Maine Grade 2 Music Standards

The Grade 2 standards

Responding 2

• ME.B.A1.2

  With guidance, discuss music characteristics.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25); Triad Part I (PK, Wk 29)

• ME.B.A2.2

  Represent expressive qualities of music through movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)

Connecting 3

• ME.B.B1.2

  With guidance, discuss emotions and personal connections that relate to a selected piece of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Chromatic Intervals (3, Wk 33); Hi High C (K, Wk 11); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• ME.B.B2.2

  With guidance, identify relationships between music and another art or discipline outside the arts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Merrily We Roll Along (PK, Wk 18)

• ME.B.B3.2

  With guidance, discuss characteristics of music from a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Steps (2, Wk 6); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19)

Performing 10

• ME.B.C1.2.a

  Sing in head voice with proper posture.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

• ME.B.C1.2.b

  Perform on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate hand placement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12)

• ME.B.C1.2.c

  Explore and perform basic forms in music (i.e., binary, ternary, rondo, etc.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• ME.B.C2.2

  Share short songs as a group with others, in formal and/or informal settings. As a group, reflect on performances and apply feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• ME.B.D1.2

  With guidance, independently audiate and perform the motions of a poem and/or song.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); C & G Best Friends (K, Wk 18); Fabulous F (K, Wk 10)

• ME.B.D2.2.a

  With guidance, recognize familiar tonal patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or on a neutral syllable.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Simple Songs Review (2, Wk 28); C Major Scale (1, Wk 32); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 9); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16)

• ME.B.D2.2.b

  With guidance, recognize rhythms of familiar songs and poems, performed instrumentally and/or on a neutral syllable.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 9); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12)

• ME.B.D2.2.c

  With guidance, discuss expressive qualities of music using applicable descriptors.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• ME.B.F1.2

  With guidance, demonstrate active participation and communication skills in group music making (e.g., basic problem solving, compromise, inclusion, personal responsibility, etc.).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Major Chords (2, Wk 18); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29)

• ME.B.F2.2

  With guidance, apply simple visual cues from a conductor to a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Dragon 2 - C to G Five Note Scale (4, Wk 29); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18); Recorder Dragon 1 - Let Us Play F (4, Wk 28)

Creating 3

• ME.B.E1.2

  With guidance, vocally and instrumentally improvise/create short melodies and rhythms.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); 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)

• ME.B.E2.2

  With guidance, plan and arrange visual and kinesthetic representations of sound.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Treble Clef Reivew (3, Wk 2); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Hello Am Chord Part III (5, Wk 15); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)

• ME.B.E3.2

  With guidance, apply individually selected alterations to a familiar song or poem.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Dragon 3 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 30); Chord Theory Part II (5, Wk 31)