Maine Grade 3 Music Standards

The Grade 3 standards

Responding 2

• ME.B.A1.3

  Discuss, compare, and contrast diverse music experiences.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)

• ME.B.A2.3

  Compare and contrast the elements of music through movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm Reivew Part I (3, Wk 3); Rhythm Reivew Part II (3, Wk 4); Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23)

Connecting 3

• ME.B.B1.3

  Explore how personal interests and skills relate to choices when experiencing music.

  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); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• ME.B.B2.3

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• ME.B.B3.3

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Sevenths & Octaves (3, Wk 27); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30)

Performing 9

• ME.B.C1.3.a

  Sing in head voice with increasing pitch accuracy using proper posture.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24); Hello C Chord Part II (5, Wk 9); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• ME.B.C1.3.b

  Perform songs on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate technique, and in various tonalities and meters.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• ME.B.C1.3.c

  Explore and perform music in basic forms with increasing technical accuracy at a consistent tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Strumming Speed Exercise (5, Wk 24)

• ME.B.C2.3

  Demonstrate short songs alone or with others, in formal and/or informal settings. With guidance, reflect on performances and apply feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Resolutions (3, Wk 28); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2)

• ME.B.D1.3

  Demonstrate the ability to audiate with increasing accuracy by recreating familiar musical ideas alone.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Three Cs Part I (5, Wk 11); Hello F Chord Part I (5, Wk 16); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12)

• ME.B.D2.3.a

  With guidance, echo and decode, with increasing accuracy, a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or vocally.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)

• ME.B.D2.3.b

  Discuss and describe expressive qualities of music using applicable descriptors.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• ME.B.F1.3

  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: Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

• ME.B.F2.3

  With guidance, apply simple visual and auditory cues from others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1); Rhythm Review (2, Wk 11); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

Creating 3

• ME.B.E1.3

  Improvise/create melodic and rhythmic phrases to express a musical idea.

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

• ME.B.E2.3

  With guidance, plan and create rhythmic and melodic patterns through multiple pathways.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)

• ME.B.E3.3

  With guidance, identify ways to use feedback toward musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)