Maine Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Responding 3

• ME.B.A1.4.a

  Compare, contrast, and describe music ideas using appropriate terminology for music elements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Fourths Part I (3, Wk 14); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18)

• ME.B.A1.4.b

  Explore music elements that convey the song’s purpose.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Singing (2, Wk 21); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

• ME.B.A2.4

  Demonstrate an understanding of the expressive qualities of music through movement.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14)

Connecting 3

• ME.B.B1.4

  Explore how personal interests and skills relate to choices when creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)

• ME.B.B2.4

  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); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)

• ME.B.B3.4

  Explore characteristics of music from a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17)

Performing 9

• ME.B.C1.4.a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5); Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Recorder Lord/Lady 1 - Let Us Play High c and High c (4, Wk 18)

• ME.B.C1.4.b

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

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)

• ME.B.C1.4.c

  Explore and perform music in basic forms with increasing accuracy, proper technique, and at a consistent tempo.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Page 4 - B A Shield Patterns (4, Wk 4)

• ME.B.C2.4

  Recreate music experiences alone or with others, in formal and/or informal settings. With guidance, reflect on performances and apply feedback.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

• ME.B.D1.4

  Demonstrate the ability to audiate by accurately recreating familiar musical ideas alone.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31); Do, Re, Mi Review (1, Wk 7); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 10); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 14)

• ME.B.D2.4.a

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

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythm (2, Wk 22); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1, Wk 30)

• ME.B.D2.4.b

  Identify (visually and aurally) and describe common expressive musical symbols and elements.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); C Major Scale (1, Wk 32); Singing (2, Wk 21); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)

• ME.B.F1.4

  Identify skills and habits that support group music-making goals.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 5 - Merrily We Roll Along (4, Wk 11); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1, Wk 29); Listen to My Heartbeat (1, Wk 1)

• ME.B.F2.4

  With guidance, use visual and auditory cues from others to adjust a performance.

  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); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35)

Creating 3

• ME.B.E1.4

  Improvise/create, both vocally and instrumentally, melodic and rhythmic phrases to express a musical idea with increasing complexity.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 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); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)

• ME.B.E2.4

  Plan, create, and notate rhythmic and melodic patterns through multiple pathways.

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

• ME.B.E3.4

  With guidance, use feedback to refine musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)