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Singing (2, Wk 21)

• MU:Pr3.2.5

  Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities including dynamics, tempo and articulation/style.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22)

• MU:Pr4.1.5

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Triad Part I (PK, Wk 29); Triad Part II (PK, Wk 30); Triad Part III (PK, Wk 31)

• MU:Pr4.2.5.a

  Demonstrate understanding of the form and the Elements of Music in music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Lightly Row Performance Part II- Song + Analysis (2, Wk 34)

• MU:Pr4.2.5.b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform using 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)

• MU:Pr4.2.5.c

  Explain how social, cultural and historical context informs performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• MU:Pr5.1.5

  Apply teacher-provided and established criteria and feedback to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities to address challenges and show improvement over time.

  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:Pr6.1.5.a

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

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

• MU:Pr6.1.5.b

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

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

• MU:Re7.1.5

  Explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to, and is influenced by, specific interests, experiences, purposes or contexts.

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

• MU:Re7.2.5

  Explain, citing evidence, how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the Elements of Music and social, cultural and historical context.

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

• MU:Re8.1.5

  Explain, and cite evidence, how the expressive qualities are used in performers and personal 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); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:Re9.1.5

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the Elements of Music.

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

• MU:Cn10.1.5

  Compare two pieces of music with contrasting themes or musical material. Discuss emotions, feelings and ideas evoked by each.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Seconds, Thirds and Fourths Review (3, Wk 16); F Major Chord (2, Wk 15)

• MU:Cn11.1.5

  Describe how the musical elements and expressive qualities in a selected genre or style communicate the ideas and perspectives of the culture, community or historical period from which the music originated.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23)